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New noise ordinance for Glens Falls

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 01:17:48 GMT

WARREN COUNTY, N.Y. (NEWS10) - The Glens Falls City Common Council passed a new resolution that sounded good to them. And, mayor Bill Collins says the new law will modernize the current noise ordinance. It now will include a limit of 75 decibels, and all types of noise from 10 p.m. to 7 a.m. Saint Rose students protest college closure, demand answers “Glens Falls is a 113-year-old city, and so, our code is full of laws that are outdate. And sometimes you can find rules and regulations you can drive a truck through,” said Collins He says the city is preparing for the changes.Your first violation will cost you $250.  Any violations thereafter that could cost you $500 or even get you one month in jail.  “We will have noise measuring equipment with both the police and the building and codes department. And the object isn’t to provide any of those fines. That’s what you could do if you’re found guilty,” said Collins. New efforts to combat Capital Region crime NEWS10 wanted to know ex...

Relatives watch as the Colorado funeral home owners accused of mishandling 190 remains appear in court

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 01:17:48 GMT

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Relatives who knew or feared their loved ones were among the 190 abandoned bodies found decomposing in a Colorado funeral home watched in person for the first time Tuesday as the owners of the business appeared before a judge.Jon and Carie Hallford, owners of Return to Nature Funeral Home, are accused of abusing corpses, stealing, laundering money and forging documents. Standing in handcuffs and orange jail clothes, they didn’t speak or enter pleas during a brief hearing.The Colorado Springs-based funeral home’s facility in Penrose, a Rocky Mountain town of about 4,000 people, is where investigators in early October discovered dozens of stacked bodies. Some had death dates as far back as 2019, according to a federal affidavit.Family members were falsely told their loved ones were cremated, receiving substitute materials that were not their ashes, court records allege.In court for a scheduling hearing Tuesday, Heather DeWolf held up a photo of her...

Rockies land No. 3 overall pick in MLB Draft Lottery

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 01:17:48 GMT

NASHVILLE — The Rockies held serve in Tuesday’s Major League Baseball Draft Lottery, nabbing the third overall pick for the 2024 draft.The Rockies finished the season 59-103, the third-worst record in the majors. Kansas City (56-106) and Oakland (50-112) were the only two teams with worse records. The Rockies entered the lottery tied with the A’s and the Royals with the highest percentage chance of landing the top pick, at 18.3%.Cleveland was the surprise winner. The Guardians (76-86) won the No. 1 overall pick, even though they had the ninth-highest chance of winning it, at 2.0%. Cincinnati (82-80) snagged the second pick even though it had only a 0.9% chance of winning. Based solely on lottery odds, the Reds would have picked 13th and the Guardians ninth.Related ArticlesColorado Rockies | Rockies’ Bill Schmidt: Acquiring power bat “down the list” of priorities for Colorado Colorado Rockies | Is Rockies’ Peter Lambert r...

Fugitive arrested by U.S. Marshals in Englewood for alleged murder in Washington, D.C.

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 01:17:48 GMT

U.S. Marshals in Colorado, in collaboration with the Glendale Police Department, arrested a fugitive wanted on a first-degree murder charge for allegedly killing a man in Washington, D.C., in Englewood on Monday night, according to a social media post from the U.S. Marshals Service Denver.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | CBI continues search for 17-year-old Maggie Long’s killer 6 years after her murder Crime and Public Safety | 13-year-old arrested on suspicion of murder in fatal stabbing in Aurora Crime and Public Safety | Editorial: Road rage and reckless driving bring fear to Colorado’s unsafe streets Crime and Public Safety | “Starkweather” re-examines grisly 1950s murders by two teens | Book review Crime and Public Safety | Man sentenced to prison in domestic violence murder of Cherry Creek district teacher Eliexander Lopez-Burgos was on the run after allegedly shoot...

Women’s basketball: No. 8 CU Buffs cruise past UT-Arlington

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 01:17:48 GMT

It says a lot about the growth of the Colorado women’s basketball program that it can cruise to a win and nearly hit the century mark and view it as an off game.On Tuesday, the No. 8-ranked Buffaloes weren’t particularly sharp, but were never threatened, either, in rolling to a 95-74 win against UT-Arlington at the CU Events Center.“We’ve come a long ways when you can be not on could nine winning by 20,” CU head coach JR Payne said. “But again, I think it speaks to, as far as coaches, we just are wired to figure out, ‘How can we be our best?’ And I think, especially … the upperclassmen that have really been here, we expect ourselves to be really good. And we expect to do our job and do it at a high level and all those things. So I think we have big goals and big dreams for the season, so we want to continue to be better every night.“I’m also smart enough to be able to celebrate the really great things that we did, as well. So proud of lots of things in the stat sheet and...

Homeowner shoots neighbor who entered home, refused to leave, police say

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 01:17:48 GMT

LOS ANGELES - Gunfire erupted inside a home near the Hollywood Bowl Tuesday morning when a man shot his neighbor after that neighbor forced his way into his home and refused to leave, authorities said.Officers responded to the 2200 block of Chelan Place just before 11 a.m. on reports of an assault with a deadly weapon.According to Los Angeles police, the neighbor was undergoing some type of mental “episode” when he first shattered the back window of a Porsche and then forced his way into his neighbor’s home.“He was asked to leave and when he refused the homeowner retrieved a firearm [and] shot the suspect,” said LAPD Officer Charles Miller.The shooting scene on Chelan Place in the Hollywood Hills. Dec. 5, 2023. The back window of a Porche is seen shattered on Chelan Place in the Hollywood Hills. Dec. 5, 2023. Police investigating a shooting in Hollywood Hills on Dec. 5, 2023. (KTLA)The suspect was transported to a hospital with non-life-threatening wounds.Police questioned and then ...

California High-Speed Rail awarded $3B by Biden Administration; largest grant in its history

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 01:17:48 GMT

The California High-Speed Rail has received its biggest boost from the federal government yet, being awarded more than $3 billion in grant funding through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.The announcement was made Tuesday and was confirmed by California Sen. Alex Padilla and Rep. Nancy Pelosi."California takes great pride in our ambitious status as the leading edge of high-speed rail in America," Pelosi said on X, previously Twitter. "With $3 billion in new federal funding, we take an important leap closer to making high-speed rail a reality in California."The grant is the largest chunk of federal funding the California High-Speed Rail Authority has been awarded since the state's most ambitious public transportation project was approved by voters in 2008.Construction work has been chugging along steadily in the Central Valley, as crews construct the first portion of the California High-Speed Rail, which is being referred to as the "initial operating segment." The initial operating ...

Man armed with crowbar vandalizes nearly 30 vehicles in L.A.

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 01:17:48 GMT

An armed suspect is wanted for vandalizing approximately 30 vehicles in Koreatown. According to the Los Angeles Police Department, the vandalism occurred on Monday between noon and 3 p.m. in the area of 4th Street to 7th Street and Westmoreland Boulevard to Virgil Avenue.  Suspected DUI crash leaves 2 dead on 5 Freeway Witnesses say that the man was bashing in windows and denting the bodies of the vehicles with a yellow crowbar. Video submitted to KTLA by a neighbor shows the man walking around with the crowbar, smashing parked vehicles at random.Another silver Chevy sedan had its rear driver side window completely smashed in; the vehicle owner had since covered the damage with what appeared to be a piece of cardboard, part of a garbage bag and tape. (KTLA)Video from the scene captured by KTLA shows a white Toyota SUV with a shattered back windshield.Another silver Chevy sedan had its rear driver side window completely smashed in; the vehicle owner had since covered...

Taco Bell brings back its Double Decker Taco

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 01:17:48 GMT

Taco Bell’s Double Decker Taco is returning to menus nationwide, the fast-food company announced Tuesday.Taco Bell customers can now purchase the fan-favorite menu item for $2.99.The Double Decker Taco could have returned to menus in 2022 when Taco Bell asked fans to vote to determine which “retired” food item made a comeback. Fans voted to bring back the Enchirito instead.Taco Bell’s Double Decker Taco is returning to menus nationwide, the fast-food company announced Tuesday. (Taco Bell) Taco Bell releases Nacho Fries Lover’s Pass and debuts new entrée “The Double Decker Taco holds a deep space in the hearts of our Taco Bell Fans. The insane amount of love for this product from fans across our social platforms was impossible to ignore,” Taylor Montgomery, chief marketing officer, said in a statement.“The sentiment was particularly strong following last year’s spirited face-off with the Enchirito. We listened to what our fans wanted from us and knew we couldn’t deny them the joy ...

Orange County's beaches are washing away. This is what's being done to stop it

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 01:17:48 GMT

The U.S. Army Corp of Engineers is spearheading a major effort to save Orange County's world-famous beaches from a natural threat: erosion.The problem of disappearing sand is nothing new but has become more alarming in recent years. In March, the U.S. Geological Survey released a report predicting that rising sea levels could erode 25% to 70% of California’s coastline by 2100, The Orange County Register reported.The erosion isn’t just a threat to the beauty and recreational uses of the beaches. It also threatens infrastructure including roads, rail lines and homes.Contractors are moving sediment from the Santa Ana River to replenish sand at Newport Beach. Dec. 5, 2023. (KTLA)Contractors are using backhoes to dig up sand from the Santa Ana River while barges are dredging sediment from the ocean. While some of the sediment will be spread out in the immediate area of Newport Beach near the river, managers say the more important work will be done further to the north. Conflicts betwee...