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Town of Glen celebrates its bicentennial on July 8

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:34:37 GMT

GLEN, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- On July 8, the Town of Glen is celebrating its bicentennial with live music, games, and more! The bicentennial will kick off with an opening ceremony with Assemblyman Robert Smullen scheduled to make an appearance. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! Events will be held from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. throughout the Hamlet of Glen along Mill Point Road. Highlights include live performances by Shane McGrath and Bob Naumowicz, a postal cancellation with a custom postmark, a baking contest, games, and more!Attendees can pick up a schedule of events, a map of the locations, and tickets for free ice cream at the Glen Conservancy Hall. For additional information or updates about events, visit the Town of Glen NY 2023 Bicentennial Facebook page.

Teen charged as adult in St. Charles County with 16-year-old's killing

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:34:37 GMT

ST. CHARLES COUNTY, Mo. - A St. Charles teen has been transferred from the county's Juvenile/Family Court to the 11th Circuit Court to face trial as an adult for a February 2023 fatal shooting.Lydia Elking of Lake St. Louis died on Saturday, Feb. 18. She was 15.Within days of the shooting, two teens were arrested and charged for the crime. In March, Elking's boyfriend was charged in connection with her death.According to Lt. Thomas Wilkison, a spokesman for the St. Charles Police Department, officers were called to St. Joseph’s Hospital just before 8:50 p.m. on Feb. 18. SLMPD investigating several overnight shootings Elking and her 17-year-old boyfriend arrived at the hospital after being shot at, Wilkison said. Elking suffered a gunshot wound to her chest, and the boyfriend drove her to the hospital to report the shooting.Initially, the 17-year-old told detectives he and Elking had been asked to meet two people in the area of Oak Avenue and Perry Street, near Lincoln Elementary S...

Dispensary buys former South Broadway firehouse for $3M

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:34:37 GMT

A local dispensary has bought a piece of the city’s history.Wellness Center of the Rockies, also known as The Center, recently purchased a former firehouse at 600 S. Broadway for $3 million.The seller, Firehouse Thirteen LLC, purchased the property for $300,000 in 2000, property records show. The 5,360-square-foot building was built in 1890 and was formerly the town of South Denver’s firehouse before becoming Denver’s 13th firehouse in 1900. It remained in service for 70 years before being converted to office space in the 1970s, according to listing information.Joe Awad of Henry Group Real Estate worked with the seller and closed the deal on June 20 while Shannon Bustos of A&N Real Estate represented the buyer. Awad said the property has been recently renovated and was on the market under a month before the purchase. “It was actually a negotiable kind of deal,” he said. “It was listed for lease and then we got approached by the group who wanted to just buy it. We gave them a pri...

Pizzeria Locale closing all locations, dissolving the business

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:34:37 GMT

Pizzeria Locale, once a promising and popular joint venture between a local restaurant group and the Chipotle chain, announced Wednesday that it will close its remaining locations.Related ArticlesRestaurants, Food and Drink | Seafood restaurateur pivots to Italian for new DTC restaurant Restaurants, Food and Drink | Grandma’s House brewery pulls out of Trinidad lease with Sexy Pizza Restaurants, Food and Drink | Dining after dark: 9 Denver eateries open past midnight “We have made the decision to close all five Pizzeria Locale restaurants on July 10 and dissolve the business,” Chipotle chief corporate affairs officer Laurie Schalow said in a statement. “Impacted employees have been extended employment opportunities at Chipotle restaurants in the Denver area.”The move comes six months after Pizzeria Locale founders Bobby Stuckey and Lachlan Mackinnon-Patterson separated their original location, a sit-down restaurant at 1738 Pearl St. in...

More than 2 in 5 Coloradans who had eligibility reviewed lost Medicaid in first assessment since COVID

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:34:37 GMT

More than two-fifths of the 120,000 Coloradans whose Medicaid coverage was up for renewal in May lost coverage when their eligibility was reviewed for the first time since early 2020 — a result that was in line with what happened before the pandemic.The Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing reported Wednesday that 56% of people whose eligibility was examined in the first month were able to stay covered by Medicaid, while 42% lost coverage and the rest were still in the process.The numbers were nearly identical to the 57% and 41% averages from 2018 and 2019, when the state last did regular Medicaid removals, said Kim Bimestefer, the department’s executive director.For much of the pandemic, states couldn’t remove most people from Medicaid because of the federal public health emergency. Congress decoupled those two provisions late last year, and states started reassessing eligibility in April. The redeterminations will happen on a rolling basis, with...

Evacuations ordered after Sandia Fire ignites near Temecula

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:34:37 GMT

The Riverside County Fire Department is responding to a multi-acre brush fire near Temecula Wednesday afternoon.The Sandia Fire, as it's been named, broke out in the late morning near the 48100 block of Sandia Creek Drive, the RCFD said on Twitter. As of about 12:10 p.m., the fire was consuming "light flashy fuels at a moderate rate of spread," fire officials said.By 1:15 p.m., it was 6 acres in size and 0% contained."An Evacuation Order has been issued along Sandia Creek road from DeAnza Rd to El Prado Rd.," officials added. For a map of the evacuation area, visit the Cal Fire and RCFD website.

Pedestrian Hospitalized after Hit-and-Run Collision on B Street [Fresno, CA]

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:34:37 GMT

Pedestrian Critically Injured in Hit-and-Run Accident on Calaveras StreetFRESNO, CA (July 5, 2023) – Tuesday evening, one pedestrian was hospitalized after a hit-and-run collision on B Street.Police responded to the scene near Calaveras Street around 9:30 p.m., on June 6th after receiving multiple dispatch calls in the area.According to reports, the driver of a vehicle struck a pedestrian and fled the scene. Shortly after, the involved driver returned to the area.Medical personnel arrived and transported the pedestrian to a nearby hospital in critical condition.Following preliminary duties, police arrested the driver on suspicion of driving under the influence. Although, authorities have not yet released their identity.At this time, an active investigation to determine further information is still currently underway. Once available, more details will be provided about the hit-and-run collision on B Street.Thousands of people are injured each year due to reckless driving. If yo...

Trump posted what he said was Obama’s address. An arrest followed.

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:34:37 GMT

By Eric Tucker | Associated PressWASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump posted on his social media platform what he claimed was the home address of former President Barack Obama on the same day that a man with guns in his van was arrested near the property, federal prosecutors said Wednesday in revealing new details about the case.Taylor Taranto, 37, who prosecutors say participated in the Jan. 6, 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol, kept two firearms and hundreds of rounds of ammunition inside a van he had driven cross-country and had been living in, according to a Justice Department motion that seeks to keep him behind bars.On the day of his June 29 arrest, prosecutors said, Taranto reposted a Truth Social post from Trump containing what Trump claimed was Obama’s home address. In a post on Telegram, Taranto wrote: “We got these losers surrounded! See you in hell, Podesta’s and Obama’s.” That’s a reference to John Podesta, the former chair of Hilla...

CoCo Lee dies; SF-raised musician was first Chinese singer to break into American market

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:34:37 GMT

By Zen Soo | Associated PressHONG KONG — Coco Lee, a Hong Kong-born singer and songwriter who had a highly successful career in Asia, has died by suicide, her siblings said Wednesday. She was 48.The star had been suffering from depression for several years, Lee’s elder sisters Carol and Nancy Lee said in a statement posted on Facebook and Instagram, with her condition deteriorating drastically over the last few months.“Although, CoCo sought professional help and did her best to fight depression, sadly that demon inside of her took the better of her,” the statement read.Lee attempted suicide at home over the weekend and she was rushed to a hospital, her sister said. They said that she was in a coma and died on Wednesday.Born Ferren Lee in Hong Kong, Lee later moved to the U.S. where she attended middle and high school in San Francisco. She became a singer after winning first runner up in an annual singing competition held by broadcaster TVB in Hong Kong, and released her first album ...

San Jose man who helped security firm launder millions in payroll pleads no contest

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:34:37 GMT

A San Jose man pleaded no contest Monday to charges that he laundered millions of dollars in payroll for two security companies, one of them run by an ex-SJPD officer currently in jail for exploiting his employees and hiding money from state authorities.Nam Le, 52, laundered millions of dollars in payroll for San Jose-based security firms Atlas Private Security and VP Security as part of a fraud and tax evasion scheme, the Santa Clara County DA’s office said in an announcement Monday.Authorities said Le got paid 50 cents on the dollar for every hour of payroll he helped hide as part of the fraud ring, which was run in part by Atlas owner Robert Foster, a former officer who was sentenced to three years in Santa Clara County jail last year after pleading no contest to insurance fraud, money laundering and worker exploitation.Le will be sentenced next year. Prosecutors said that he was also ordered to pay some $109,000 in restitution, including $60,000 to the state Department of ...