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Find new reading materials at the Spring Book Sale

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 07:46:02 GMT

SCHENECTADY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- Looking for new books for summer reading? On May 6 and 7, the Friends of Schenectady County Public Library is hosting a giant book sale with over 40,000 books available. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! There will be books for all ages in addition to CDs and DVDs. Most books will be for sale for $1 or less. The book sales will be held at the Schenectady County Public Library at 99 Clinton Street.The sale will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on May 6 and from 12 to 3 p.m. on May 7. All proceeds benefit the Schenectady County Public Library system.

WATCH: Schuylerville press conference on Kaylin Gillis

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 07:46:02 GMT

SCHUYLERVILLE, N.Y. (NEWS10) — Schuylerville Central School District held a press conference at 1:30 p.m. about the tragic death of Kaylin Gillis. The 20-year-old graduated from the district in 2021. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! Superintendent Gregg Barthelmas spoke, though no school representatives addressed the ongoing police investigation into the alleged shooter, Kevin Monahan. Instead, they focused "on the beautiful person Kaylin was, and all she added to our school community."Kaylin was known for her art. NEWS10 received a copy of a piece of art she created of popstar Billie Eillish.Police say Monahan opened fire when a vehicle mistakenly pulled into his driveway around 10 p.m. on April 15. Kaylin was inside the vehicle and fatally injured. Monahan faces a charge of second-degree murder.

Apartments coming to the former Clifton Park Kmart site

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 07:46:02 GMT

CLIFTON PARK, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- The Clifton Park Town Planning Board has approved the final site plan for two multi-family apartment buildings at the former Kmart site. The site is located at 15 Park Avenue. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! According to the site plans on the Clifton Park website, the applicant is Shopper's World Ventures 1, LLC, with Windsor Development looking to construct the property. The site would include two buildings with 50 apartments each and 191 parking spaces on over 13 acres.The company would demolish the former Kmart building before constructing the apartment buildings. According to John Scavo, the Director of Planning for Clifton Park, this approval is conditioned upon the satisfaction of minor outstanding technical items the applicant should address soon. 518 Free Store opening storefront in Schenectady "Introducing residential uses within the Town Center is consistent with the town’s vision ...

Can't drive with that: Illinois police find 3 garbage bags of marijuana during traffic stop

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 07:46:02 GMT

MARION, Ill. - Just because marijuana is legal in Illinois, doesn't mean you can transport as much as you want around the state. A Mississippi man was arrested in rural Southern Illinois after three garbage bags filled with cannabis were found during a traffic stop.According to Chief David Fitts, Marion Police Department, the incident happened overnight Monday on Interstate 57, just north of Marion.A Marion police officer saw a vehicle speeding through an interstate construction zone just before 1 a.m. and conducted a traffic stop. Top story: Overland armored car robbery video reveals surprising actions While talking with the driver, the officer noticed a large bag in the rear of the vehicle of what seemed to be marijuana. Fitts said the officer had the driver exit the vehicle and requested assistance.Police claim to have discovered three clear plastic bags containing a total of 82.9 pounds of cannabis, as well as 30 bottles of THC syrup, and 40 vape pens.The driver, William Davis...

Pro-Parson PAC has spent $110K on private plane expenses so far in 2023

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 07:46:02 GMT

Mike Parson has made it clear to anyone who will listen that he’s done with elected office when term limits force him from the Missouri governor’s mansion next year. Yet the political action committee created by his supporters continues taking five-figure checks, with the lion’s share of that money spent on private plane travel. Uniting Missouri PAC paid more than $110,000 during the first three months of 2023 to an aviation company connected to lobbyist and longtime Parson adviser Steve Tilley.  The other large 2023 expenditure was $56,000 to the Kansas City Chiefs for a fundraising event on Feb. 12. Uniting Missouri reported raising $173,000 during the first quarter, most of that from four sources — $50,000 from Protection Plus LLC; $50,000 from Evergy Metro Inc.; $35,000 from Martin Grain Company; and $35,000 from J & J Ventures Gaming.Parson’s campaign committee, which unlike Uniting Missouri must abide by campaign donation limits, reported raising onlly ...

GOP rivals in Missouri attorney general race draw even in fundraising

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 07:46:02 GMT

The two Republicans vying to be Missouri’s next attorney general continue building their campaign war chests, with both reporting more than $1 million cash on hand. Incumbent Attorney General Andrew Bailey, who was appointed to the job in January when his predecessor won a U.S. Senate seat, raised $305,000 during the first three months of 2023. He has $293,000 cash on hand. The political action committee supporting his run, called Life and Liberty PAC, raised $644,000 and has $710,000 cash on hand. Independent PACs don’t have to abide by the same contribution limits as candidates. Meanwhile, Will Scharf — a former assistant U.S. attorney and policy director in Gov. Eric Greitens’ brief administration — reported raising $107,000, with $875,000 cash on hand. The PAC supporting him, called Defend Missouri, raised $575,000.The largest donors to Bailey’s campaign are the family of Pauline MacMillan Keinath, whose grandfather founded Cargill. Life and Liberty PAC received $...

Barry Morphew’s attorney accuses DA of misrepresenting, withholding evidence in dismissed murder case

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 07:46:02 GMT

Suzanne Morphew (Chaffee County Sheriff’s Office)A defense attorney on Tuesday accused the prosecutors who brought a first-degree murder charge against Barry Morphew of misrepresenting evidence, withholding exculpatory evidence from the defense and committing numerous ethical violations in the case.Attorney Iris Eytan called for state authorities to discipline or disbar 11th Judicial District Attorney Linda Stanley and six other prosecutors involved in the case in an 86-page request for investigation filed with the Office of Attorney Regulation Counsel last month and made public Tuesday.Stanley later dropped all charges against Morphew.The Office of Attorney Regulation Counsel, or OARC, is the state office responsible for investigating professional misconduct by attorneys. Eytan’s complaint is one of several recently lodged against Stanley that currently are under investigation by the office.“This is not a series of oopsies or mistakes; there were too many not to be inte...

Missing Glen Haven man found dead after days-long search

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 07:46:02 GMT

A Glen Haven man who went missing in Larimer County on Friday evening has been found dead.Jerry Allbright, 53, was last seen April 14 after he left his home on foot and did not return, the Larimer County Sheriff’s Office said in a Facebook post. Allbright texted family members early the next day saying he was lost in the mountains, and they called the sheriff’s office that afternoon after they couldn’t find him.Cellphone data indicated the text message came from a mile and a half away from the road Allbright’s house is on, but search and rescue attempts were unsuccessful.The sheriff’s office on Wednesday said a search crew found a man’s body believed to be Allbright on Tuesday evening, but due to the hazardous terrain and fading light, the team couldn’t recover the body.The Larimer County Coroner, investigators and a ground recovery crew returned to the location Wednesday morning to complete the recovery.“While this isn’t the outcome w...

Denver brewery stalwart opening second restaurant in Lone Tree

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 07:46:02 GMT

Great Divide Brewing, one of the oldest beer-makers in Denver, will open a second location of its Great Divide Brewery & Roadhouse in partnership with restaurant operator Vibe Concepts.When it opens, potentially by the end of 2023, the Roadhouse — at 9899 Schwab Way in Lone Tree — will be “similar in scope” to the first location, which opened in Castle Rock in 2020, the brewery said.Related ArticlesRestaurants, Food and Drink | New downtown bars, restaurants replace year-old El Tejano, Smash Face and Loaded Restaurants, Food and Drink | How to celebrate 420 in Denver with music, munchies, beer, comedy and drink specials Restaurants, Food and Drink | El Rancho’s brewery, Pygmy Stallion, is now pouring house-brewed beer Restaurants, Food and Drink | Goed Zuur chef and co-owner leaving for job in California Restaurants, Food and Drink | Denver brewery closing just seven months a...

Kangaroo, stork, camel, African porcupine among 13 Colorado-bound animals from Puerto Rico zoo airlift

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 07:46:02 GMT

A landmark zoo rescue airlift to save captive wildlife intensifies this month as the Colorado-based Wild Animal Sanctuary takes in more than a dozen newcomers.These include seven lions, two bears, a camel, a stork, a kangaroo, and an African porcupine — scheduled to arrive in Colorado next week.They’re flying to Denver International Airport from Puerto Rico, where a troubled government-backed zoo — targeted by animal rights activists for a decade and battered by Hurricane Maria in 2017 — has shut down. More than 300 animals, including elephants, hippos, and rhinos, face an uncertain future unless they are accepted at U.S. facilities.“It is a monumental project to get all of these animals placed and to deal with so many different species,” said Pat Craig, director of the Colorado Wild Animal Sanctuary, a 160-acre facility located 30 miles northeast of Denver near Keenesburg. “It is one of the largest zoo rescue transfers in history.”Sanctuary crews and v...