SFD hosting free smoke detector installation event
Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:55:02 GMT
SCHENECTADY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- The Schenectady Fire Department alongside the Red Cross will be hosting Sound the Alarm, a day of free smoke alarm installations. The event is scheduled for October 21. Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! To commemorate Fire Safety Month, Red Cross volunteers will join Schenectady firefighters on Saturday to install smoke detectors in residences in the Mont Pleasant neighborhood. Sound the Alarm will begin with organizers gathering at the fire department's headquarters, located at 360 Veeder Avenue, and the event will run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.Residents can schedule a free smoke alarm installation by calling the Eastern New York Preparedness Team at (518)694-5121 or by emailing [email protected].Capital Region Restaurant Rundown: October 16-20
Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:55:02 GMT
ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- The restaurant industry is ever-changing with restaurants opening, closing, relocating, or just doing their thing. Here’s a recap of the latest Capital Region restaurant news, October 16 through 20. Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! 2023 Saratoga Wing Off winners announcedThe sixth annual Saratoga Wing Off was held on Saturday, October 14. Discover Saratoga and Bailey’s Saratoga have now announced the winners.Starbucks in downtown Saratoga Springs to reopenAfter being closed for over two years, the Starbucks at 351 Broadway in downtown Saratoga Springs has set its reopening timeline. According to a sign in the window, the shop will be reopening in the spring of 2024.Golden Monkey to open as Glens Falls breaks ground on South StreetSouth Street is about to have a big Friday. On one side of the once-bustling street, a Downtown Revitalization Initiative project years in the works will finally break ground. J...Advocates push back on asylum seeker report
Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:55:02 GMT
ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — This week on Empire State Weekly, the asylum seeker situation continued to develop. The state issued a report detailing findings on how DocGo, the company hired to care for incoming migrants, performed. Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! Cianna Freeman-Tolbert, an immigration expert and lawyer with Whiteman Osterman & Hanna, explained the report from the Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance, detailed that some concerns on the care for the asylum seekers had been addressed. She went on to say that others in the community have questioned the accuracy of the report and still want more to be done. "You have individuals coming from another country, you don't know what they've been told to say, you don't know what kind of pressure… You need to observe them in different instances, and that's what the people from social services are for. The nonprofits and social services that have been interacting wi...St. Louis CITY SC would break MLS record with Decision Day win, match it with draw
Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:55:02 GMT
ST. LOUIS - In a season of many firsts, St. Louis CITY SC is gearing up for its inaugural Decision Day match this weekend.Decision Day, set for Saturday, Oct. 21, marks the final day of the MLS regular season. Many teams will be fighting for playoff hopes or seeding during their Decision Day matchups. St. Louis CITY SC, which has already locked up the best seed in the west, eyes for something bigger.Simply put, it comes down to this: A victory on Saturday would help St. Louis improve to 59 points on the season and break a MLS record for the most points in an expansion team's first season. A draw on Saturday would help St. Louis improve to 57 points on the season and match the MLS record for the most points in an expansion team's first season. Breaking down this year’s MLS playoffs format: What does it mean for St. Louis CITY SC? The record currently belongs to LAFC, who finished with 57 points during their inaugural season in 2018. St. Louis already has more wins (17) than the re...Ex-Missouri deputy sheriff charged for possession of child sexual assault material
Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:55:02 GMT
PHELPS COUNTY, Mo – A former deputy sheriff from Phelps County was charged on October 18 for possessing child sexual assault material (CSAM) and is scheduled to appear in court on October 20. A federal grand jury has indicted Justin Bradley Durham, 42, for purchasing and possessing CSAM. He also faces charges related to the destruction or alteration of records. According to court records, between December 2013 and December 2014, Durham coerced an underage girl into engaging in sexual acts and recorded them. He kept the CSAM of the girl. Between December 9, 2017, and July 2, 2018, he obtained CSAM involving a second girl. Brittish Williams – From ‘Basketball Wives’ to guilty plea The final charges in this case allege that Durham deleted files on his Dropbox account and destroyed his iPhone in an attempt to interfere with the FBI investigation. Court documents explained that Durham offered the first victim money in exchange for CSAM and later paid her when she came to his...St. Louis man robs former job, loses money to a scammer, later sentenced to 10+ years
Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:55:02 GMT
ST. LOUIS – A man from north St. Louis stole money from his former job and then spent $1,000 on a scam, spending the remainder on his girlfriend. Jonathan Davis, 24, now faces over 10 years in prison for an armed robbery committed at the Steak ‘N Shake where he once worked. Additionally, he must reimburse $3,715 in damages. Davis was found guilty of armed robbery involving a firearm. On June 23, 2021, around 12:30 a.m., Davis entered the office at a Steak 'N Shake located at 9550 Natural Bridge Road in Berkeley. At gunpoint, he robbed the owner of cash. Brittish Williams – From ‘Basketball Wives’ to guilty plea Davis had been employed at the restaurant until two months before the robbery occurred. Following the robbery, Davis went on a five-day spending spree, using the stolen funds to cover his rent, purchase an iPhone, acquire a diamond ring for his girlfriend, pay her cell phone bill, and provide her with cash. He lost $1,000 to a scammer when attempting to buy a car...Sister of Denver man and her mother released by Hamas after being held hostage for nearly 2 weeks
Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:55:02 GMT
A Denver man’s 17-year-old sister and her mother were released by Hamas on Friday after being held hostage in Gaza for nearly two weeks.Judith and Natalie Raanan were in southern Israel celebrating Judith’s mother’s 85th birthday when the Palestinian group Hamas launched an unprecedented attack on Israel, killing around 1,400 people and taking at least 200 people hostage.The Israel Defense Forces confirmed to The Associated Press that the mother and daughter, who live in the Chicago area, have been released.The two Americans were out of the Gaza Strip and in the hands of the Israeli military, an army spokesman said. Hamas said it released them for humanitarian reasons in an agreement with the Qatari government.Ben Raanan, Natalie’s sister and Judith’s former stepson, said in a Thursday interview with The Denver Post that the two were in a kibbutz about a mile from the Gaza border when they heard gunshots and explosions on Oct. 7, according to a message ...Suspected DUI driver charged with attempted murder after crashing into Orange County Kohl's
Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:55:02 GMT
The man who crashed his vehicle into a Kohl's in Huntington Beach last week is now facing six charges for attempted murder.Tuan Miller, 54, of Anaheim, was arrested last Friday after he allegedly crashed into the front of the department store at the Bella Terra Mall.Miller fled the scene, but was later arrested, at which point it was determined he was under the influence of an undisclosed drug.On Friday, Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer released new information about the crash, including that it's being investigated as an intentional act.Miller is accused plowing into a group of people who were standing outside the store and listening to a group of singers. He allegedly drove onto the sidewalk, hitting two women before revving his engine and accelerating toward three other people. One of the victims became lodged in the front of his car as it crashed through the store's glass doors.The Kohl's at the Bella Terra Mall after a truck smashed through the front of it on Oct. 1...Orange County school board rejects parental notification proposal
Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:55:02 GMT
The Capistrano Unified School District, Orange County's largest, has rejected a parental notification policy that critics say could have led to students being "outed" as transgender to their families.Unlike those enacted by Orange, Chino Valley, Murrieta Valley, Temecula Valley, Placentia Yorba-Linda and other districts, Capistrano's proposal did not specifically mention gender identity.Instead, it would have required schools to notify families if a student was "exhibiting symptoms of depression, anxiety, a dramatic shift in academic performance, social withdrawal or other significant changes affecting a student’s well-being."When pressed on the issue during Wednesday night’s school board meeting, Trustee Lisa Davis, who proposed the policy, acknowledged that it could be applied to gender identity, the Orange County Register reported. Chino Valley school board enacts transgender notification policy “I ask for your vote to make it clear to parents and guardians that we see them as ...‘I didn’t want anyone to get hurt’: Oakley officer describes killing man who’d fired at cops during armed standoff
Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:55:02 GMT
MARTINEZ — An Oakley police officer took the stand Friday and recounted the last few moments before he fired an AR-15 at an armed domestic violence suspect who’d already shot “three or four volleys” at police.These new details of the Aug. 25, 2022 shooting came during a coroner’s inquest, a procedural hearing where a jury is asked to determine the official manner of death of anyone killed by police, or in police custody, in Contra Costa County. Jurors must decide if the death was an accident, a homicide, a suicide, or by natural causes, but their decision carries no criminal nor civil liability.Officer Brett Jackson shot and killed 58-year-old Frank Correa, of Oakley, hours into an armed standoff 1800 block of Teresa Lane, which started when a woman reported Correa was driving her around town and refusing to let her leave. After arriving at the Teresa Lane home at around 10 p.m. on Aug. 24, the woman escaped while Correa locked himself inside and refuse...Latest news
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