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7 people targeted in string of armed robberies on South, West sides

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:01:23 GMT

CHICAGO — Police are offering a warning after a string of armed robberies across parts of the city on Saturday morning.According to police, the seven early-morning robberies happened between 4:23 a.m. and 5:30 a.m. Officers say during each robbery, five men, who are believed to be between 15 and 18 years of age, approached the victims while displaying guns and demanded their property. The offenders were then seen fleeing the scene in a 2016 silver Hyundai and a 2019 black Kia SUV. 2 DePaul students robbed on Lincoln Park campus Police believe the offenders stand between 5-foot-5 and 5-foot-8 and weigh between 130 and 145 lbs. and say one of them was seen wearing a red hooded sweatshirt at the time. Chicago police provided the following timeline of the robberies that took place on 9/23/23:2400 block of West 31st Street on the West Side at 4:23 a.m.1300 block of West 51st Street in New City at 4:38 a.m.2600 block of West 55th Street in Gage Park at 5:25 a.m. 1600 block of South...

Quiet, hot weather returns following significant hailstorm

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:01:23 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- After Sunday night's damaging hail storm, much quieter weather returns through the work week with unusually hot late-September temperatures.Sunday night, an intense supercell thunderstorm produced nearly softball size hail in Round Rock, and damaging hail from Georgetown down to East Austin. The largest hailstone reported was 3.75" in diameter in Round Rock, where windshields were shattered. PHOTOS: Large, damaging hail pummels parts of Central Texas Following a few isolated storms Monday evening in our eastern counties, mainly dry and unseasonably hot weather return through the work week and into the first weekend of October. Austin is currently in the midst of its second-hottest September on record. BLOG: El Niño into 2024: What that means for winter and spring NEW BLOG: October forecast Austin Interactive Weather Stats (2023) FIRST WARNING WEATHER: Stay up to date with your Central Texas forecast, sign up for our weather newsletter at kxan.com/newslette...

Travis County Commissioners to revisit Central Health's budget Tuesday

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:01:23 GMT

TRAVIS COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) -- The back and forth over what Central Health should be charging you, and what services should be provided with that money, continues this week. The board overseeing Travis County's health district took another pass at its budget Monday after Travis County Commissioners questioned their first proposal, but several Central Health Board of Managers members expressed frustration about why they had to return to the table. "When the commissioners court says you have the money to do this, it's an extremely myopic view of our whole equity plan," said Dr. Manuel Martin, a member of the board.The budget right now includes movement towards Central Health's 7-year plan, which includes major investments in staff, facilities and other projects aimed to provide more equitable health care to the people in Travis County struggling the most. Central Health staff say it's been increasing its reserves to build out that health care system with the goal of meeting the demand...

Man threatens to put 'bullet in face' of Texas congresswoman

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:01:23 GMT

EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – A Las Cruces man is pleading guilty to a federal charge of making threats through interstate communications.The plea agreement brought before U.S. Magistrate Judge Damian L. Martinez of U.S. District Court in New Mexico on Thursday has to do with a telephone call Michel David Fox admits making last May to the Houston office of a member of the U.S. House of Representatives.In the call, Fox allegedly stated he was “going to put a bullet” in the face of the unidentified congresswoman.“Hey, you’re a man. It’s official. You’re literally a tranny and a pedophile and I’m going to put a bullet in your (expletive deleted) face. You (expletive). You understand me, you (expletive),” an excerpt of the call quoted in federal court documents states. Third GOP debate scheduled for early November in Miami Law enforcement officers allegedly traced the May 18 call to a cell phone in Las Cruces, New Mexico. FBI agents knocked on Fox’s door on May 26 and questioned hi...

Twin Cities Marathon runners warned about heat, humidity this weekend

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:01:23 GMT

Twenty-seven thousand trees will be planted in Minnesota to reflect the 27,000 runners signed up to compete in the Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon weekend beginning on Saturday, organizers said in a news conference.More than 20,000 people registered for the marathon on Sunday and another 7,000 registered for races on Saturday, according to Dean Orton, president of Twin Cities In Motion, the nonprofit that organizes the event.Runners are coming from 23 countries and all 50 states, he said.As part of a partnership with the state Department of Natural Resources, one tree will be planted on Minnesota land for each runner registered for the weekend events.The seedling-planting program has been around for 30 years under the DNR, said Mike Reinikainen, silviculture program coordinator. “This project in particular is the largest in any given year we’ve had to date. … It will help our forests provide the many benefits they provide to folks in Minnesota and those that come to visit...

Schenectady man sentenced for 2022 Albany Street burglaries

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:01:23 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- A Schenectady man was sentenced for two separate burglaries in the town of Colonie. Mark Torra was sentenced to 16 years to life in state prison as a Persistent Violent Predicate Felon. Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! The Albany County District Attorney's Office said the 61-year old broke into a building on Albany Street on June 2, 2022. He then broke into another building on Albany Street around July 5, 2022.Torra was found guilty of two counts of burglary in June.

Schenectady County property tax rebate bill signed into law

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:01:23 GMT

SCHENECTADY COUNTY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- Some homeowners in Schenectady County will soon be able to get a rebate on their property taxes. A new law gives $9 million in relief to more than 34,000 homeowners in the county. Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! Gov. Kathy Hochul signed the bill into law on September 22, allowing Schenectady County to enact the 2023 Schenectady County Homeowners $250 Rebate Program.Homeowners who qualified for the STAR program as of Dec. 31, 2022, and whose property is in good standing, will receive a $250 rebate check. A date has not been announced for when the checks will begin to be distributed.

Endangered person advisory issued for missing 21-year-old

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:01:23 GMT

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. - The St. Louis County Police Department issued an endangered person advisory on Monday for a missing 21-year-old woman.Penny Daughtery was last seen leaving her apartment in the 1600 block of Westport Cove on Saturday at 7 p.m.Daughtery is described as a Black female, standing 5'2" tall, weighing 151 pounds, with black hair, brown eyes, and a dark complexion. Police say it's unknown what she may be wearing.She's without her required medications, and police worry she may become aggressive or confrontational if anyone attempts to contact her.Anyone who sees Daughtery or has knowledge of her whereabouts is asked to call their nearest law enforcement agency or contact the St. Louis County Police Department at 636-529-8210.

Keeler: Sean Payton, tanks for nothing! Unless Broncos’ plan is landing USC QB Caleb Williams, why is Vance Joseph still here?

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:01:23 GMT

Don’t stop now, Sean Payton. There’s only one way you can win back Broncos Country with a straight face.And that’s by losing.A lot.If 2023 was salvageable, you’d have fired defensive coordinator Vance Joseph before he could board the bus at Miami Gardens.You didn’t.It isn’t.NFL rosters — paid, proud professionals with contracts — do not capitulate by 50 unless they’ve quit. They don’t give up 70 unless they’ve quit.There’s too much talent in every pro locker room, even the goofy ones, for a team to get rolled like it’s an SEC-Sun Belt game in early September. You gotta want to whup somebody big. You gotta want to get your backside handed to you on national television.In college, at least, the team that has its doors blown off can bandage its wounds with a check from its assailants. Payton doesn’t need the money. Neither does Greg Penner. Or Rob Walton.Dolphins 70, Broncos Monroe 20.Just lose, baby.Related ...

California High-Speed Rail gets big boost from Biden Administration

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:01:23 GMT

The California High-Speed Rail Authority has been awarded more than $200 million from the Biden Administration in what is one of the largest pieces of federal funding awarded to the project in its history.The $202 million grant was made by the U.S. Department of Transportation through the 2022 Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements (CRISI) program — part of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law passed in 2021. The grant funding will be used to complete six grade separations in the city of Shafter, about 18 miles northwest of Bakersfield in Kern County.A grade separation is a roadway that is "re-aligned over or under a railway to eliminate hazards," according to CAHSR.Photo from the California High-Speed Rail Authority shows the Excelsior Avenue Grade Separation Project between Seventh Avenue and Highway 43 in Kings County. Funding will be used to design and construct the grade separation, as well as purchase any outstanding right-of-way that will separate car and pedes...