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Suburban 21-year-old dies in scooter accident at University of Michigan

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 12:30:50 GMT

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — A 21-year-old man from Deerfield died over the weekend following a scooter accident at the University of Michigan.On Saturday at around 11:30 p.m., officers responded to Oakland Avenue and Hill Street on the report of a crash involving a vehicle and scooter.Officers at the scene located Seth Sugar, 21, of Deerfield, who was suffering from life-threatening injuries. He died at the hospital the following day.Following a preliminary investigation, police believe Sugar was traveling eastbound on Hill Street on a battery-operated motorized scooter. At some point, Sugar crossed the center line and collided head-on with a sedan, driven by a 77-year-old Ann Arbor residents.The driver was not injured and remained at the scene.Sugar was a student at the University of Michigan.

Missing 17-year-old from Northlake may be in need of 'immediate help,' police say

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 12:30:50 GMT

LOMBARD, Ill. — Police in Lombard are seeking the public's help locating a missing 17-year-old who may need immediate assistance.Alexis Nunez of Northlake was last on foot in the Roosevelt Road and Interstate-355 (Veterans Memorial Tollway) area. Police did not say when the last sighting of Nunex occurred, however.SEE ALSO: Chicago teen missing for two weeks, police says Nunez stands 5"9', weighs 116 pounds, and has dark hair with the front dyed red. The 17-year-old was last seen wearing blue jeans and an unknown t-shirt. Anyone with information is asked to call 911.

No, photos won't be permanently deleted from your iPhone later this month

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 12:30:50 GMT

(The Hill) - Despite some fears voiced by customers online, Apple will not be mass-deleting user photos from its devices near the end of the month. The tech giant recently announced that it will be doing away with its My Photo Stream service on July 26, but that doesn’t mean photos are going away anytime soon.The My Photo Stream service uploads users' most recent 1,000 photos to iCloud automatically, for free, enabling access to them on any of a customer's Apple devices for 30 days after they’re taken. The service already stopped automatically uploading photos on June 26, exactly 30 days before the planned shut down.With that going away, users can no longer — as easily — take photos on their iPhone and access them on their iPad, for example. But those photos are still accessible on the device they were taken.“The photos in My Photo Stream are already stored on at least one of your devices, so as long as you have the device with your originals, you won’t lose any photos as part ...

Lake County Public Works boil order lifted

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 12:30:50 GMT

UPDATE: The boil order has been lifted for Lake County Public Works customers.Original story:LAKE COUNTY, Ill. — Aqua Illinois lifted a boil water advisory on Sunday, but about a quarter of its customers who are served by Lake County Public Works, are still being asked to boil water out of precaution until more test results come back.Aqua, the essential utilities company, announced the boil water advisory that was originally placed back on July 3 for Hawthorn Woods, Kildeer and Lake County Public Works was lifted on Sunday, July 9.Over the weekend, Aqua Illinois identified the problem causing low pressure across the system, a significant leak at Spencer Loomis Elementary School in Hawthorn Woods.Aqua released an update on Sunday confirming the boil advisory being lifted after water quality tests from a third-party lab indicated water in the areas is now safe for use and meets the necessary approval levels set by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).For now, Lake County...

Burn ban issued for Hays County

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 12:30:50 GMT

HAYS COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — A burn ban was reinstated for Hays County Tuesday morning and will be in place for at least 90 days. The county tweeted Tuesday that the ban was reinstated during the Commissioners Court meeting. The ban will be reevaluated after the 90-day period is up. This comes after dozens of acres burned in a brush fire near Hilliard Road over the weekend. Hays County brush fire fully contained, officials say Hays County Judge Ruben Becerra said in a Facebook post the ban is a proactive measure to protect the community. "Due to dry weather conditions [and] high temperatures our Fire Marshal has implemented this burn ban as a precautionary measure," the post read. The burn ban applies to all outdoor burning.

Sand Lake Merchant opening in historic building

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 12:30:50 GMT

SAND LAKE, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- Sand Lake Merchant is set to have its soft opening on Saturday, July 15. Owner and curator Amanda Goyer said the store took 16 months to renovate. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! Sand Lake Merchant is located in the historic 200-year-old building at 2869 Route 43, which was one of the first buildings in Sand Lake. The building was a general store and post office from 1830 to 1978. The building turned into Nash’s Store and Post Office in 1911 and was that until 1978.Since then, the building has been home to gift and consignment shops, including The Country Token, Jill’s Hidden Garden, and Park Place. In 2021, Goyer and her husband Chris bought the building. New bar and restaurant opening in Milton "The inspiration for the business plan came from learning of the rich history of the building," said Goyer. "We are proud to pull from all aspects of the building's history when we open as the rev...

Police recover body from the Hudson River

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 12:30:50 GMT

SELKIRK, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- Law enforcement agencies responded to Henry Hudson Park on Tuesday morning after a body was reportedly spotted in the Hudson River. The Bethlehem Police Department and the Selkirk Fire Department were able to recover the body from the river. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! According to the police, the deceased individual appears to be a black female. No other information is available at this time as this is an active investigation. Follow NEWS10 for updates on this story.

Belleville man sentenced for sexual exploitation of minors

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 12:30:50 GMT

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. - A Belleville, Illinois, man appeared in federal court Tuesday after admitting to exploiting minors by producing sexual abuse material.Prosecutors with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Illinois said Zachary Dennert, 21, targeted young boys on social media, gained their trust by pretending to be a young girl, and then manipulated his victims into producing sexually-explicit material for him.Dennert pleaded guilty to four counts of production, distribution, and transportation of child sexual abuse material. Police search for 2 teens who vandalized Webster Groves City Hall’s fountain According to court documents, in 2020, Dennert created fake profiles on several social media platforms and posed as a female teenager. He then coaxed boys between the ages of 11 and 15 to send him explicit images. Local and federal investigators recovered more than 600 images of sexual abuse material from Dennert's social media accounts.A U.S. District Court j...

Co-defendants sentenced for string of violent carjackings in St. Louis region

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 12:30:50 GMT

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. - An East St. Louis man and a St. Louis man were sentenced in federal court on Tuesday for a string of violent carjackings in Missouri and Illinois in summer 2021. Prosecutors with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Illinois said Jamariante Burgess, 21, and Armon Simpson, 19, admitted to conspiring with others other to commit carjackings between July 12 and Aug. 5, 2021.According to court documents, Burgess and Simpson pointed guns at and carjacked a person at the Roosevelt Homes public hosing development in East St. Louis. Accused killer’s case thrown out over one question at trial Weeks later, the pair did the same to a man in St. Louis City's Soulard neighborhood. Burgess and Simpson were unable to drive the stolen vehicle. They also exchanged gunfire with a good Samaritan who tried to intervene to stop the carjacking.That same evening, Burgess and Simpson went to downtown St. Louis and robbed three people at gunpoint and stole their ve...

Four MLB All-Stars who could be Cardinals right now, and why they aren't

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 12:30:50 GMT

ST. LOUIS - Just moments before Randy Arozarena and Adolis García kicked off Monday's Home Run Derby with a head-to-head battle, ESPN made quite a jarring statement: "This is really a St. Louis Cardinals nightmare scenario." The one-time Cardinals prospects became close friends as teammates on several St. Louis minor league teams, though earned their first Home Run derby nods and All-Star selections away from the franchise. Arozarena even finished second place in the derby and just missed the championship title by a few home runs. As for the team that drafted them, the St. Louis Cardinals parted ways with both prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. And many years later, the Cardinals face a rare fate of sending only one All-Star to the Midsummer Classic. That's happened only four times in the 21st century. Arozarena and García are the only players that slipped away from the Cardinals franchise to become All-Stars. Depending on interpretation, there are four players who fit the bill of guys...