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Amsterdam WingFest winners announced

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:39:29 GMT

AMSTERDAM, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- After over 1,000 votes cast with over 20,000 wings served, the City of Amsterdam Tourism Marketing and Recreation has announced the winners at the third annual Amsterdam WingFest. The event took place on Saturday, April 22. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! Rockton House, original medium wingsSouthside Slice, slice sauce wingsGood Fellas-Pizzeria, honey hot wingAmsterdam's next big event will be Amsterdam's Spring Fling Festival, which is sponsored by the Sentinel, according to the City of Amsterdam Tourism Marketing and Recreation.

3 people in custody, 1 at large after fatal shooting

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:39:29 GMT

COLLINSVILLE, Ill. - One person is dead after shots rung out on a street in Collinsville Tuesday morning. Multiple people are in custody and police may still be looking for one other person.Authorities told FOX 2 that the murder took place at the intersection of the North Seminary and West Clay Streets. This all happened very close to the Collinsville Police Department, right across the street from the location.A woman who stopped by and identified herself as the victim's mother shared that her son who was shot and killed was 19 years old.Collinsville police rushed to the scene around 7:00 p.m. after getting a call for shots fired with multiple people running from the scene. Upon arrival, they found one person on the sidewalk suffering from gunshot wounds. Close Thanks for signing up! Watch for us in your inbox. Subscribe Now Daily News ...

Three homes damaged in house fire

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:39:29 GMT

GRANITE CITY, Ill. - Emergency crews are at the scene of a fire that has damaged three homes early Tuesday morning. Our Nissan Rogue Runner reporter Nic Lopez captured footage of the scene located on the 2100 block of Miracle Avenue where one home initially caught fire, then the heat from the flames traveled to two neighboring homes - damaging the side of one and the roof of the other. Gardner won’t be held in contempt, judge rules The cause of the fire has not been revealed. So far, no injuries have been reported. FOX 2 will update this story with more information as it becomes available.

Katie's Pizza and Pasta Osteria hosts 'Giveback Tuesday' event today

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:39:29 GMT

TOWN AND COUNTRY, Mo. - Katie's Pizza and Pasta Osteria is planning a donation event Tuesday.They'll give funding raised through their 'Giveback Tuesday' event to Nightlight Christian Adoptions, a non-profit that offers foster services. Fraternity brother in brutal Mizzou hazing case takes plea deal To date, the Giveback Tuesday Program has donated more than 352,000 to charity.

Local shoe store set to donate over 1,700 socks to Foster and Adoptive Care Coalition

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:39:29 GMT

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo.- Local shoe store, Tradehome Shoes, wants to donate over 1,700 socks to the Foster and Adoptive Care Coalition. Fraternity brother in brutal Mizzou hazing case takes plea deal For every pack of century socks customers buy, Tradehome Shoes donates a pack. Each one will be given to children impacted by the foster care system.

Sam's Club and Walmart employees host cleanup event today

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:39:29 GMT

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. - April is national Volunteer Month and Tuesday, workers from Sam's Club and Walmart are giving back to the community through a cleanup event.They'll clean up the January-Wabash Park in Ferguson. Members of the Ferguson Lions Club will have a barbecue for volunteers. Fraternity brother in brutal Mizzou hazing case takes plea deal Sam's Club is also celebrating its 40th birthday this year.

Schaefer Autobody Center hosts its 'Clay for Careers' Tournament today

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:39:29 GMT

LONDELL, Mo.- You can shoot some clay while helping others shoot for the stars. Schaefer Autobody Center hosts its 'Clay for Careers' Tournament Tuesday.The clay shooting competition features two 60-person flights competing with shotguns. All the proceeds go to area technical schools' automotive and collision repair programs. Fraternity brother in brutal Mizzou hazing case takes plea deal Start times for each set are at 8:30 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. at Top Gun Sportsmans Club in Londell. It is $150 to enter, and you must bring your own shotgun and ammunition.

Skelton: Newsom could face tough task replacing Feinstein in U.S. Senate

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:39:29 GMT

You’d think that filling a U.S. Senate seat would be easy, even fun. But if Gov. Gavin Newsom has to find a replacement for Sen. Dianne Feinstein, it could be agonizing.Plenty of qualified people would leap at the chance to join the world’s so-called greatest deliberative body, right?Prestige, power, perks — a career highlight even if it were only a temporary job until someone else won the seat in the next election.Wrong. Not in this particular case.Feinstein, 89, hasn’t indicated she’ll vacate the seat before her term expires at the end of next year. But she’s being pressured to step down by some in her own party.California’s longest serving senator has been recuperating from painful shingles for two months and has missed roughly 60 votes. They include several needed to approve President Biden’s stymied federal judgeship nominations.The question of whether Feinstein would — and should — retire before her term expires has been a hot topic among politicos. Her replacement until the n...

Walters: State auditor report pinpoints California’s high-tech failures

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:39:29 GMT

California is the world capital of high technology, but one of the most puzzling – and infuriating – aspects of its government is a stubborn failure to employ technology effectively.It’s particularly vexing because 10 years ago, the head of California’s government, Gavin Newsom, published a book, “Citizenville: How to Take the Town Square Digital and Reinvent Government,” that touted the use of technology to improve government efficiency and responsiveness.Just before then-Lt. Gov. Newsom’s book appeared, then-Gov. Jerry Brown had created a new state agency, the California Department of Technology, or CDT, charged with cutting through bureaucratic bungling on use of information technology, which had led to multiple projects wasting untold millions of dollars without becoming effective tools.CDT now has about 1,000 employees and a nearly $1 billion annual budget, but has not produced the high-tech nirvana envisioned in Newsom’s book, even though his election as governor gave him the ...

Severe solar storm creates dazzling auroras farther south, including California

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:39:29 GMT

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — An intense solar storm has the northern lights gracing the skies farther south than usual.A blast of superhot material from the sun late last week hurled scorching gases known as plasma toward Earth at nearly 2 million mph (3 million kph), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Monday.Earth felt the brunt of the storm Sunday, according to NOAA, with forecasters warning operators of power plants and spacecraft of the potential for disruption.An aurora borealis, also known as the northern lights, is seen in the night sky in the early morning hours of Monday, April 24, 2023, near Washtucna, Wash. An intense solar storm has the aurora borealis gracing the skies farther south than usual. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)The northern lights are seen over a farm near Pulaski, Wis., on Sunday, April 23, 2023. An intense solar storm has the aurora borealis gracing the skies farther south than usual. (Sarah Kloepping/The Post-Crescent via AP)A woman watches nor...