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Stop-work order issued at Harbour Point Gardens

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 14:25:45 GMT

TROY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- On Thursday, Troy's Bureau of Code Enforcement issued a stop-work order at the Harbour Point Gardens to prevent window removal at the properties. This development comes one week after inspectors deemed the properties unfit for occupancy. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! According to the Bureau of Code Enforcement, the owner did not secure the required building permit and has not provided the City with a remediation plan. Code Enforcement also issued tickets for defective hand railings, holes or penetrations in exterior walls, and defective exterior stairs, among other things.“This morning marks three weeks since Code Enforcement evacuated families from their homes and in that time, Lexington Properties has made countless misrepresentations to the City, the media, and most disgracefully, the hardworking families who paid them to provide safe and dependable housing,” said Troy Mayor Wm. Patrick Madd...

Discovering Saratoga: 16th Annual Larry Spraragen Race

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 14:25:45 GMT

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (NEWS10) - Growing up in the Spraragen family, summers were always reserved for the Saratoga Race Course. The summer tradition was started by their father Larry, the leader of Schenectady Hardware and Electric from 1993-2008.Attending Opening Day is a Saratoga tradition that continues long after their beloved father passed away in 2008, carried on by his six kids and 10 grandkids. For sixteen years, they’ve been naming a race on Opening Day after Larry. Schenectady Hardware & Electric marks 100 years in business This year, more than 40 family and friends gathered for the Opening Day tradition. Some family members traveled from as far as Florida and Virginia.“He would love us being here, we all come together because that’s what my father did. He brought us all together,” said Kelly Spraragen Young, Larry's daughter.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg sculpture to unveil in August

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 14:25:45 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y (WTEN) -- The Capitol building in Albany will be adding a new face to the famous Million Dollar Staircase - a carving of the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, which will be the first addition since 1898. There are currently 77 people carved into the staircase, and only six of them are women who tend to be placed lower in the stairwell. Supreme Court honors legacy of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg The Office of General Services Commissioner, Jeanette Moy said Justice Ginsburg's portrait has been nearly two years in the making, "What we’re doing here with Justice Ginsburg is we’re putting her you know, nice and high, where the natural light can see her. She’ll be able to see every noisy bit of conversation, and to see what's happening as protests take place, you know that bit of government and sort of engagement with the public so we’re really excited to put her where she is."Justice Ginsburg was born in Brooklyn and attended Harvard Law. She was nominated to the Supreme C...

Fallen tree causes road closure in Watervliet

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 14:25:45 GMT

WATERVLIET, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- The Watervliet Police Department has announced an emergency road closure. 8th Avenue between 19th Street and Clinton Street is currently closed due to a fallen tree. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! (Watervliet Police Department)No injuries have been reported, according to police. Motorists are advised to seek alternate routes. Check out NEWS10's traffic tracker. You can plan your route and see traffic delays in real-time!

Small plane crashes in Osage Beach, Missouri

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 14:25:45 GMT

OSAGE BEACH, Mo. — The Missouri State Highway Patrol is responding to a plane crash in Osage Beach.According to a release from MSHP Troop F, the Osage Beach Police Department reached out to them to let them know that they had a report of a possible downed aircraft."The aircraft was located in the treeline at the old golf course between Rt KK and US 54," according to the release.According to a Facebook post from MSHP Troop F, the plane had three occupants each with serious injuries.The Osage Beach Police Department reported that this was an ongoing investigation.The MSHP is asking people to avoid the area.OzarksFirst will update this article as more information is released.

Missouri AG sues H&R Block, other tax preparers

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 14:25:45 GMT

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey is suing three popular tax preparation companies.The lawsuit claims Kansas City-based H&R Block, along with Taxslayer LLC and TaxAct, Inc. illegally shared information belonging to millions of Missouri taxpayers with Meta, Google, and other tech companies.The lawsuit comes a day after a group of congressional Democrats reported the same tax preparation companies sent the tech companies personal information on tens of millions of taxpayers over the past two years. Lawmaker to review law ‘in-depth’ after cars with expired tags towed from driveways The three companies are accused of using specific computer code to send personal, financial, and tax return information to tech companies even after explicitly promising the information wouldn't be shared.This is what the lawsuit claims the tax preparation companies may have shared about you, if you were a customer:names;health savings account contributions;college tuition g...

Suspect in Carlinville, Illinois murder remains at large

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 14:25:45 GMT

CARLINVILLE, Ill. - Investigators have identified a person suspected of killing a man in Carlinville, Illinois, Wednesday evening. However, the suspect is still on the loose.Police responded to a shooting call in the 1000 block of Johnson Street around 7:20 p.m., and found the victim, identified as Dana Morgan Jr., suffering from multiple gunshot wounds.Morgan was rushed to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead. He was 37. Lawmaker to review law ‘in-depth’ after cars with expired tags towed from driveways Authorities were able to identify a person of interest in the murder and, by Thursday, presented the case to the Macoupin County State's Attorney's Office.Prosecutors charged Shawn Evans, 36, with first-degree murder. A judge set his bond at $2 million.Anyone with knowledge of Evans' whereabouts is asked to contact the Carlinville Police Department at 217-854-3221 or [email protected], or call the Macoupin and Montgomery Counties CrimeStoppers at 800-352-0136.

St. Louis Fed president Jim Bullard, one of the central bank's most hawkish members, stepping down

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 14:25:45 GMT

St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank President James Bullard, one of the most hawkish members of the central bank since it started it aggressive rate-hiking campaign, is stepping down.Bullard is leaving his position as president and CEO of the St. Louis Fed to become the inaugural dean of the Mitchell E. Daniels Jr. School of Business at Purdue University next month, the bank announced Thursday.While he'll be available in an “advisory capacity” to the Fed until Aug. 14, Bullard has recused himself from his role on the central bank's committee that determines the direction of interest rates and other monetary policy. Lawmaker to review law ‘in-depth’ after cars with expired tags towed from driveways “It has been both a privilege and an honor to be part of the St. Louis Fed for the last 33 years, including serving as its president for the last 15 years,” Bullard said in a statement. “This is an outstanding organization with staff in every area of the Bank bringing their passion, integrity...

Cillian Murphy, playing Oppenheimer, finally gets to lead a Christopher Nolan film

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 14:25:45 GMT

By LINDSEY BAHR (AP Film Writer)The day Christopher Nolan called Cillian Murphy about his new film, “Oppenheimer,” Murphy hung up the phone in disbelief.The Irish actor, though a regular presence in Nolan films going back almost two decades, had always been a supporting player. This time, Nolan wanted him to lead.“He’s so understated and self-deprecating and, in his very English manner, just said, ‘Listen, I’ve written this script, it’s about Oppenheimer. I’d like you to be my Oppenheimer,’” Murphy, 46, told The Associated Press earlier this year. “It was a great day.”For Murphy, it is never not exciting to get a call from Nolan. It’s just hard to predict if he’s going to. He knows there are some movies he’s right for and some movies he isn’t.“I have always said publicly and privately, to Chris, that if I’m available and you want me to be in a movie, I’m there. I donR...

Smash-and-grab burglars hit five gun stores in the metro area

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 14:25:45 GMT

A group of nine perpetrators burglarized five gun stores in Centennial, Denver and Englewood recently in overnight smash-and-grab incidents and investigators on Thursday released video clips of the suspects.The incidents happened Sunday and Monday and authorities are asking for the public’s help in identifying a suspect or suspects seen in the surveillance videos, according to an Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office news release.The businesses targeted were:Centennial Gun Club, 11800 E. Peakview Ave., CentennialBowers Tactical, 6931 S. Yosemite St., CentennialBighorn Firearms, 2175 S. Jasmine St., DenverThe Shootist, 2980 S. Galapago St., EnglewoodMile High Armory, 785 S. Vallejo St., DenverThe burglaries happened in the early morning hours, the sheriff’s office said. The burglars, who wore hooded jackets and had their faces covered with masks, smashed glass doors and windows to gain, or attempt to gain, entry to the businesses. In one instance a metal door cover was d...