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Granville museum 'SlaterDay' has slate on the brain

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:30:03 GMT

GRANVILLE, N.Y. (NEWS10) - The "Slate Valley" name has behind it a living history in the terrain of the Granville region. To celebrate the industry that brought its community together, the Slate Valley Museum has an event worthy of its namesake in store this weekend. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! This Saturday, June 10, is the first "SlaterDay" of 2023. SlaterDay is a chance for visitors to the museum to engage in new ways with the role of slate in Granville's economy and history. Events run on the second Saturday of each month from June to October, and include talks on historic slate preservation, tours of artifacts, demos, painting, scavenger hunts, and more.“Given that slate from the Slate Valley has been used on roofs for the industry’s entire 175+ history, it’s natural that we’d explore the stone’s use in historic preservation efforts,” said Slate Valley Museum Executive Director Sarah Kijowski. “There’s a real desir...

Try traditional Polish food at the pop-up cookout in Latham!

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:30:03 GMT

LATHAM, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- The Blessed Virgin Mary Parish is hosting a pop-up cookout featuring Polish food on Saturday, June 10. The cookout will run from noon to 6 p.m. Food will be available for eating in or take-out. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! Diners can try two new sandwiches that will be unveiled at the cookout. The Kielbasa Bomber features a choice of smoked or jalapeno/cheddar grilled kielbasa, served on a hoagie roll topped with sweet and sour red cabbage, bacon, honey mustard, and a dill pickle spear. The Polski Piggy is a smoked pulled pork sandwich served on a hoagie roll and topped with a carrot/apple slaw and a dill pickle spear.Other traditional foods available include homemade golabki, pierogi bigos, kapusta, grilled kielbasa, and haluski. There will also be dessert items including Polish apple cake and chrusciki. Local non-profit to raise funds for South American asylum seekers Seating is available ou...

Missouri governor signs bill banning gender-affirming care for transgender minors, some adults

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:30:03 GMT

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Transgender minors and some adults in Missouri will soon be banned from accessing puberty blockers, hormones and gender-affirming surgeries under a bill signed Wednesday by the state's Republican governor.Beginning Aug. 28, Missouri health care providers won't be able to prescribe those gender-affirming treatments for teens and children. Most adults will still have access to transgender health care under the law, but Medicaid won't cover it. Gender-affirming surgeries for inmates and prisoners will be outlawed. The law is set to expire in 2027 as part of a Republican compromise with Senate Democrats. Close Thanks for signing up! Watch for us in your inbox. Subscribe Now Breaking News SIGN UP NOW Gov. Mike Parson also on Wednesday signed legislation that would ban transgende...

Man shot and killed in Bottom Line Bar & Grill parking lot

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:30:03 GMT

ST. LOUIS - Violence overnight in south St. Louis after a man is found shot and killed near a popular Soulard landmark.It all unfolded basically at South 7th Street and South Broadway right across the street from the historic Soulard Farmers Market. The crime scene was focused on a parking lot just outside the Bottom Line Sports Bar and Grill, which is located in the Kosciusko neighborhood.Homicide detectives are leading the investigation into this case.Wednesday morning, police have identified the victim as 31-year-old Jamal Perkins of south St. Louis. St. Charles County residents upset over home value assessment Authorities told FOX 2 that a city park ranger heard shots being fired and was the first to find Perkins suffering from apparent gunshot wounds in the parking lot. This all happening just after 12:30 a.m. Perkins was pronounced dead at the scene.It's understood multiple loved ones of Perkins showed up at the scene after learning about what happened. Right now, police are...

Parson signs bills on trans-athletes, gender-affirming care

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:30:03 GMT

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Missouri Governor Mike Parson signed a pair of bills Wednesday morning aimed at banning gender-affirming care for minors and restricting transgender athletes to play on the team that matches the sex on their birth certificate.Missouri joins more than a dozen states in restricting or banning gender-affirming care to minors and at least 20 states in banning transgender athletes from playing on teams consistent with their gender identity.SB 49 bans access to puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, or gender-affirming surgery. It also affects Medicaid patients due to the state prohibiting any funds from covering gender-affirming care in Missouri. Surgery is also no longer be available to inmates and prisoners.SB 39 requires transgender athletes to compete on sports teams with their sex assigned at birth. The Missouri State High School Activities Association (MSHSAA) said there are eight trans-student athletes who been approved through their policy: four competing at ...

2 adults killed, boy airlifted to hospital, in head-on crash on U.S. 287 northwest of Fort Collins

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:30:03 GMT

A head-on crash northwest of Fort Collins on U.S. 287 early Wednesday left a 57-year-old man and a 36-year-old woman dead and closed the highway for more than three hours, according to the Colorado State Patrol.A 14-year-old boy who was riding with the woman in a Dodge Rambler suffered serious injuries and was flown by helicopter to a hospital, CSP spokesman Trooper Gabriel Moltrer said. The man was driving a Subaru Outback, Moltrer said.The two vehicles crashed shortly before 6:45 a.m. near mile marker 371 north of Livermore. One lane of U.S. 287 was opened at 10:21 a.m., he said.The cause of the crash has not been determined. No other information was available.

Ford recalls 125K vehicles due to risk of engine failure causing fires

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:30:03 GMT

Peter Sblendorio | New York Daily News (TNS)More than 125,000 Ford-manufactured vehicles are being recalled due to the possibility of engine failure causing a fire, according to a federal safety report.The recall includes 86,656 model year 2020-23 Ford Escapes, 35,501 model year 2022-23 Ford Mavericks, and 3,165 model year 2021-23 Lincoln Corsairs, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Tuesday.“Affected vehicles have 2.5-liter HEV/PHEV engines that could fail prematurely,” the NHTSA said in a consumer alert. “If they do, engine oil and/or fuel vapor may be released and accumulate near ignition sources, resulting in potential under-hood fires, localized melting of components, or smoke.”Owners will be contacted starting June 12, and a fix for the engine issue is expected to be ready by the year’s third quarter, the traffic safety administration said.“Ford advises customers to safely park and shut off the engine as [quickly] as possible if they hear unexpected engine ...

1 dead after being trapped under concrete wall in Pacoima

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:30:03 GMT

A person is dead after they were trapped by a fallen wall in Pacoima Wednesday morning, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.The wall's collapse was reported around 8:45 a.m., when firefighters responded to the 10500 block of Glenoaks Boulevard for reports of two people trapped.When firefighters arrived, they found that one person had gotten themselves out, but the other person remained trapped under cinder blocks.The person who self-extricated was taken to a local hospital with back pain. Footage from the scene showed multiple firefighters working to free the unidentified person, who was pronounced dead at the scene at about 10:30 a.m.No information about the victim's identity has been released. Nancy Fontan contributed to this story.

$1.4M Mega Millions ticket sold in Southern California

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:30:03 GMT

There's a new millionaire in the Los Angeles area.One lucky person bought a ticket in Torrance that matched five of six numbers in Tuesday night's "Mega Millions" drawing, the California Lottery announced.The winning ticket was sold at the ampm minimart at 1800 West Artesia Boulevard in Torrance (Los Angeles County). The ticket matched numbers 29-57-23-6-12, just missing the Mega number 4.As of Wednesday morning, that winning ticket was worth $1,442,494. Although this ticket made someone a millionaire, no one hit the jackpot, which is now worth an estimated $240 million dollars for Friday night's drawing.Winning numbers for the June 7, 2023 drawing. (California Lottery)So far, this draw sequence has raised an estimated $15.2 million dollars for California public schools, Lottery officials said. The current jackpot roll started in mid-April after the jackpot was last hit in New York."Mega Millions" draws take place Tuesdays and Fridays at 8 p.m. PT.

Truck crashes into homeless encampment, injuring 1 in L.A.

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:30:03 GMT

A pickup truck crashed into a homeless encampment after rolling down an embankment in the North Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles early Wednesday morning. The crash occurred around 12:15 a.m. on the southbound 405 Freeway onramp near Roscoe Boulevard. The truck drove off the ramp and rolled over, landing on an occupied homeless encampment, a California Highway Patrol spokesperson said.A person inside the encampment was injured and transported to a local hospital in unknown condition. There were also parties trapped inside the pickup truck but they were freed and uninjured, according to the spokesperson. The cause of the crash is under investigation.