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Air-quality alert: Canada wildfire smoke blowing into Minnesota on Thursday and Friday

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:37:26 GMT

Another incursion of smoke from Canadian wildfires has prompted the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency to issue a statewide air quality alert for the next two days.The MPCA said the impact is expected to be “significant” during the alert, from 12:00 a.m. Thursday through 11 p.m. Friday.The smoke from Canada’s Northwest Territories is expected to move in and cause orange alert conditions (unhealthy for sensitive groups) and red alert conditions (unhealthy for all).“What this will mean is that once smoke arrives it will be significant and will linger,” the Minnesota agency said on its website Wednesday, noting it could rival record poor air quality conditions seen in July/August 2021.There is also the possibility of a purple alert (very unhealthy) in far northern Minnesota.“In this concentration smoke will be easily visible and there will likely be a strong smoke odor,” the MPCA said.In some cases, there may be a burned plastic smell instead o...

Motorcycle advocates share safety awareness amid the rise of accidents

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:37:26 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — A tragic motorcycle accident in Clifton Park on Wednesday has become another reminder of how important it is for both drivers and riders to share the road responsibly.Andrew Liuzzi, President of the New York chapter of the American Bikers Aim Towards Education (ABATE), is an advocate trying to help prevent these types of crashes from happening. Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! “The Safety Board says there is a 6% -8% increase in crashes and fatalities in New York State. And sadly, I believe that number is considerably higher,” he said.Liuzzi believes that number may be as high as 20%.“Lane changing sensors that tell you that there’s no one beside you don’t always pick up motorcycles, unfortunately. People need to turn their heads,” he said.From automatic lane detectors, brakes, and rearview cameras, Liuzzi says there is still room for human error.One commuter agreed that drivers should be more careful on ...

Troy to finalize downtown infrastructure plans

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:37:26 GMT

TROY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -Its been more than ten years since the old city hall was torn down. A fence is still keeping people out of the spot.Assemblyman John McDonald says the city has been working on finding just the right plan. “This has been a critical site in the heart of downtown Troy that has gone through different variations. I think four or five.”As of January 2022, the city started preliminary site work for their project partner, Hoboken Brownstone. This included the relocation of an existing water service line and the installation of improved sewer lines. The project needed financial help from the state to continue and that came in the 2023 budget. “We were fortunate in the budget with the support of Governor Hochul to direct $19 million into the project," said McDonald. What would you like to see at the old Troy city hall location But before construction begins on the projected $64 million project, all the money needed is not yet in order. “The developer is working with var...

Teen killed in Fort Ann shooting

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:37:26 GMT

FORT ANN, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- A teenager has died after a shooting in Fort Ann Wednesday evening, police said. The incident took place at an apartment building on Charles Street. Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! The victim was 15 years old. The investigation is ongoing.

Task force formed to help sidewalk squatters

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:37:26 GMT

ST. LOUIS – Following Tuesday night’s report on south St. Louis sidewalk squatters, FOX 2 has learned much more about the couple at the center of things.The man and woman who've been living in squalor on neighborhood sidewalks for more than a decade are Sudanese refugees who arrived here 12 years ago. There have been repeated efforts to help. All have failed.A new task force has been initiated to try again.The saga has now been an issue for three consecutive St. Louis mayors.The man and woman have been living in a sidewalk dwelling constructed from shopping carts, cardboard, old coats, blankets, and plastic sheeting at Chippewa and Spring for two years. They’ve been moving around to various spots in the Dutchtown neighborhood for more than 10 years.“Before here they were on Bamberger (Avenue),” said neighborhood resident Temika Young.The couple has also squatted at Chippewa and Gustine. Before that, it was Gravois and Gustine, with the dwelling growing larger through the years. Cl...

Missouri AG: I want to get people their open records

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:37:26 GMT

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey said he's dedicated to a transparent and open government after the FOX Files discovered hundreds of requests for public records, some of which could take his office nearly a year to fulfill.According to Bailey, his office is working to fulfill 416 open Sunshine Law requests. His office said 224 of those were inherited from the previous administration."I want the government to be transparent," Bailey said. "Not all requests are equal. One request might generate 10, 20, 30,000 documents, and it takes time to review those documents."The state's Sunshine Law is critical to public transparency because it allows citizens to request records like salaries, emails, and contracts from government officials and public agencies.Bailey said he's hiring more people to keep up."We got two full-time staff working on this. We just brought on a third staff member that's going to be working on this full-time. We're dedicated to getting peopl...

St. Louis man gets 120 years for making child pornography

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:37:26 GMT

ST. LOUIS - A U.S. District Court judge sentenced a St. Louis man to more than a century in federal prison for producing sexual abuse material involving three children.Prosecutors with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Missouri said a jury convicted Anthony Lemicy, 44, in March of four counts of producing child pornography.Lemicy sexually abused a 7-year-old child that he was babysitting in 2019 and took pictures and videos of the abuse, prosecutors said. He also took videos of two other children in the shower.When police were notified of Lemicy's crimes, he fled to Tacoma, Washington. FBI agents tracked Lemicy down and found him hiding in a clothes dryer.All told, Lemicy was handed a 120-year prison term; ostensibly a life sentence.

Athletics snap 9-game road skid with an 8-0 win over Cardinals

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:37:26 GMT

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Zack Gelof had four hits and Paul Blackburn pitched seven scoreless innings as the Oakland Athletics snapped a nine-game road losing streak and avoided a sweep in St. Louis with an 8-0 win over the Cardinals on Wednesday night.Gelof had his second career four-hit game — and the second this week — after getting four against Washington on Sunday.Blackburn (3-3) turned in the longest outing of his season, allowing six hits, with eight strikeouts and one walk.The A’s, who have the worst record in the majors at 34-87, snapped the Cardinals' three-game winning streak. St. Louis is last in the NL Central at 54-67.Cardinals starter Matthew Liberatore (2-5) allowed six runs, five earned, in 4 1/3 innings. He gave up 10 hits, struck out five and walked three.Liberatore’s struggles came after the best start of his career in which he pitched eight scoreless innings and struck out seven against Tampa Bay on Thursday.The A’s jumped on Liberatore early, batting around in the first...

St. Charles water well no. 10 back up and running

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:37:26 GMT

ST. CHARLES, Mo. – The City of St. Charles is once again able to supply some of the drinking water to its residents. This comes just a couple of days after a noticeable drop in ammonia levels at well #10, forcing the city to shut down it's only operational water treatment plant."Now, we're out spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to get ammonia to put into our water in the plant so that we can process it and get it to the people as safe drinking water," Mayor Dan Borgmeyer said.The mayor said adding ammonia is a short-term solution to a long-term problem. Cannabis recall in Missouri: Dispensaries pulling 60K products "That's not something we've ever encountered in 60 years of operation, so it's not an anticipated thing by any means. In order to deal with that, we had to put a temporary chemical treatment system in. Basically, we had to add that ammonia in where it was no longer there," said John Phillips, utilities superintendent for St. Charles.Phillips said the ammonia solv...

Flash mob robbers ransack luxury clothing store in Hancock Park

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:37:26 GMT

A group of thieves remains at large after ransacking a luxury retail store in Hancock Park Tuesday night in a flash mob-style robbery.The thieves targeted denim retailer Ksubi located at 132 S. La Brea Ave. around 6:55 p.m., according to the Los Angeles Police Department.Around 11 masked men entered the luxury clothing store right before closing time and ransacked the shop.The suspects swarmed the shop and began quickly grabbing clothing from store shelves and display racks. A pair of Ksubi jeans are priced anywhere from $190 to $280 a pair with other clothing items priced even higher.Two security guards attempted to stop the mass theft, but were unable to overtake the thieves, authorities said.At one point, one suspect reportedly hinted at possessing a handgun in his pocket to encourage the guards to step away, police said.  Elderly woman violently dragged by purse snatcher in Hacienda Heights Ksubi store located at 132 S. La Brea Avenue. (KTLA)The suspects fled the store in...