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AFL remains an option for Albany; workers comp is a hang-up

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:50:08 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- MVP Arena General Manager Bob Belber is saying there's a chance. Belber tells NEWS10 ABC Sports Director Griffin Haas that the new Arena Football League remains an option for Albany.Belber tells NEWS10 that one ownership group has emerged as a frontrunner, and that group has been in talks with the AFL. The AFL announced their first 16 teams earlier this week, with more to be announced. Albany has also received additional interest from the Indoor Football League and the National Arena League. The potential hang up is the annual workers compensation premium of $1.5 million for arena football teams in New York State. Belber says most that's 15,000% higher than it typically would be for other businesses, or arena teams in other states. Belber adds the Empire's operating budget was around $1.5 million last year, so the workers compensation would double that price. Belber tells NEWS10 that the ownership group is currently working on lowering the $1.5 million price...

2 Alarm fire in Troy destroys 3 houses

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:50:08 GMT

TROY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — A two alarm fire in Troy claimed three houses Thursday morning. There are no injuries but 8 people were displaced. The damage caused the top floors of the three structures to collapse.MORE NEWS from NEWS 10Bright orange flames and a salt and pepper hued mix of smoke billowed toward the otherwise clear skies when the fire burned on Stow Avenue near St Michaels Avenue that morning. Ceasere Thomas lived in one of the affected buildings. He grabbed his daughter and got out in time. His brother Grady and the family dog also made it out safe. Ceasere vividly recalled what it was like to wake up to the flames.“I actually woke up to the fire and all the smoke and the alarm and smoke alarm going off. BAM BAM BAM, it was real loud” he told us. “But I didn't know what was going on so I checked the oven, you know things like that, the outlets but then I seen the heavy smoke coming through the windows coming through my fire...we have a fireplace that's built inside the...

Jamestown Mall one step closer to demolition

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:50:08 GMT

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. - The long vacant Jamestown Mall is one step closer to being torn down.On Thursday, the St. Louis County Port Authority announced that it had accepted a bid for a company to demolish the property. Target Contractors LLC of South Carolina has won the job.It's unclear when the demolition will start.The mall is in St. Louis County Council Chairwoman Shalonda Webb's district, who has long made it a goal to have the derelict mall torn down and to find a developer who will build something that benefits the community.Jamestown Mall opened in 1973 but, after years of hardship, was forced to shut down in 2014. It has been abandoned ever since. St. Louis County spent a million dollars to buy all the parcels of property to make it easier for a developer.

Plans to demolish former headquarters of 7-UP in Clayton to make room for new apartment complexes

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:50:08 GMT

CLAYTON, Mo. - It was the one-time headquarters for 7-Up in downtown Clayton, but the long-vacant structure has a new fate. The old building is being torn down.The building was the former home of the World Trade Center, part of the St. Louis Partnership, the economic development agency for St. Louis County and City.However, with the costs of renovations not being feasible and the building not having a fire sprinkler system, St. Louis County Executive Sam Page said the best decision was the property's potential for downtown Clayton.“St. Louis County has sold the old 7-Up headquarters in Clayton,” he said. “It’s been in our possession for about 50 years or so, hasn’t been used for about 10. We sold it for a higher and better use for $3.8 million to a real estate company here in Clayton.” Missouri & Illinois players win $1M in record Powerball jackpot A new 11-story residential building along 121 South and a grass lot at 111 South Meramec are expected to be built, with 300 apartm...

Colorado health insurers ask for 10% increase on individual market place next year

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:50:08 GMT

People on Colorado’s individual health insurance market could see an average premium increase of 10% next year, though less for people on Colorado Option plans, if requested rate changes are approved.The state Division of Insurance and Gov. Jared Polis’ office announced the requested rate changes Thursday. The division will consider and decide on the requests in the fall, with a possibility they decline during regulators’ review process. Open enrollment begins in November.About 200,000 Coloradans are covered on the individual market, and about 28,000 of marketplace enrollees are on Colorado Option plans (though another 12,000 people are on those plans through other means). Most Coloradans are covered through employer-offered plans, Medicaid and Medicare.Health insurance companies are asking to increase premiums by an average of 11.1% for non-Colorado Option plans and 7.7% for Colorado Option plans. The exact increase varies from plan to plan. Officials did not have...

Man arrested for sexual assault of minor in Ventura County

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:50:08 GMT

A 37-year-old man from Port Hueneme has been arrested and charged with sexual assault of a minor and possession of child pornography, as well as felony weapons violations and possession of illegal narcotics for sale, authorities announced earlier this week.  The investigation into the suspect, identified as Matthew Gomez, began in June after a 14-year-old girl filed a report with the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office, claiming that the 37-year-old had “sexually assaulted her continuously over an approximate two-year period,” a VCSO news release stated.  During their investigation, detectives discovered evidence that linked Gomez to the crimes and arrested him in Port Hueneme on July 12 for aggravated sexual assault of a minor and possession of child pornography.   Burglar caught on camera inside L.A. home At the time of his arrest, the suspect was also in possession of a concealed firearm, a high-capacity magazine and a controlled substance for sale, authorities said. &nbs...

Authorities search for inmate who escaped Los Angeles County facility

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:50:08 GMT

Authorities are searching for an inmate who escaped from a Los Angeles County facility on Thursday.Evan Chezick, 41, escaped from the Julius Klein Conservation Camp in Azusa and was discovered missing around 7:30 a.m., according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.When authorities couldn’t find Chezick during a morning head count, staff members immediately searched the buildings and grounds but he was nowhere to be found.Chezick is described as a man standing 5 feet 7 inches tall and weighing 187 pounds.He has blonde/strawberry blonde hair, blue eyes and was last seen wearing a white t-shirt and gray sweat shorts.Chezick is currently serving a five-year and four-month sentence for second-strike charges of possessing/owning a firearm by a felon or addict and resisting/deterring an officer with threat/violence.Evan Chezick, 41, in a 2022 booking photo from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.He was admitted to the correctional facilit...

One Killed in Motorcycle Accident on Estrella Parkway [Goodyear, AZ]

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:50:08 GMT

Motorcycle-Auto Collision near Goodyear Boulevard Left One DeadGOODYEAR, AZ (July 20, 2023) – Late Wednesday night, a motorcycle accident on Estrella Parkway claimed the life of one unidentified person.On July 19th, at around 9:30 p.m., the Department of Public Safety went to the scene that involved a motorcyclist and a car.Investigation showed that the rider was traveling near the intersection of Estrella Parkway and Goodyear when the collision occurred. First responders pronounced the motorcyclist dead upon arrival.Furthermore, the driver of the car remained at the scene and cooperated with the investigators.Following the crash, the authorities have yet to determine what caused the incident. A portion of the roadway was temporarily shut down to allow for cleanup and preliminary duties.At this time, the identity of the rider was not yet released and the crash is still under thorough investigation.Sweet James sends out their heartfelt sympathies to the friends and family of th...

Nashville families form nonprofits to address school safety

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:50:08 GMT

By Kimberlee Kruesi | Associated PressNASHVILLE, Tenn. — Pausing at the microphone, 6-year-old Noah took a breath and softly stated, “I don’t want any guns today or any day in my school.”His mom, Sarah Shoop Neumann, wiped away tears as she held the young boy. It had been more than four months since a shooter indiscriminately opened fire while Noah was at a private elementary school in Nashville, killing three of his schoolmates and three adults. And Neumann wanted action.Joining a group of families from The Covenant School, Neumann and others on Thursday announced that they had created two nonprofits to not only promote school safety and mental health resources, but also form an action fund to push legislative policy changes that would place certain limits on firearms inside the politically ruby red state of Tennessee.“We can create brighter tomorrows for our state so no other community has to endure the suffering,” Neumann told reporters at a news con...

Letters: ‘Oppenheimer’ parallels | Height of elitism | Unlikely effects | Creeping authoritarianism

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:50:08 GMT

Submit your letter to the editor via this form. Read more Letters to the Editor.‘Oppenheimer’ offersparallels with AI threatHere’s an interesting exercise as you watch the new movie “Oppenheimer.” The looming AI crisis has a lot in common with the rush to weaponize atomic energy during WW II. The latter quickly and profoundly altered history, while the former promises to do the same.Think about the cast of characters: Robert Oppenheimer, Louis Strauss, Leslie Groves, Albert Einstein, Hans Bethe, Niels Bohr, Ernest O. Lawrence, Werner Heisenberg, Klaus Fuchs, Vannevar Bush, Edward Teller, Enrico Fermi, Harry Truman and Henry Stimson, the roles they played, their conflicts and tensions, their hopes and fears. Has history proven them right or wrong? Tragic or foolish?One wonders if the same will be true of our new Masters of the Universe.Jim WolpmanWalnut CreekColumn attacking courtis the height of elitism“Affirmative action decision is height of judicial activi...