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Temporary road closure announced for State Route 85

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 10:29:12 GMT

SLINGERLANDS, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- The Albany County Department of Public Works announced that part of State Route 85 (New Scotland Road) in Slingerlands will be closed from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday, October 13. Both directions will be closed from Kenwood Avenue to Mullens Road. Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! During the closure, the interim steel truss Rail Trail Bridge will be set into place above the roadway. The bridge is expected to reopen to pedestrian traffic on October 31.

Watervliet Police arrest Troy man on gun, drug charges

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 10:29:12 GMT

WATERVLIET, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- The Watervliet Police Department reported the arrest of a 25-year-old on October 6. Jaquan McCalmon was taken into custody when officers located a loaded, illegally possessed revolver and drug paraphernalia inside a vehicle. Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! McCalmon was charged with criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle in the first degree, and other vehicle and traffic law violations. He was arraigned in Watervliet City Court and remanded to the Albany County Correctional Facility.

Unique electric airplane makes stop in Queensbury

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 10:29:12 GMT

QUEENSBURY, N.Y. (NEWS10) - Floyd Bennett Memorial Airport has had a busy few weeks. At the end of September, the small airport was home to the 50th annual Adirondack Balloon Festival. This week, it had an even more unique visitor. Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! On Tuesday, the airport welcomed an all-electric airplane on a journey south across the east coast. The plane in question: An ALIA CTOL airplane by BETA Technologies, a Burlington, Vermont-based company looking to bring more renewable energy to the world of aviation. The plane is one of two that the company has produced thus far as it serves clients and works to get certified with the FAA. Of those two, it's flown the farthest - and not just among BETA planes. It recently completed a 386-mile nonstop flight - the longest ever recorded in an electric plane.The CTOL made it to Floyd Bennett directly from BETA HQ in Burlington. Spanning 84 miles, the flight took 49 minute...

Two accused in multiple St. Louis carjackings, one linked to fentanyl death

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 10:29:12 GMT

ST. LOUIS - Two men from the St. Louis region face federal charges in connection with multiple carjackings. One of the suspects is also linked to a fentanyl death earlier this year. Prosecutors have charged Labron Collins, 19, and Bobby Lee Jones, 24, with multiple counts of carjacking, in addition to various guns and drug charges. Both appeared in court Tuesday for a detention hearing. Monthly $500 payments coming soon for some St. Louis families A federal indictment accuses Collins and Jones of carjacking two vehicles and trying to steal a third on Jan. 25, 2023. Collins is also accused of three other carjackings last February. Investigators say Jones also supplied fentanyl to an unidentified victim on Jan. 15, 2023, that led to the victim's death. Jones and Collins were both arrested within the past month. Collins faces the following charges: Six counts of carjackingFour counts of possession or brandishing a firearm in furtherance of a crime Close Thanks ...

Illinois woman sentenced after burning guinea pig

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 10:29:12 GMT

EFFINGHAM COUNTY, Ill., (WTWO/WAWV) – A woman has been sentenced to up to 3 years behind bars following her guilty plea in Effingham County Court to charges related to lighting a guinea pig on fire and filming its death.Jasmine A. Meyer was arrested and charged with aggravated cruelty, a class 4 felony, on February 8 of this year after a video of her abusing an animal circulated online. According to a release from the Effingham County State Attorney’s Office, Meyer, intentionally harmed the animal. The release states that “it was alleged that Meyer intentionally burned and caused the death of a guinea pig.”  Defense motion alleges Delphi investigator misconduct In August, Meyer entered a plea of guilty to the charge. Meyers was sentenced to three years in the Department of Corrections along with a concurrent 3-year sentence on two other charges of attempted aggravated battery to a peace officer, and aggravated battery to a correctional officer. “My office would like...

Trio of Broncos front seven defenders ruled out for Thursday night at Kansas City

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 10:29:12 GMT

The Broncos are going to be light at outside linebacker on Thursday night at Kansas City.Denver on Wednesday ruled veteran Frank Clark (illness) and Baron Browning (knee) out for the Week 6 matchup against the Chiefs and did the same with defensive lineman D.J. Jones (knee).Browning remains on the physically unable to perform list and has yet to play this season.He had knee surgery during the offseason and knew from then on that he wouldn’t be ready in time for the start of the regular season. Through training camp, though, he made good progress and should be close to a return. Just not this week.Clark was not on Denver’s estimated injury report Monday but then developed an illness and didn’t practice Tuesday.Jones dropped out of Sunday’s loss to the Jets late in the first half and did not return.The injury report had better news elsewhere for the Broncos, who will get running back Javonte Williams back from a hip flexor injury that kept him out of Sunday’s g...

Following his path brings Tristan da Silva back for final run with CU Buffs men’s basketball

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 10:29:12 GMT

Colorado basketball player Tristan da Silva at Pac-12 media day at the Park MGM in Las Vegas on Oct. 11, 2023. (Tyler Davis/CU Athletics)LAS VEGAS — Tristan da Silva remains confident he is on the right path. And that path soon will lead to basketball paychecks, whether it’s in the NBA or back home in Germany.For now, though, da Silva is happy to be back in Boulder for one more season with the Colorado Buffaloes.Despite getting picked fifth in the preseason media poll, the hype train is beginning to ramp up for coach Tad Boyle’s club. Da Silva isn’t the only reason why. But he’s a big one.Representing the Buffs, alongside guard KJ Simpson, at CU’s final appearance at the Pac-12 men’s basketball media day at the Park MGM on Wednesday, da Silva spoke of his decision to return to CU after testing his potential draft stock during the NBA pre-draft evaluation process.The NBA wasn’t the only option for da Silva, who could have begun his pro career overseas. Instead, he h...

Leven Deli beefs up with new spot in Wash Park

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 10:29:12 GMT

Leven Deli Co. is rising to a new level.Founder and owner Anthony Lygizos said the company – which started in 2018 as a classic Jewish delicatessen in the Golden Triangle – is opening a supply store and new production facility.“We’re at capacity and our team is in a position where they’re looking for opportunities to grow,” Lygizos said. “We need to grow if we want to help our people grow.”Leven Supply, which is opening in the 2,800-square-feet space at 300 E. Alameda, will still have classic Leven Deli sandwiches made to order, but packaged to go. Unlike its smaller flagship location, the supply shop will have limited seating and a retail-focused storefront.“A lot of our food we set out to make park- and trail-approved, to packaging, construction and design – you can take it on a hike or take it to Wash Park,” he said. “Our food is built for this market segment.”In addition to the fan-favorite deli meals, Leven Supply will sell grocery gifts, like olive oil, and wine. The Chicago n...

Donald Trump will speak in Florida next to Matt Gaetz, who set House speaker’s ouster in motion

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 10:29:12 GMT

By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON (Associated Press)MIAMI (AP) — Former President Donald Trump is set to speak to some of his supporters near Mar-a-Lago Wednesday as he continues to dominate the Republican primary race for the White House despite four criminal cases against him.Trump is appearing Wednesday at a convention center in West Palm Beach, Florida, with U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz, a congressional ally who, with other hard-right conservatives, engineered the ouster of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. The unprecedented action has kept Congress partly shuttered.Trump has used the power vacuum to underline his lingering influence over the Republican Party. He has backed Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan to replace McCarthy. Jordan formed a close alliance with the former president, particularly during the effort to overturn the results of the 2020 election, which Trump lost to President Joe Biden. Two of the cases against Trump, in Washington and Georgia, are over his efforts to overturn the res...

Ex-NFL player Sergio Brown arrested in Southern California in connection to mother's slaying

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 10:29:12 GMT

Former NFL player Sergio Brown was arrested in Southern California in connection with the death of his mother, authorities said, as he tried to reenter the United States from Mexico just weeks after the 73-year-old woman was found slain behind her suburban Chicago home.Brown, 35, was detained Tuesday afternoon and booked into San Diego County Jail without bail following a “fugitive arrest,” records show.Brown agreed to be extradited to Illinois during a Wednesday court hearing, San Diego District Attorney's office spokesperson Steve Walker told The Associated Press in an email.Authorities in Illinois have until Nov. 13 to retrieve Brown, Walker said.Walker said an attorney from the San Diego County Public Defender’s office represented Brown at the hearing. A spokesman for the public defender's office said the office had no comment Wednesday on the case.It was unclear what the exact charges are against Brown, but a warrant for his arrest cited first-degree murder, according to a news...