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Gansevoort man sentenced in 2022 rape case

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 06:45:37 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- A Gansevoort man was sentenced to 10 years in prison with 20 years of post-release supervision. Allen Millington, 27, was arrested in May 2022. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! On May 11, 2022, Millington was taken into custody after police searched his home. He was processed by Wilton State Police and was arraigned in Wilton Town Court on charges of promotion of a sexual performance by a child and possession of a sexual performance by a child. He was remanded to Saratoga County Jail in lieu of $10,000 bail and a $20,000 bond.State Police said further investigation revealed that Millington had sexual contact with a child victim. He is accused of having sex with a child under 11. The victim was not the subject of the child exploitation materials he possessed, per state police. Troy man pleads guilty in storage unit burglary case Millington pleaded guilty in April to first-degree rape.

Crews investigating fatal crash on I-170 SB, all lanes reopened

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 06:45:37 GMT

ST. LOUIS - Crews were at the scene of an accident the left a pedestrian dead Thursday morning. Our Nissan Rogue Runner reporter Nic Lopez was at the scene located on I-170 southbound at St. Charles Rock Road, where state troopers were blocking multiple lanes and are still investigating. Man died holding apartment door closed as sister fled shooter, police say There are no reports on the severity of the driver's injuries. The cause of the crash has also not yet been revealed. All lanes in the area have since been reopened.FOX 2 will update this story with more information as it becomes available.

New restaurant opens today in Ballpark Village

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 06:45:37 GMT

ST. LOUIS - Condado Tacos opens its doors for the first time Thursday morning.It's the franchise's 45th location and their first one west of the Mississippi. The first 100 people through the door Thursday will get a special gift: one free taco every week for a year. Man died holding apartment door closed as sister fled shooter, police say Condado Tacos is open from 11:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. Thursday. They'll be open until midnight on the weekends.

Transit organizations encourage locals to celebrate 'National Dump the Pump' Day

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 06:45:37 GMT

ST. LOUIS - Thursday is National Dump the Pump Day.Metro, The St. Clair County Transit District, and Citizens for Modern Transit encourage commuters to use public transportation Thursday instead of driving. Transit Ambassadors will be at select Metro transit centers Thursday morning handing out candy bars and other prizes. Man died holding apartment door closed as sister fled shooter, police say They'll have a QR code, so people can calculate how much money they'll save taking transit to work instead of driving.

Nearly $4.5M invested in 900 local business struggling from COVID

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 06:45:37 GMT

ST. LOUIS - Local small businesses are getting a big financial boost.The St. Louis Development Corporation's Small Business Grant Program is investing nearly $4.5 million into 900 local businesses still struggling from COVID. Man died holding apartment door closed as sister fled shooter, police say Businesses like Grace Meats Plus Three are using those funds to extend inventory and support employees more than they were able to before.

Ascension Health nurses strike starting this afternoon

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 06:45:37 GMT

ST. LOUIS - Nurses from Ascension Health in Kansas and Texas are headed to the healthcare giant's headquarters in St. Louis Thursday for a strike.National Nurses United say Ascension is promoting unsafe staffing conditions that prioritize profits over patient safety. They also shared that not enough is being done to recruit and retain nurses. City aldermen discussing water rate hike today The union represents nearly 2,000 nurses across three facilities. 90% voted to a one-day strike, which begins at 2:00 p.m.

Mississippi River cleanup happening today in East Alton, Illinois

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 06:45:37 GMT

EAST ALTON, Ill. - A reminder to stop littering from Lewis and Clark Community College's National Great Rivers Research and Education Center hosts its River Cleanup Thursday.It's part of their 'Mississippi River Days of Action' initiative. The event will take place Thursday from 9:00 a.m. to noon at the Center's Field Station located at 1 Confluence Way in east Alton. Man died holding apartment door closed as sister fled shooter, police say There will be free coffee, bagels, and prizes will be awarded to those who clean up the most trash.

Club Q shooting suspect expected to take plea deal

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 06:45:37 GMT

By JIM MUSTIAN and JESSE BEDAYN (Associated Press)COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — The suspect in a mass shooting at a Colorado Springs gay nightclub is expected to strike a plea deal to state murder and hate charges that would ensure at least a life sentence for the attack that killed five people and wounded 17, several survivors told The Associated Press.Word of a possible legal resolution of last year’s Club Q massacre follows a series of jailhouse phone calls from the suspect to the AP expressing remorse and the intention to face the consequences at the next scheduled court hearing this month.“I have to take responsibility for what happened,” 23-year-old Anderson Lee Aldrich said in their first public comments about the case.Federal and state authorities and defense attorneys declined to comment on a possible plea deal. But Colorado law requires victims to be notified of such deals, and several people who lost loved ones or were wounded in the attack told the AP that state prosecu...

“Past Lives” is a patient, luminous indie drama that trusts its audience to get it | Review

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 06:45:37 GMT

The film-fest favorite “Past Lives” has all the momentum in the world going into its wide release this month, and every ounce of it is earned.The compact drama, distributed by the A24 imprint, is directed and written by Korean-American playwright Celine Song, who’s known in the theater world for such inspired projects as staging Chekov’s “The Seagull” in the Sims 4 video game.“Past Lives” is her directorial debut and heralds a staggering new creative voice in film, as sophisticated and deliberate as it is insightful. The movie centers on Nora, an elementary school girl growing up in Seoul, South Korea, alongside chum Hae Sung. The kids, played respectively and wonderfully by Moon Seung-ah and Leem Seung-min, tease one another and bond as their lives intertwine organically, forging a connection that neither can shake.Nora, a stand-in for director Song, comes from a creative family — a film director father and visual artist mother ...

Don’t be fooled by rain and snow, the Colorado River is still in serious trouble, experts say

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 06:45:37 GMT

Water is rushing from Colorado’s Western Slope and into the tributaries of the Colorado River, restoring reservoirs across the American West to perhaps a semblance of their former glory.Cities, farmers, ranchers and water managers are breathing a sigh of relief at the crisis avoided this summer thanks to the robust snowfall this winter.A major crisis appears to have been avoided, for now anyway, water experts say. But the winter snow and spring rains aren’t enough to wash away the bigger picture that the Colorado River is still drying year after year.One good water year can be followed by several dry ones, Jennifer Gimbel, a senior water policy scholar at Colorado State University, said. The drying trend has been so strong over the last two decades that scientists no longer call it a drought. Instead they say this is the drier future to which the West must become accustomed. And state, federal and tribal officials must continue seeking new ways to use less water from the Colorado Ri...