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Saratoga Springs declares snow emergency

Published Mon, 24 Feb 2025 02:48:37 GMT

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (NEWS10) - Saratoga Springs declaring a snow emergency ahead of the winter storm heading to the Capital Region. The area will get several inches of snow and some places could see over a foot or more. Get all of the latest news, weather, sports, and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! The snow emergency will begin Monday, March 13 at 7 p.m. and run until Thursday, March 16 at 7 p.m. During a snow emergency, all vehicles parked on City streets must be moved to a cleared or plowed area every twelve hours. Tuesday, March 14, at 7 a.m., is the first time vehicles must be moved to a cleared parking space. Except for on streets with alternate parking, those alternate side parking restrictions should be adhered to in accordance with posted guidelines.Several other communities have announced a snow emergency ahead of the winter storm set to impact the region. Check the latest from the Storm Tracker Weather Team to stay up to date with the latest weather news.

Village of Scotia declares State of Emergency

Published Mon, 24 Feb 2025 02:48:37 GMT

SCOTIA, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- The Village of Scotia announced a State of Emergency effective at 10 p.m. on Monday, March 13, that runs until 12 p.m. on Wednesday, March 15. Travel is restricted to essential personnel. Get all of the latest news, weather, sports, and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! During this time, parking will not be permitted on Village streets or in the municipal lot. Vehicles violating the regulations may be subject to ticketing or be towed at the owner's expense. Village offices will be closed on Tuesday, March 14, and reopened on Wednesday, March 15. The City of Schenectady will not collect solid waste and recycling in the Village of Scotia on Tuesday. Residents are asked to place solid waste and recycling curbside on Friday evening, for collection on Saturday.

Man kills daughter's suspected stalker with moose antler, police say

Published Mon, 24 Feb 2025 02:48:37 GMT

(NEXSTAR) – A Minnesota man showed up at the Cook County Sheriff's Office on Wednesday covered in blood and confessed to beating a 77-year-old to death, first with a shovel, then with a moose antler. The county attorney called it a "brutal attack without provocation on an elderly man." Get all of the latest news, weather, sports, and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! Levi Axtell, 27, told sheriff's deputies he killed Lawrence V. Scully in his Grand Marais, Minnesota, home. Back in 2018, Axtell had accused the elderly man of stalking his 22-month-old daughter, the Star Tribune reports. In a request for a protective order, he said Scully would park his van outside his daughter's daycare and wait for her to go out on walks. The court granted the protective order temporarily but dismissed it weeks later, according to the newspaper. Before Axtell's 2018 complaint, Scully was already a convicted sex offender. Cook County Sheriff Pat Eliasen confirmed to the Associated Press t...

2nd person charged in Schnucks parking lot shooting

Published Mon, 24 Feb 2025 02:48:37 GMT

ST. CHARLES COUNTY, Mo. - Prosecutors have charged a second person in connection with last week's shooting in a St. Peters Schnucks parking lot.Jayana Dobbs, 22, is charged with accessory to first-degree assault, accessory to armed criminal action, and first-degree robbery. She's in custody at the St. Peters Police Department, but will soon be transferred to St. Charles County Jail, where she'll be held on a $1 million bond.Dobbs is the girlfriend of the alleged shooter, Tyrone Miller, 24.Earlier this week, the St. Charles County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office charged Miller with first-degree felony assault, armed criminal action, and attempted robbery. He's being held on a $1 million bond. Top story: Hermann officer dead, 1 injured after Sunday shooting The shooting happened around 8 p.m. on Friday, March 3, in the parking lot of Schnucks at Highway 94 and Jungermann Road.According to Sgt. Melissa Doss, a spokeswoman for the St. Peters Police Department, the 52-year-old victim got...

Standoff ensues after person shoots at Ballwin police officers

Published Mon, 24 Feb 2025 02:48:37 GMT

BALLWIN, Mo. - Ballwin police are engaged in a standoff with a person they claim flourished a gun and then shot at officers during a pursuit.This is a developing story. FOX 2 will have more information as it becomes available.

Mandy Harvey will be Variety's celebrity guest during 'An Evening of Empowerment'

Published Mon, 24 Feb 2025 02:48:37 GMT

ST. LOUIS -- They empower children with disabilities in the St. Louis area to live their lives to the fullest through programs, equipment, performing arts, recreation and more. FOX 2 is proud to be the exclusive media sponsor of Variety, the children's charity.Executive Director Brian Roy has a big announcement. Mandy Harvey is celebrity guest performing for the Variety Unbound event. She is a singer-songwriter, author, and finalist of America's Got Talent, who happens to be deaf. It is an inspirational story and message to never giving up and continuing to try, along with singing a couple of her original songs.Variety Unbound: An Evening of EmpowermentThe FactoryThursday, April 20, 20236 pm

'Monday Like a Pro' to help Athletes for Animals

Published Mon, 24 Feb 2025 02:48:37 GMT

ST. LOUIS -- Purina Pro Plan has a new challenge for pet owners. It's called Monday Like a Pro.Dog owners can get active with your best friend. That could be hiking, playing fetch, or going on a run. Purina wants humans and animals to be active, and be outside.They want dog owners across the country to log one million minutes of activity each week.Every time that goal is reached, Purina will donate $15,000 to Athletes for Animals. That is a non-profit co-founded by former St. Louis Blues player David Backes.The challenge runs until May 21, 2023. Join the challenge here.

Denver Black, Jewish community leaders work to unite communities to combat white nationalism, propaganda

Published Mon, 24 Feb 2025 02:48:37 GMT

Black and Jewish leaders in Denver are hoping to stir up a conversation on how their communities can help each other fight white nationalism.Caren Press, a Jewish woman from Denver who runs a mentorship program at George Washington High School, has organized a discussion with several leaders from Denver’s Black and Jewish communities to rebuild trust and unite the two communities.“The Denver Dialogue” discussion is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 15 at the George Washington High School library. The event is open to the public and no registration is needed.Press said that when Kanye West, who now goes by Ye, posted a series of antisemitic tweets and praised Hitler in an interview with conspiracy theorist Alex Jones in late 2022, a light was shown on the fractured relationship between many people within the Black and Jewish communities.Press, along with Theo Wilson, the director of the Denver branch of the Black educational nonprofit Shop Talk Live, and Evan Weissman, founder...

What do race and ethnicity mean? The US government is asking

Published Mon, 24 Feb 2025 02:48:37 GMT

By MIKE SCHNEIDER (Associated Press)Nyhiem Way is weary of people conflating African American and Black. Shalini Parekh wants a way for South Asian people to identify themselves differently than East Asians with roots in places like China or Japan. And Byron Haskins wants the U.S. to toss racial and ethnic labels altogether.“When you set up categories that are used to place people in boxes, sometime you miss the truth of them,” said Haskins, who describes himself as African American.Way, Parekh and Haskins’ voices are among more than 4,600 comments pending before the Biden administration as it contemplates updating the nation’s racial and ethnic categories for the first time since 1997. There’s a lot to consider. Some Black Americans want their ancestors’ enslavement recognized in how they are identified. Some Jewish people believe their identity should be seen as its own ethnic category and not only a religion. The idea of revising categories for...

Rockies games will be televised on AT&T SportsNet — for now

Published Mon, 24 Feb 2025 02:48:37 GMT

When the Rockies open their regular season March 30 at San Diego, fans will be able to watch games on TV via AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain, a major league source confirmed Monday.But how long that arrangement will continue remains to be seen.Last month, Warner Brothers Discovery, Inc. (WBD) announced it would cut off its rights payments to the Rockies, Houston Astros and Pittsburgh Pirates, whose games it airs through AT&T SportsNet.Major League Baseball eventually plans to step in and take over those broadcasts in the future, but not by opening day, according to the New York Post, which reported that games are expected to still be aired through AT&T SportsNet “for the time being.”Also, the plan is for MLB to keep the current local announcers and analysts when the league takes over the broadcasts, a source confirmed to The Post.AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain has not responded to multiple requests for comments and clarity. Local announcers said they have no...