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Reward offered for return of stolen historic church bell

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:33:30 GMT

COLUMBIA COUNTY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- Where there was once a 145-year-old, heavy bronze bell with a storied history and ties to the community, now sits a sign with a desperate plea: RETURN OUR BELL. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! “This theft is a theft to all the community of Malden Bridge,“ said Bronwyn Hannon, Vice President of Malden Bridge Community Center.Where the bell used to be, now sits a signs with a plea for its return.Considered by residents of Malden Bridge to be a community treasure, the Old Chatham bell was cast by Meneely and Kimberly Founders of Troy in 1878. It graced the hamlet of Old Chatham for more than 80 years, until the Methodist Church became structurally unsound and the steeple had to be demolished. The congregation moved to Malden Bridge.“The congregations had merged, and they had the bell placed here, where it has been since 1975," said Lucinda Buckley, President of Malden Bridge Community Center, ...

Teen charged with robbery in Winfield

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:33:30 GMT

HERKIMER, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- A Herkimer County teen has been arrested after an alleged armed robbery. State Police in Herkimer said Brady R. Lendall, 19, of West Winfield, was arrested without incident on the morning of May 1. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! Around 6 a.m., State Police said they responded to a report of a robbery at the Mirabito Gas Station, located at 1 East Main Street in the Village of West Winfield. The cashier at the store said the suspect entered the store with a long gun and demanded money.  Lendall allegedly fled the store on foot after leaving with an undisclosed amount of money. Troopers along with BCI Investigators responded and quickly were able to find and arrest Lendall. Police said they also found a BB gun at Lendall's residence, which was allegedly issued in the robbery. Berkshire County man arrested on child porn charges Lendall was charged with first-degree robbery, which is a fel...

Girlfriend, boyfriend identified in St. Louis County murder-suicide

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:33:30 GMT

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. – Investigators in St. Louis County have identified a man and woman found dead Sunday morning in an apparent murder-suicide.According to Sgt. Tracy Panus, a county police spokeswoman, officers were asked to provide a welfare check at an apartment in the 5300 block of Gladstone Place, just before 9 a.m.Officers arrived at the apartment and found the bodies of Latonya Brown, 21, and Justin Taylor, 23. Both had been shot and were pronounced dead at the scene.Detectives with the St. Louis County Police Department’s Crimes Against Person’s unit believe Taylor shot and killed Brown before turning the gun on himself.The two lived in the apartment together and were in a relationship, Panus said.

Four arrested in connection with shooting outside Aurora mall

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:33:30 GMT

Aurora police arrested four people in connection with a shooting outside the Southlands shopping mall Sunday night.Nobody was injured, Aurora police spokesman Joe Moylan said via email. Three of the suspects are adults and one is a minor. Authorities did not name the suspects.Police responded around 10 p.m. Sunday to reports of a shooting near the mall in the 6100 block of South Aurora Parkway. Officers found shell casings in the parking lot and at least one store went on lockdown, Moylan said.Soon after, officers tried to initiate a traffic stop on the suspect vehicle, but the individuals sped away. The car ended up crashing into another vehicle, with the four suspects running from the crash, police said.Two suspects were ultimately taken into custody in the backyard of a home in the 20400 block of East Duke Drive. The remaining two individuals were located and arrested nearby.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | Two drivers hospitalized in Aurora firetruck crash ...

Mesa County, health contractor to pay $2 million after 27-year-old dies of epileptic seizures in jail

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:33:30 GMT

Killmer, Lane and Newman law firmTomas Beauford and his mother, Tiffany MarshThe family of a 27-year-old man with severe mental disabilities who died while experiencing epileptic seizures in the Mesa County jail settled a lawsuit for $2 million, their attorney announced Monday.Tomas Beauford died April 16, 2014, in a Mesa County jail cell after a series of seizures, which deputies and nurses from the health care company ignored, his family’s lawsuit, filed in 2016, states.Jail staff failed to medicate Beauford, confiscated a bracelet that helped him manage seizures and did not intervene in a series of seizures he experienced the night he died, according to the lawsuit.“Rather than providing him with the medical attention and treatment he so desperately needed, Mr. Beauford was actively ignored,” the lawsuit states.Beauford had a severe developmental disability that meant he operated with the mental capacity of a 6-year-old, according to the lawsuit.Beauford was boo...

Colorado DMV relaunches services after statewide shutdown due to technical “outage”

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:33:30 GMT

Colorado’s Division of Motor Vehicles officials relaunched services Monday afternoon following an outage that forced a statewide shutdown — the second in two months.“The outage affected specific appointments, which were related to the issuance or renewal of licenses, permits, and ID cards,” agency spokesman Derek Kuhn said.Online services were not affected, Kuhn said.DMV officials on Monday morning directed Coloradans to re-schedule in-office services.Coloradans seeking DMV services also could work through the DMV’s website, myDMV.Colorado.gov, officials said. They also could use MV Express Kiosks in some counties to renew their vehicle registrations.State motor vehicle officials previously canceled appointments and also online services around Colorado on March 6 due to “a technical issue.”The outage Monday meant “DMV staff could not connect to a vendor’s server, which meant they could not process some DMV transactions,” Kuhn said.Get ...

Several children treated for possible overdose at L.A. middle school

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:33:30 GMT

Several children were treated by paramedics after a possible overdose at Johnnie Cochran Middle School in Los Angeles’ Arlington Heights neighborhood on Monday.L.A. Fire Department crews responded to the school near Crenshaw and Washington boulevards around 11:30 a.m. after receiving reports of at least three children “with altered level of consciousness after possible exposure or ingestion of a yet unknown substance,” the Department said. After student’s death, LA schools to carry overdose antidote According to Sky5 reporter Rich Prickett, the children responded well after being administered Narcan, which reverses the effects of opioids. Three children were transported to an area hospital by ambulance. "They arrived conscious and breathing in minor to moderate medical distress," LAFD said.LAFD did not release their ages or genders, and would not confirm if they were students at Cochran Middle School.Los Angeles Police and L.A. School Police also responded to the scene.

Why speeding doesn’t save drivers much time

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:33:30 GMT

We’re all guilty.Most cars can go well over the speed limit on freeways and surface streets, and we’ve all been in a rush to get somewhere, at some point.But aside from being illegal and dangerous, there is a practical reason why experts say people should generally avoid speeding.It doesn’t save much time.Researchers with the U.S. Army studied the impact of speeding on trip lengths. It found that the time you can shave off a trip by speeding isn’t that much to start, and goes down dramatically as speeds go up.The U.S. Army examined how long it takes to drive 15 miles at three different speed limits, and then how much time is saved by going 10 miles per hour over each of those limits, according to hiroad.com.If the speed limit is 35 mph, it takes around 25 minutes to travel 15 miles. If, instead, you go 45 mph, you save about five minutes.If the speed limit is 50 mph, it takes 18 minutes to travel 15 miles. If you were going 60 miles per hour, you would get to the destination three m...

Man Hospitalized after Hit-and-Run Pedestrian Collision on Copley Park Place [San Diego, CA]

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:33:30 GMT

37-Year-Old Pedestrian Hurt in Hit-and-Run Crash near Copley DriveSAN DIEGO, CA (May 1, 2023) – Late Monday night, one man was hospitalized after a hit-and-run pedestrian collision on Copley Park Place.Police received dispatch calls in the area around 11:45 p.m., on the eastbound lanes of the road near Copley Drive on April 24th.Upon arrival, investigators learned that a man was walking on the eastbound lanes when he was struck by an eastbound vehicle.The driver then immediately fled the scene without rendering aid or calling for help. First responders located the man with serious injuries, including head trauma and fractured ribs.Paramedics transported the 37-year-old male pedestrian to a nearby hospital for further treatment. Although, authorities have not yet released his identity.Following preliminary duties, officers say there were no witnesses during the incident. As a result, the suspect is still at large. Anyone with information can contact the SDPD’s Traffic Division ...

FDIC recommends overhauling insurance deposit system

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:33:30 GMT

By Sharon L. Lynch | Associated PressNEW YORK — The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. is recommending the U.S. rethink its decades-old policy of insuring up to $250,000 in bank deposits and replace it with an overhaul that would allow regulators to cover higher amounts on a “targeted” basis.The proposed change appears to openly acknowledge that the FDIC is looking for ways to calm both depositors and markets as the organization contends with the third U.S. bank failure this year. First Republic Bank became the second largest failure in history Monday when regulators seized it and JP Morgan Chase stepped up as a buyer.“The recent failures of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank, and the decision to approve Systemic Risk Exceptions to protect the uninsured depositors at those institutions, raised fundamental questions about the role of deposit insurance in the United States banking system,” FDIC Chairman Martin J. Gruenberg said in a statement Monday accompanyi...