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72 people, 15 pets moved from West Bouldin Creek homeless encampment to Southbridge Shelter

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:34:00 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- A homeless encampment in the West Bouldin Creek area has been formally declared closed after 72 people and 15 pets were relocated from the encampment to the Southbridge Shelter, according to the City of Austin.The people and pets were relocated from the encampment as part of the Housing-Focused Encampment Assistance Link, or HEAL Initiative, a release from the City of Austin said.Austin Mayor Kirk Watson said during a Tuesday press conference on wildfire preparation that the city has been "paying specific attention" to homeless encampments and taking precautionary measures in wildfire prevention through relocating people staying at encampments into shelters. Watson said these efforts are because 90% of wildfires are caused by people and are preventable. MORE: ‘Only going to get worse’: Local leaders issue local disaster declaration amid wildfire danger According to the release, HEAL carries out the closures of homeless encampments that pose the highest public hea...

Enjoy food, music, bouncy houses at Ballston Spa Family Fun Day

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:34:00 GMT

BALLSTON SPA, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- The Village of Ballston Spa is holding its annual Family Fun Day on Sunday, August 20. Front Street will be filled with more than 10 bouncy houses, carnival games, crafts, and food. Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! Quiet hours will be from 10 a.m. to noon for those with sensory sensitivities and the main event will be from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. A free concert by The Refrigerators at Iron Spring Park will be at 6 p.m.A prize booth will have school supplies available for students for the upcoming school year. Mayor Frank Rossi, Trustee Bernadette VanDeinse-Perez, and Planning Board Chair Rory O’Connor also volunteered to be in a dunk-tank booth."Ballston Spa so cherishes its children and families. Family Fun Day celebrates just that by providing a free opportunity to enjoy the day," said Mayor Rossi. "Family vacations and days at the fair and amusement park are becoming more cost prohibitive; this is why ...

Local children's hospital receives grant from Rite Aid

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:34:00 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- Rite Aid Healthy Futures, formerly the Rite Aid Foundation, gifted the Bernard & Millie Duker Children's Hospital with a $50,000 grant to support its food pantry. The pantry provides non-perishable food items to patients and families in need. Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! “No child or family should ever go hungry. We want our community to be healthy, and that starts with eating nutritious foods,” said Brooke Strauss, manager of Behavioral Health at the Bernard & Millie Duker Children’s Hospital. “We are extremely thankful for Rite Aid’s grant that will help our pediatric patients and families have easy access to food if needed.”Patients and families in need can ask a member of the healthcare team for help during their appointments at select Albany Medical Center pediatric offices. The pantry recently received a delivery of 3,000 pounds of food from the Regional Food Bank of Northeastern New Yo...

Hudson eatery to be on 'America's Best Restaurants'

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:34:00 GMT

HUDSON, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- Wunderbar Bistro, located at 744 Warren Street in Hudson, is set to be featured on “America’s Best Restaurants.” The company brings attention to independently-owned restaurants around the United States. Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! During the visit, the eatery’s popular dishes will be highlighted, and owner Lyle Lentz will be interviewed. Lentz has worked in the hospitality industry for over 20 years and has owned Wunderbar Bistro for over 12 years.“People ask me ‘What’s good on the menu?’ Honestly, everything’s good on the menu," said Lentz. Queensbury eatery to be on ‘America’s Best Restaurants’ Wunderbar Bistro serves soup, salad, burgers, pasta, fish and chips, three styles of schnitzel, and more. You can view the full menu on the Wunderbar Bistro website.Lentz said his front-of-the-house staff knows their customers and always makes them feel welcome. “They know what people like to drink, to ea...

Victim identified in fatal shooting near SLU campus

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:34:00 GMT

Update: The victim has been identified as Jaylen French, 25, of Florissant. The suspect is a 19-year-old who was taken to the hospital in critical condition.ST. LOUIS – Several questions remain in the investigation into what caused an eruption of gunfire on Lindell Boulevard and Spring Avenue, feet away from the northern edge of St. Louis University’s campus.A suspect is in custody, police say. They do not believe the individuals involved were SLU students.The shooting happened shortly before 2 p.m. Tuesday in the Midtown neighborhood. Campus officials urged students to stay away from the scene.“I heard shots from a weapon. Maybe two types of weapons,” said Gentle Day, owner of Royal Auto RepairDay described the moments he heard the eruption of gunfire and witnessed construction workers near the incident flee for their lives.“We went to the doorway, and we saw everybody from the building from across the street over here running,” he said. Multiple people quit within hours at Jen...

Apple picking season starts today at Eckert's Farm

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:34:00 GMT

BELLEVILLE, Ill. - It's officially apple picking season at Eckert's farms. Pick-your-own apple season started at its Belleville and Grafton farms.You can pick 'gala' apples at all those locations right now. You can also start picking honey crisp apples at the same location later this month. Multiple people quit within hours at Jennings City Hall The Millstadt farm opens September 6, and will also have 'Jonathan' apples available to pick. This is the 60th year for pick-your own apples at Eckert's.

First it was drought. Now rain, hail and worms are impacting Colorado’s biggest crops

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:34:00 GMT

Late summer is prime time for Colorado produce that people look forward to for months and typically the end of the harvest for one of the state’s biggest crops: wheat. This year, though, rain, hail and pest infestations are making for a bumpier-than-usual road to market.Soaking rains held up the harvest of wheat and melons and hail pummeled the plants and produce on the Eastern Plains, while an onslaught by earworms hit as the harvest of Olathe sweet corn got underway on the Western Slope.And while the widespread rains washed away most of Colorado’s drought, farmers abandoned at least 20% of the state’s wheat crop because the strain of the past three dry years meant some plants just didn’t take hold before the moisture could help.On the other hand, in one more example of this season’s wild weather, some wheat growers are pulling in record yields thanks to all the downpours.“Coming into this spring, we ended up actually destroying about 35% (of the...

Pueblo police issue alert seeking missing 7-year-old girl

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:34:00 GMT

Police in Pueblo are searching for a missing 7-year-old girl last seen with her 39-year-old biological mother who does not have legal custody of the child.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | CBI alert update: 5-year-old taken from Aspen found safe Crime and Public Safety | Suspect in Arapahoe County child custody case is arrested in Texas Crime and Public Safety | Missing 2-month-old girl found safe in Denver hotel; parents arrested Crime and Public Safety | Amber Alert for missing 2-month-old updated with parents known to be in Aurora The Colorado Bureau of Investigation issued an alert late Tuesday for Rachael Bastian, described as standing 4 feet, 8 inches, weighing 62 pounds, with brown eyes and blonde hair. Bastian was seen on Friday morning with her noncustodial mother Cassandra Bastian, described as standing 5 feet, 9 inches, weighing 185 pounds, with blonde hair and hazel eyes, according to the alert poste...

First major jihadi attack since coup kills 17 and wounds dozens in Niger, fueling Western fears

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:34:00 GMT

By SAM MEDNICK (Associated Press)NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Insurgents killed 17 soldiers and wounded nearly 24 in the first major attack in half a year against the army in Niger, where Western powers fear a coup by the elite presidential guard last month is weakening a rare ally against jihadi violence in West Africa’s Sahel region. Niger was one of the last democratic countries in the region south of the Sahara and France and the U.S. have about 2,500 military personnel there who were training Niger’s forces. France also conducted joint operations with its former colony, but since the coup Paris and Washington have suspended military operations, giving the jihadis more breathing room. A military detachment was attacked Tuesday afternoon as it moved between the villages of Boni and Torodi in the Tillaberi region, the Ministry of Defense said on state television Tuesday. The wounded were evacuated to the capital, Niamey.It was the first major attack against Niger’s...

Vail man slacklines between 2 hot air balloons in Brazil

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:34:00 GMT

Eagle County’s Davis Hermes took his slacklining to a whole new level – 2,300 meters to be exact – but he reached that elevation between two unusual anchor points – hot air balloons.Hermes, who started slacklining after seeing a demonstration at the 2012 GoPro Mountain Games in Vail, has been traveling the world for competitions and to explore new places to slackline. He is the current title holder for the World Championships held in Laax, Switzerland last summer and dazzled viewers by slacklining between Fisher Towers, a pair of iconic rock formations made of sandstone near Moab, Utah in the fall of 2022.As if slacklining between the Fisher Towers, with about 800 feet of direct exposure below, wasn’t enough Hermes has once again achieved a feat almost unimaginable to the rest of us. As crazy as it seems to slackline between two hot air balloons, Hermes said this is not a new idea. Hermes’ friend and fellow slackline competitor, Rafa Bridi of Brazil, did it first along with a few ot...