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NYS Weather Risk Communication Center launches at UAlbany

Published Thu, 06 Mar 2025 16:14:26 GMT

NY ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- New York State leaders are taking new steps to improve severe weather forecasting, and the University at Albany is in the middle of those efforts. New York's new Weather Risk Communication Center officially launched at UAlbany on Thursday.Meteorologists will combine forecasts from the National Weather Service with data from the New York State Mesonet. They will serve as meteorologists for the state and help officials and emergency managers make real time decisions during severe weather events. Get the latest news, weather, sports and more delivered right to your inbox! "For those really big situations, when there is a really critical event, say a hurricane making landfall, Buffalo Blizzard, flooding in New York City, those kinds of situations that are really damaging to life and property, the state really needs as much information as they can to better prepare themselves for those, and then respond to them after they happe...

Hunter issued violations for shooting at a deer decoy

Published Thu, 06 Mar 2025 16:14:26 GMT

LAKE LUZERNE, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- On November 23, Environmental Conservation Officers set up a deer decoy to address illegal road hunting. A pickup truck with two individuals inside was seen driving toward the decoy. Get the latest news, weather, sports and more delivered right to your inbox! ECOs observed an individual get out of the truck and fire a rifle at the decoy. The individual was issued violations, including possession of a loaded firearm in a motor vehicle and discharging a firearm from a public roadway.

Rabbi urges unity as St. Louis gears up for Hanukkah

Published Thu, 06 Mar 2025 16:14:26 GMT

ST. LOUIS - Thursday marks the start of Hanukkah. It’s the beginning of eight days of a joyous Jewish holiday, celebrating a miracle from more than 2,000 years ago.But in 2023, the meaning of the celebration is ever more meaningful for many.  “We often describe it as the festival of light,” says Rabbi Scott Shasrin, Jewish Community Relations Council St. Louis. “It is a practical celebration because of the time of year it is and the wintertime being dark, and you can find that in many cultures. But what’s unique to the Jewish story, it combines this specific incident of fighting to find their place in the world but also being a light to the nations.” Highway with ‘Loneliest Road in America’ also runs through St. Louis region The Kiener Plaza Menorah lighting in Downtown St. Louis is scheduled for Thursday evening, marking the start of the eight-day holy holiday at the Jewish Federation of St. Louis. Work has been ongoing getting ready for this year’s celebration of ...

REPORTS: CITY SC to trade Jared Stroud, Lucas Bartlett to D.C. United

Published Thu, 06 Mar 2025 16:14:26 GMT

ST. LOUIS - Just a few weeks after their inaugural season came to an end, St. Louis CITY SC appears to be shaking up their roster. CITY SC has agreed to trade midfielder Jared Stroud, defender Lucas Bartlett and $300,000 in general allocation money to D.C. United for midfielder Chris Durkin. Sources have confirmed the deal in place, according to reports from The Athletic' MLS Insider Tom Bogert and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, but CITY SC has not yet announced the trade. The MLS trade window officially opens on Monday morning after the MLS Cup this weekend. Stroud played 31 games for CITY SC, starting 25 contests. He ended up with five goals and five assists. Bartlett played 14 games for CITY SC this year and registered one assistSt. Louis gets a slightly younger player in Durkin, who had three goals and two assists last year in D.C.

Dedication ceremony for fallen STL County Ofc. Antonio Valentine

Published Thu, 06 Mar 2025 16:14:26 GMT

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. - A St. Louis County Police detective killed in the line of duty is being honored Thursday morning with a bridge named after him. Detective Antonio Valentine was killed in a violent head-on crash on December 1, 2021, on Chambers Road in Bellefontaine Neighbors.The bridge being named after him is the Telegraph Road bridge over the Meramec River. The bridge is going to be named the 'Detective Antonio Valentine Memorial Bridge.' Detective Valentine was 42 years old when he was killed."Antonio Valentine is a man of faith, a loving husband, father and son. sniff, a loyal friend, servant and leader," said one speaker Thursday afternoon during a dedication ceremony. "Antonio Valentine is the example of person we should all strive to be and replicate." Alderman proposes open-carry trigger law in St. Louis He had been with the St. Louis County Police since 2007 and was assigned to the Bureau of Drug Enforcement when he lost his life. Valentine was working with other ...

I-25’s new express lanes open Dec. 15 as leaders praise traffic relief from $1.3 billion project

Published Thu, 06 Mar 2025 16:14:26 GMT

LOVELAND – Colorado leaders drove north from Denver Thursday and celebrated the near-completion of a $1.3 billion Interstate 25 expansion, hailing it as relief from traffic congestion for northern Front Range cities, amid looming uncertainty about how to ensure mobility in the future.The I-25 widening to add express toll lanes between Fort Collins and Berthoud includes a new kind of center-of-the-highway Bustang platform — Colorado Department of Transportation officials call it a “multimodal hub” — designed to reduce bus travel time.But state transportation and political leaders, gathered by that hub, also acknowledged planning forecasts of worsening traffic congestion over the next 25 years. Colorado’s population is expected to grow by more than 1 million before 2050 and the latest Denver Regional Council of Governments study concluded total vehicle miles traveled will increase by 40%, leading to worse I-25 congestion by 2 p.m. in 2050 than the current...

Four killed in potential hostage situation in El Paso County

Published Thu, 06 Mar 2025 16:14:26 GMT

El Paso County Sheriff’s deputies found four adults killed in a Wednesday night shooting after sending in a SWAT team to investigate the scene, the the office said in a release Thursday afternoon.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | Woman killed in auto-pedestrian crash in Lakewood Crime and Public Safety | Denver area sees 4 murder-suicides in two weeks Crime and Public Safety | Von Miller declines to comment on domestic assault allegations after returning to Bills practice Crime and Public Safety | 10 Colorado search and rescue operations in 2023, from ill-prepared hikers to a dog on a 14er Crime and Public Safety | Paraglider in critical condition after crash in north Boulder According to the release, deputies initially contacted a man who had injuries that were not life-threatening outside in the 21000 block of Akawi Way after responding to the scene just after midnight.According to Sergea...

Broncos head toward divisional road test at L.A. Chargers with nearly fully healthy roster

Published Thu, 06 Mar 2025 16:14:26 GMT

Say this for the 2023 Broncos: They’ve been remarkably healthy.Whether or not the team can take advantage of that down the stretch — or if it lasts — remains to be seen, of course. But for now, it sets Denver up well heading into a tough divisional road test against the Los Angeles Chargers on Sunday.Sean Payton’s team had no injury limitations for Thursday’s practice on its 53-man roster. Denver had 51 full participants and the only two players who didn’t practice — defensive lineman Mike Purcell and tight end Chris Manhertz — were held out on veteran rest days rather than because of injury.The Broncos had several players limited Wednesday, including some key ones like All-Pro cornerback Pat Surtain II (knee), defensive lineman Zach Allen (elbow) and right tackle Mike McGlinchey (knee), but they were all fully back in action Thursday.The Chargers, by contrast, had four players who didn’t practice Thursday, three more who were limited and two who practiced fu...

Colorado blames Biden administration, drugmakers for delaying Canadian imports

Published Thu, 06 Mar 2025 16:14:26 GMT

By Phil Galewitz, KFF Health NewsColorado officials say their plan to import cheaper medicines from Canada has been stymied by opposition from drugmakers and inaction by the Biden administration, according to a state report obtained by KFF Health News.The Dec. 1 report, prepared for the state legislature by Colorado’s Department of Health Care Policy and Financing, says that state officials approached 23 drugmakers in the last year about an importation program. Only four agreed even to discuss the proposal; none expressed interest in participating.“Generally, the challenges that remain are outside state authority and rely on action by FDA and/or drug manufacturers,” the report reads.Lawmakers in both parties, at the state and national level, have sought for decades to legalize importing drugs from Canada. Since 2020, when President Donald Trump’s administration opened the door to Canadian drug imports with regulations issued just weeks before he lost reelection, only a few states ha...

Hospital asking for public's help to identify man who was hit by car

Published Thu, 06 Mar 2025 16:14:26 GMT

A Los Angeles area hospital is asking for the public's help to identify a patient who has been hospitalized since mid-November after he was hit by a vehicle in Long Beach.Dignity Health officials are looking to ID a man who was hit by a vehicle in Long Beach on Nov. 18, 2023.The patient, identified by Dignity Health officials as a Hispanic man in his 50s, has no documentation or evidence that could help identify him.The man was found around 11 p.m. on Nov. 18, lying in the roadway at the intersection of Golden Avenue and Pacific Coast Highway. He was transported to Dignity Health St. Mary Medical Center on Linden Avenue, where he remains hospitalized.Officials say he's about 5 foot 7 inches tall and weighs about 138 pounds. He has brown eyes, brown hair and a brown beard.On his right forearm, he has a tattoo of a rose and the names Guadalupe and Lizbet. On his left forearm, the names Jose and Lizbet again, as well as a tribal circle.    Due to patient privacy laws, Dignity is unable...