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LIVE: Mayor Lightfoot issues emergency declaration over migrant arrivals

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:27:46 GMT

CHICAGO — Mayor Lori Lightfoot has issued an emergency declaration in response to the ongoing influx of migrants from Texas.Police sources told WGN News as of Tuesday — there are nearly 500 migrants staying in police station lobbies across the city."All City Department Heads are directed to undertake whatever efforts are feasible pursuant to their powers and duties, and to direct their employees accordingly, to manage thisdeclared emergency," part of the declaration reads.In Section 3, Lightfoot reserves the authority to request the mobilization of the Illinois National Guard by Gov. Pritzker.The local crisis began after Texas Gov. Greg Abbott started to send migrants to Chicago and other cities last year.At the end of April, Mayor Lightfoot wrote a letter to Texas Gov. Abbott, stating in part, “We simply have no more shelters, spaces, or resources to accommodate an increase of individuals at this level.”"We have reached a breaking point in our response to this humanitarian crisis p...

One way the NHL Lottery win is already having an impact on the Blackhawks

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:27:46 GMT

CHICAGO — In just a few hours, the enthusiasm around the Blackhawks escalated thanks to a little luck.Already the team is seeing the evidence of that at the box office, where the winning of the NHL Draft Lottery and assurance of the No. 1 overall pick has caused a major spike in ticket revenue.Per the Blackhawks, the team has had close to $5.2 million in sales for season tickets within 12 hours after the results of the lottery were announced. That includes 1,200 new season ticket plans for the 2023-2024 campaign.Excitement has escalated thanks to the Blackhawks' ability to select highly-touted Connor Bedard with the first overall pick. The 17-year-old center has enjoyed incredible success in Canada both in the Western Hockey League and international level, which has made him one of the most highly-touted prospects in the last decade.It's a major boost for the team after attendance expectedly dropped after they announced their rebuilding plans in March 2022. Last season, the Blackhaw...

Texas DPS: Allen mall shooter had 8 'legally obtained' guns

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:27:46 GMT

ALLEN, Texas (KXAN) -- Investigators revealed Tuesday they found eight guns on the shooter who targeted shoppers at a north Texas outlet mall this past weekend, noting that he "legally obtained" all of those weapons. Hank Sibley, a regional director for the Texas Department of Public Safety, shared that information during an update Tuesday afternoon from Allen, where eight people died Saturday after that mass shooting. Sibley said the shooter had three guns on his person and another five in his vehicle. 3-year-old boy, security guard among those killed in Texas mall shooting He also announced investigators have now cleared the crime scene at the Allen Premium Outlets and returned it to management. On Monday evening, authorities identified all the victims who died. They ranged in age from three to 37. The Associated Press reported that federal agents have been reviewing social media accounts they believe the suspect, Mauricio Garcia, 33, used and posts that expressed interest in ...

Native American groups ask state lawmakers for help at outdated Twin Cities facilities like Ain Dah Yung youth shelter in St. Paul

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:27:46 GMT

Sheri Riemers houses children as young as five years old at the Ain Dah Yung Center’s emergency youth shelter on St. Paul’s Portland Avenue, a 13-room, brick-faced residential property that, after 116 years, could use more than a little TLC of its own.A visible crack in the exterior cement stairway is large enough to squeeze a child’s shoe through. This winter, the shelter’s sinking foundation created a tunnel of sorts, allowing water to seep in through a disjointed back wall and pool in the basement laundry room. Around the same time, a sinkhole formed near the alleyway by a corner of the former garage, which has been converted into a community meeting space.From brick tuckpointing to a section of missing handrail, the 1907 structure’s needs can be summed up in a single word — money.THIS OLD HOUSE on St. Paul’s Portland Avenue is actually a Native American residential community center, offering youth housing/services and other outreach. Multiple ...

Why is the sky hazy in Lake George?

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:27:46 GMT

LAKE GEORGE, N.Y. (NEWS10) - If you live in the North Country or Adirondacks, you may have noticed some haze in the sky on Tuesday morning. Warren County says the reason for the cloudy visuals comes from across the northernmost border. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! The county Department of Public Health put a notice on Facebook on Tuesday morning highlighting hazy conditions in the sky around some parts of the North Country, turning the sun blurry and the sky pale. The department pointed to wildfires coming from western Canada, with smoke following jet streams to hit the Adirondacks.Over the last week or more, wildfires in and around the Canadian province of Alberta have torched at least 964,000 acres of forest, causing evacuations and creating an enormous amount of smoke. Although north of a different part of the U.S., the smoke finds its way through changing air channels.The AirNow Fire and Smoke Map draws the path, sho...

Siena student credited with saving bus driver's life

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:27:46 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- A Siena College student has been credited with saving the life of a shuttle bus driver who suffered a medical episode while behind the wheel.Mike Koch has been driving buses for Yankee Trails for 43 years. In his decades of shuttling people around and training new drivers, he never thought he’d have to take the wheel from someone. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! This was, until Saturday, on the way from the Siena campus to the College Suites in Troy, when the woman he was training suffered a cardiac episode behind the wheel near the intersection of Routes 9 and 378. She stopped breathing.“I stood up, and basically steered the bus," Koch recalled. He made a complete stop and called 911.A few rows back, Prince Asante, a Siena College senior who had felt the bus swerving, and heard the commotion, ran to the front.A woman in a car behind the bus stopped and got out to help as well.Asante couldn't feel ...

Two plead guilty to money laundering and drug trafficking

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:27:46 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- On Tuesday, two Capital Region residents pleaded guilty to their roles in a conspiracy to distribute drugs and commit money laundering. Latrice Mumphrey, 42, of Albany, and Victor Turner, 68, of Troy, admitted to being in an organization that shipped marijuana and THC from Fresno, California, to locations including the Capital Region. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! Mumphrey admitted that she conspired with her husband, Lawrence Mumphrey, and Dwight A. Singletary to launder the proceeds of drug sales via cashier's checks. $37,150 in drug proceeds was used to purchase four cashier checks in varying amounts. The checks were made payable to Singletary, a law firm used by Singletary; a company from which Dwight Singletary and McKenzie Merrialice Coles purchased real estate; and to a person from whom Dwight Singletary and his company, DAS Empire, Inc., purchased real estate.Turner admitted to receiving m...

Skidmore College presenting Senior Thesis Art Exhibition

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:27:46 GMT

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- Skidmore College’s annual studio art majors’ Senior Thesis Art Exhibition has been announced. It will take place from May 11 through May 20 at the Tang Teaching Museum, located in the college at 815 N Broadway #1632, Saratoga Springs, NY. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! Thirty senior studio art majors will display their work as a capstone project to their studies at Skidmore College. The Skidmore Art Department provides courses in numerous studio art disciplines, including ceramics, communication design, drawing, painting, digital media, fiber arts, jewelry and metals, photography, printmaking, and sculpture.  The 2023 senior art majors at Skidmore College. Governor speaks at Police Memorial service Full List of Student ExhibitorsAllaura BarrettWilliam CarterAlison CottinghamJane CrowleyAki Kodama DavisSasha FishsteinCaroline ForteSarah FranzelJeremy FreedmanJamie GutinKatherine Knight...

Illinois trooper wounded, motorist killed in I-64 shootout

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:27:46 GMT

MT. VERNON, Ill. - Investigators with the Illinois State Police have identified a man killed by a state trooper during an early-morning shootout on Interstate 64.The shootout occurred shortly after 3 a.m. on eastbound I-64 at milepost 72, near Mt. Vernon.According to a report from the ISP Division of Internal Investigation, a trooper stopped to assist a stranded motorist along the shoulder.The trooper spoke with the driver, identified as Brandon Griffin of Albuquerque, New Mexico, and a female passenger. A second trooper arrived a short time later.During the ordeal, state police claim Griffin and a trooper got into an altercation, leading to an exchange of gunfire. Jennings man pleads guilty to killing girlfriend over $36 One trooper, a 16-year veteran of the Illinois State Police, was wounded. Griffin was shot and killed at the scene. The trooper was taken to a regional hospital. His injuries were not life-threatening.The other state trooper and the female passenger in the car we...

Trump found liable for sexual battery, defamation in E. Jean Carroll trial

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:27:46 GMT

A jury found that former President Trump sexually abused writer E. Jean Carroll in the mid-1990s and later defamed her by denying her claims, marking the first time that Trump has been found liable for sexual misconduct at a trial.The nine-member jury found that Trump did not commit rape, but jurors found him liable for sexual abuse, another form of sexual battery, according to the Associated Press. He was also ordered to pay Carroll a total of $5 million in damages.As a civil case, Carroll had to prove her claims by a preponderance of evidence. Trump faces no related criminal charges, which would have required a higher standard.“I HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA WHO THIS WOMAN IS. THIS VERDICT IS A DISGRACE – A CONTINUATION OF THE GREATEST WITCH HUNT OF ALL TIME!,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.The jury arrived at the verdict on Tuesday after beginning deliberations earlier in the day.During the nearly two-week-long trial in federal court, Carroll told jurors that Trump raped her in a Bergdo...