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Air quality alert: Canadian smoke expected Friday and Saturday

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 21:34:45 GMT

All of Minnesota will be under an air quality alert beginning Friday morning due to smoke from Canadian wildfires.The smoke from wildfires in northern Alberta and British Columbia is expected to move into Minnesota behind a cold front Friday and linger for several hours into Saturday, according to the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency.The air quality alert, which is currently forecasting conditions in the “unhealthy for sensitive groups” category, is issued from 8 a.m. Friday to 3 p.m. Saturday.Friday is expected to see a high near 88, mostly sunny skies and chances for showers and thunderstorm during the day. Hazy skies and a slight chance of rain are expected at night, according to the National Weather Service.Saturday should see a high near 85, with sunny skies and a slight chance of a thunderstorm. Sunday should see a high near 81 and sunny skies.Related ArticlesNews | Tornado touches down near Chicago’s O’Hare airport, disrupting hundreds of ...

7/13/2023: PM storms, some severe, chance for flooding

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 21:34:45 GMT

Important Weather Briefing on Severe Storms at 2pmThe latest Storm Tracker Forecast from meteorologists Steve Caporizzo:Some sun at times late morning or early afternoon. That'll help us warm up quickly, with highs hitting the mid to upper 80's across the region. There will also be breezy conditions at times, with winds out of the south bringing even more humidity. The combo of mugginess and heat will lend itself to stronger storms late afternoon/early evening as a weather system approaches from the west.The strongest of the storms will be capable of producing gusty, damaging winds. There are low end chances for hail and/or one or two tornadoes as well.Perhaps the most pronounced threat will be heavy rainfall leading to more flooding, especially up north where so much rain fell earlier in the week. A Flood Watch has been issued for all of Warren, Washington, Hamilton, and Bennington counties, as well as northern Saratoga and Herkimer counties. If heavy rain materializes, rivers, cre...

ALDI sets opening date in North Greenbush

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 21:34:45 GMT

NORTH GREENBUSH, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- ALDI has announced the opening date for its new location at 500 North Greenbush Road in North Greenbush. The store will open to the public on Thursday, July 27 at 8:30 a.m. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! This store is relocated from the Rensselaer location at 307 Columbia Turnpike. That ALDI store will permanently close its doors on Wednesday, July 26.“We are excited to provide local shoppers a revamped and refreshed ALDI store designed to make grocery shopping smarter, faster, and easier,” said Aaron Sumida, Tully Regional Vice President for ALDI. “We are always looking out for the needs of our shoppers and decided to move our Rensselaer store to allow more room for added fresh, high-quality products at affordable prices, which our loyal shoppers know and love.” Chick-fil-A sets opening dates for Clifton Park, North Greenbush The North Greenbush location will be open daily from 9 a.m. t...

Woodstock man indicted for hate crimes

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 21:34:45 GMT

WOODSTOCK, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- A Woodstock man has been indicted on hate crime charges, according to the Ulster County District Attorney's Office. Shayne Wilbur, 31, was indicted on July 11 for criminal possession of a weapon, menacing, assault, and criminal mischief. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! The indictment alleges that Wilbur, while at an Ulster County bar, started shouting homophobic slurs at the victim upon learning they were gay. Wilbur then allegedly hit the victim with a thrown object, jumped over the bar area, and attacked them, pulling out a box cutter in the process. After leaving the bar area, Wilbur reportedly punched a hole through the door windows, causing over $500 in damages. He is currently in the Ulster County Jail serving a sentence for violating his probation. Victory man arrested for menacing Paul Derohannesian, Bureau Chief of the General Felonies and DWI Unit, stated that “Hate has no place in ...

Little-known but efficient geothermal, a different way to heat and cool your house

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 21:34:45 GMT

(AP) — Summers are famously humid in New York, but life in the Maioli household has gotten more comfortable since the couple installed a new heating and cooling system that isn't well known yet in the U.S. In 2021, the couple installed a geothermal or ground source heat pump. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! “My wife is pretty happy because, in the summer, we can keep it to as cold as we like," typically 69 or 70 F, said Joe Maioli, in Ontario, New York.The units you see that look like box fans outside homes and businesses are the more common air-source heat pumps. They wring energy out of outdoor air for heat and soak up excess heat indoors and move it out when they're cooling. Geothermal heat pumps use underground temperatures, instead of outdoor air. Lawmakers aim to lower utility costs A Dandelion Energy employee sprays excess groundwater back on the lawn during installation of a geothermal heat pump system at a home i...

Federal charges in robbery, murder of St. Louis Kitchen owner

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 21:34:45 GMT

ST. LOUIS - Four people are under federal indictment for the May robbery and murder of a St. Louis restauranteur. Fa Ming Pan and a cook were leaving Pan's business, St. Louis Kitchen, just after 9:30 p.m. on May 30 when they were ambushed in the parking lot in an attempted robbery. Pan was shot in the stomach and killed. He was 38. The cook, 56, suffered a gunshot wound to the leg but survived. After the shooting, one of the assailants stole Pan’s backpack, which contained Pan’s handgun and several thousand dollars in earnings from the restaurant.Last week, two suspects in the robbery and shooting were arrested and appeared in federal court for a preliminary hearing. Larob Harris, 24, and Mekayla Johann, 20, waived their right to a detention hearing, and agreed to remain in jail until trial. Close Thanks for signing up! Watch for us in your inbox. Subscribe Now Daily News ...

TSA near record pace in guns seized at St. Louis Airport, across Missouri

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 21:34:45 GMT

ST. LOUIS - TSA officials report an alarming trend at Missouri airport checkpoints. New data shows that St. Louis Lambert International Airport and other airports around the state are near a record pace in guns seized midway through this year. Over the first six months of 2023, TSA reports that officials confiscated 104 firearms from carry-on luggage at eight Missouri airports. Officials seized a state-record 215 guns from Missouri airport checkpoints last year, just seven above the pace for this year. St. Louis Airport had a record of 102 guns seized at checkpoints in 2021. Halfway through the year, around 51 guns have been taken at checkpoints, right on pace with the airport's record. Lawmaker to review law ‘in-depth’ after cars with expired tags towed from driveways Elsewhere in Missouri, Kansas City has seen 41 guns taken at its airport, Springfield has seen 11 taken at its airport and Columbia has seen one. Springfield is above its pace from last year, while Kansas City and ...

TSA finds higher number of guns in carry-on luggage at Missouri airports

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 21:34:45 GMT

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The number of firearms found in carry-on luggage at Missouri Airports increased in the first half of 2023, according to the Transportation Security Administration.TSA said its agents found a total of 104 firearms during routine screening at all airport security checkpoints in Missouri over the past six months. The number is five more than over the same time last year.The TSA said agents found fewer weapons at checkpoints at Kansas City International Airport while agents at St. Louis Lambert International Airport found more. Cruise into Christmas with a Hallmark Channel vacation Firearms found in carry-on luggage at Missouri AirportsJan 1, 2023 - June 30, 2023St. Louis Lambert International 2023 -- 51 2022 -- 44 Kansas City International 2023 -- 41 2022 -- 44Springfield-Branson National 2023 -- 11 2022 -- 10Columbia Regional 2023 -- 1 2022 -- 0 Joplin Regional2023 -- 0 2022 -- 1TSA said its agents immediately notifies airport police when an image of a firearm sh...

Rockies’ 2024 schedule includes home opener vs. Rays, three games vs. Red Sox at Coors Field

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 21:34:45 GMT

Wait ’till next year is already here for the Rockies. Well, at least the 2024 schedule has arrived.Major League Baseball announced its full slate of games Thursday, and the Rockies’ 2024 schedule features a two-game trip to Mexico City on April 27-28, where the Rockies will face the Astros, marking the second time in franchise history that the Rockies will play a regular season series in Mexico. The Rockies played their 1999 season opener against the Padres in Monterrey, winning 8-2.The Rockies’ season begins March 28 with a convenient four-game series against the Diamondbacks at Chase Field in downtown Phoenix, just a short drive from the Rockies’ spring training complex in Scottsdale. Next, Colorado heads to the friendly — and likely cold and blustery — confines of Chicago’s Wrigley Field for a three-game series with the Cubs.Colorado’s home opener is scheduled for Friday, April 5 vs. Tampa Bay at Coors Field. It will mark the first ...

Teens broke into occupied Rancho Cucamonga home, sending child into hiding, officials say

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 21:34:45 GMT

Three teenagers were arrested in Rancho Cucamonga after they allegedly broke into a house and were reported to police by the mother of a child who was still inside and hiding from the burglars.The break-in was reported just after 10:15 a.m. Tuesday, when a woman called police and told them her son was inside their home in the 6000 block of Klusman Avenue hiding from three burglars who had broken in through a window, the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department said in a news release. The teens, all of whom are from Anaheim, did not find the child, and they remained inside the house until deputies arrived on scene and they jumped out of a window, officials said. 2 arrested after trying to break into evacuated homes affected by Rolling Hills Estates landslide, officials say Deputies said they confirmed the child was safe and tracked the three teens until they found them hiding behind nearby houses.Nicolas Rios Guerra, 18, and Jhoan Salinas Parra, 19, were booked into the West Val...