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Former Saratoga Springs motel to be Code Blue shelter

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 11:15:19 GMT

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- Shelters of Saratoga has secured a lease to operate a Code Blue Winter Shelter for 2023-24 starting in the fall. The shelter will be located in the former Grand Union Motel on South Broadway in Saratoga Springs. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! According to a press release, the lease was signed in early June, and will have semi-private rooms for those experiencing homelessness when the temperature is below 32 degrees. Shelters of Saratoga will operate the shelter in partnership with Saratoga County.“In past seasons, the shelter was an open space lined with cots," said Duane Vaughn, executive director of Shelters of Saratoga. “The new location will offer guests additional privacy, critical for restful sleep. Sleep is key to a healthy life, and we are working diligently to make accommodations as comfortable as possible." New 24/7 homeless shelter in Saratoga Springs already at capacity In t...

Ex-NFL quarterback Ryan Mallett drowns in Florida at 35 years old

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 11:15:19 GMT

DESTIN, Fla. (AP) — Former quarterback Ryan Mallett—who played for New England, Houston, and Baltimore during five seasons in the NFL—died. He was 35. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! Mallett died in an apparent drowning, according to the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office. Mallett was a football coach at White Hall High School in his native Arkansas, and the school district also confirmed his death in a post on its website on Tuesday.Arkansas athletic director Hunter Yurachek said the University of Arkanas—where Mallett was QB of the Razorbacks—“lost an incredibly special person.” He tweeted, “Our thoughts and prayers are with the family, friends and teammates of Ryan Mallett.” Tri-City wins slugfest over Schaumburg Mallett played for the University of Michigan for one season before finishing his college career at Arkansas. He passed for 7,493 yards and 62 touchdowns in two seasons with the Razorbacks.“He lived with great e...

Part of Route 85 in Slingerlands to close for a month

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 11:15:19 GMT

SLINGERLANDS, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- As the Albany County Rail Trail Bridge Replacement Project continues in Slingerlands, the Albany County Department of Public Works will be closing both lanes of State Route 85. The closure begins June 30 at 10 a.m. and runs through July 31 at 6 a.m. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! The closure will be near the Rail Trail Bridge between Kenwood Avenue and Mullins Road. Traffic will be detoured over Cherry and Kenwood Avenues.The Department of Public Works said the drainage issues under the previous bridge will be addressed. The full road closure will shorten the project and also help ensure the safety of drivers and workers. Stuyvesant Plaza renews leases for three tenants Check out NEWS10's traffic tracker. You can plan your route and see traffic delays in real-time!

2nd Missouri man sentenced in death of woman who was caged, dismembered

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 11:15:19 GMT

BUFFALO, Mo. (AP) — A second man has been sentenced to life in prison for the death of a woman who was kept in a cage and dismembered in southwest Missouri in 2021.Timothy Norton was sentenced Tuesday after pleading guilty in Dallas County court to first-degree murder in the death of 33-year-old Cassie Rainwater. As part of his plea agreement, charges of kidnapping and abandonment of a corpse were dropped.Another man, James Phelps, entered an Alford plea earlier this year in the same case and was also sentenced to life in prison without possibility of parole. Close Thanks for signing up! Watch for us in your inbox. Subscribe Now Daily News SIGN UP NOW The two men were arrested in September 2021 after the FBI received a tip about photos showing Rainwater in a cage on Phelps' property near Le...

St. Louis man accused of firebombing neighbor's home over parking space

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 11:15:19 GMT

ST. LOUIS - A St. Louis man appeared in federal court last week and denied throwing a Molotov cocktail at a home in the Gravois Park neighborhood last year.Prosecutors with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Missouri said Marcus Reece, 31, was indicted in April on one count of damaging or destroying a building by fire and one count of possession of an unregistered destructive device.Reece was arrested on June 22 and pleaded not guilty that same day. A federal judge ordered him to be held in jail until trial. Close Thanks for signing up! Watch for us in your inbox. Subscribe Now Breaking News SIGN UP NOW According to court documents, the firebombing occurred March 19, 2022, in the 3700 block of Minnesota Avenue. Prosecutors claim Reece threw Molotov cocktails at his neighbor's home...

Judge sets $10M cash-only bond for Aurora dentist accused of poisoning, killing his wife

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 11:15:19 GMT

AURORA, Colo. — A judge set a $10 million cash-only bond on Wednesday morning for an Aurora dentist accused of poisoning and killing his wife in March.James Toliver Craig, 45, was arrested early on March 19 on a charge of first-degree murder after deliberation in connection with the death of his 43-year-old wife Angela Craig, who died in a hospital the day prior.He practiced dentistry at Summerbrook Dental Group, which is located at 14991 E. Hampden Avenue in Aurora. His bio page from the dental group website states that he has six children with his wife. His dental license was suspended by the state in March.A 52-page arrest affidavit detailed how Angela Craig became sick multiple times in early and mid-March and was hospitalized, but doctors could not determine what was causing her symptoms. During one of the visits, a person alerted a nurse that he believed she had been poisoned, possibly by James Craig, according to the affidavit.Read more on Denver7.Sign up to get crime news se...

CBI issues Missing Indigenous Person Alert for missing Navajo woman last seen in Denver

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 11:15:19 GMT

The Colorado Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday issued a missing person alert for a 26-year-old Navajo woman who may have been living without housing in Denver.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | 65-year-old man missing after raft capsizes in Glenwood Canyon Crime and Public Safety | Missing teen who was last seen Wednesday in Granby has been found safe Crime and Public Safety | CBI alert issued for missing 71-year-old man in Glenwood Springs Crime and Public Safety | El Paso County officials searching for missing at-risk teen, last seen Thursday Crime and Public Safety | Missing Indigenous Person Alert for man believed to be in Colorado Springs area lifted Last heard from on June 13, Shirelle Lucinda Begay was believed to be in Denver, CBI officials said in a bulletin posted on Twitter. Anyone who has seen Begay or has information is asked to contact Denver police at 720-913-2000.Begay is descri...

United Airlines’ troubles again snarl travel at Denver International Airport

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 11:15:19 GMT

Nationwide travel disruptions on Wednesday again snarled travelers flying in and out of Denver International Airport, where they were hit with a total of 245 delays and 81 cancellations as of 11:30 a.m., according to the FlightAware tracking service.United Airlines stood out, leading other airlines at DIA on Wednesday with the bulk of the problems: 78 cancellations and 137 delays, FlightAware data show.That brought United Airlines’ total at DIA over four days starting Sunday to 372 cancellations and 886 delays, the data show.Stranded passengers chafed. United staffers set up 500 cots at DIA Monday and relied on Denver airport officials to provide blankets. United officials said they set up cots in the airport again on Wednesday.Earlier this week, United officials pointed to severe weather as a driver of cancellations and delays because flight crews, pilots, and other staffers were hung up in other parts of the country.“United is fully staffed in Denver. Our employees on the gr...

A Colorado town says no to tall fences, sinking a proposed Topgolf facility next to I-25

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 11:15:19 GMT

A man dressed as a bald eagle stands with a crowd in front of representatives of Topgolf during a public meeting in Timnath on Feb. 13, 2023. Residents in the fast-growing community near Fort Collins are trying to stop the company from building a facility in town, claiming Topgolf’s trademark safety nets pose a risk to migratory birds in flight. (Photo by John Aguilar/The Denver Post)Voters in Timnath have boxed Topgolf out of their fast-growing town, voting overwhelmingly Tuesday to ban the type of tall fences the company needs for its high-tech driving range.By a more than two-to-one margin, voters in this Larimer County town approved in a special election Ballot Issue 1A, which will prohibit fences that exceed 65 feet in height. Topgolf, which has three Colorado locations, erects mesh fences more than 100 feet tall at its facilities to catch balls launched by customers swinging away in an array of hitting bays.“We are pleased that the citizens of Timnath have spoken a...

Titanic-bound sub debris returned to land after deep-sea implosion

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 11:15:19 GMT

Debris from the lost submersible Titan has been returned to land after a fatal implosion during its voyage to the wreck of the Titanic captured the world's attention last week.The return of the debris to port in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, is a key piece of the investigation into why the submersible imploded, killing all five people on board. Twisted chunks of the 22-foot submersible were unloaded at a Canadian Coast Guard pier on Wednesday.Horizon Arctic, a Canadian ship, carried a remotely operated vehicle, or ROV, to search the ocean floor near the Titanic wreck for pieces of the submersible. Pelagic Research Services, a company with offices in Massachusetts and New York that owns the ROV, said on Wednesday that it has completed offshore operations.Pelagic Research Services' team is “still on mission” and cannot comment on the ongoing Titan investigation, which involves several government agencies in the U.S. and Canada, said Jeff Mahoney,...