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Appeals court overturns Daniel Nellis murder conviction

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 10:14:51 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- On Thursday, an appeals court overturned the 2019 murder conviction of Daniel Nellis. Nellis was initially sentenced to 40 years to life in prison for the murder of Michaela MacVilla in September 2018. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! The Appellate Division, Third Department, ruled for a retrial. According to findings from the appeals court, there were several errors during the trial in 2019. Before the trial, the prosecution requested to introduce evidence from prior convictions and bad acts committed by Nellis. County Court ruled the prosecution could present evidence of one bad act during the trial.During the direct case, the prosecution used a prior bad act that they did not include in their motion. The prosecution introduced three witnesses who claimed that Nellis had allegedly told them he had shot someone off a motorcycle. Man sentenced to 40 years to life for the murder of Michaela MacVil...

Things to do in the Capital Region this weekend: June 9-11

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 10:14:51 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- The weekend is almost here! From monster trucks to Dock Dogs to the Capital District Renaissance Festival, there are quite a few things happening on June 9, 10, and 11. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! With the Canadian wildfires causing poor air quality around New York, some events have been canceled or moved indoors. Make sure to check for updates before going to an outdoor event this weekend.Friday, June 9Coeymans 350th Anniversary Celebration, Joralemon Park, 5 p.m.Collar City Pop, Riverfront Park, 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. You can buy tickets on the Eventbrite website.Watervliet City-Wide Garage Sale, around Watervliet, Menands, Maplewood and Green Island, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. You can find the participant map on the Watervliet website.Versus Monster Trucks, Saratoga County Fairground in Ballston Spa, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. You can buy tickets on the Saratoga County Fair website.Dock Dogs, Benson's Pet Center in Cl...

'Thank you for everything' : Panger pens fond farewell to St. Louis

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 10:14:51 GMT

ST. LOUIS - The St. Louis Blues are losing a big part of the family. Darren Pang, a longtime color commentator for St. Louis Blues broadcasts on Bally Sports Midwest, will join the Chicago Blackhawks broadcast team next season. After 14 years in St. Louis, including countless "Holy Jumpin'!" calls and a 2019 Stanley Cup ride, Pang is finalizing a contract to join the rival Blackhawks, the same team that helped him burst onto the NHL scene as a goaltender decades ago. Revisting Mike Shildt’s comments on his Cardinals departure Pang confirmed his departure Thursday with a heartfelt letter to St. Louis Blues fans and staff. "I'll forever be indebted for my time with the Blues and Bally Sports Midwest. Thank you for everything," he says in the letter. Pang used the letter to reflect on his journey in St. Louis, which started with a phone call in 2009 around an Arizona golf trip. "It didn't seem seem like a round of golf that would shape my future with another organization, but it did...

Missouri's longest tunnel transformed into a tourist destination

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 10:14:51 GMT

(Photo courtesy: iStock/Getty Images)MISSOURI (KSNF/KODE) — Many people associate tunnels with vehicle traffic, but the longest underground trail in the Show-Me State is actually associated with trains.The Vale Tunnel in Kansas City served the Missouri Central Railroad, which carried passengers across the state, from Saint Louis to Kansas City, and back again, since it first opened in 1904.The 441ft long tunnel travels under Bannister Road — one of the busier east-west routes in the Kansas City Metro. Over the years, this rails-to-trails tunnel has had many different names, including the Vale Tunnel, the CRI-and-P Tunnel, and the Valley of Vale Tunnel. The underground section of this railway saw its last train pass through in 1980, shortly after the Rock Island Railroad declared bankruptcy. That's when the tunnel and the rail line traversing the tunnel were left abandoned.| You’ll Spend Half A Day Traveling This Missouri Highway >After several decades of abandonment, leading to v...

Jury convicts St. Louis man of meth trafficking

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 10:14:51 GMT

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A federal grand jury convicted a St. Louis man on Tuesday for attempting to travel with more than 30 pounds of methamphetamine.Prosecutors with the U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Western District of Missouri said Cregg Matthews, 56, was traveling by bus from Los Angeles to St. Louis on March 9, 2019. The bus had stopped at Kansas City, Missouri, bus station that evening and police were conducting routine drug searches at the terminal.Police brought a K9 unit to assist in checking buses for narcotics or other illegal materials. Revisting Mike Shildt’s comments on his Cardinals departure The K9 unit alerted officers to Matthews' suitcase, which was in the overhead bin above his seat on the bus. Matthews was carrying a black bag when approached by police, and the K9 unit alerted officers to something peculiar about that bag as well.Police searched the black bag and found 10 one-pound bundles of methamphetamine and some marijuana. Matthews' suitcase contained 16 bund...

Colorado prepares for statewide e-bike rebate program to launch this summer

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 10:14:51 GMT

A statewide rebate program for Colorado residents looking to buy electric bikes will launch this summer, one the largest of its kind in the nation, state officials announced Thursday.With funding from the Air Quality Improvement Investments program, which the state legislature passed last year, the Colorado Energy Office set aside $6.6 million for the rebates, Ari Rosenblum, a spokesperson for the office, said in a release.Not only will greater access to e-bikes expand transportation options for Coloradans but it will also reduce air pollution. Across the state, transportation accounts for about a quarter of carbon emissions, according to a report from the environmental nonprofit Conservation Colorado.“With transportation as the leading source of greenhouse gas pollution in Colorado and a major contributor of dangerous ground-level ozone-forming pollutants, widespread e-bike adoption will help us meet the Polis administration’s ambitious GHG emission reduction goals, while saving Co...

38,000 pounds of illegal fireworks seized in South L.A.

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 10:14:51 GMT

Tens of thousands of pounds of illegal fireworks were seized from a South Los Angeles warehouse Wednesday afternoon, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.Around 3 p.m., the Los Angeles Fire Department was "conducting routine compliance inspections" in the 900 block of East 61st Street in the Florence neighborhood when marshals found "a large number of fireworks in a storage room," police said in a news release. The illegal, "commercial-grade" fireworks were seized by authorities, who "immediately began the process of packaging and removing the fireworks from the area, which totaled 38,000 pounds in weight," the release added. The LAPD said they found tens of thousands of pounds of illegal fireworks in South Los Angeles on June 7, 2023.Two Angelenos, 64-year-old Lorenzo Ponce and 35-year-old Diego Ponce, were arrested for possession of illegal fireworks over 5,000 pounds.CalFire will assist with the disposal of the fireworks, and the investigation is ongoing. 2 years aft...

Collared black bear tracked to Leo Carrillo Beach, where paw prints found in sand

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 10:14:51 GMT

A black bear at the beach? That’s what National Park Service officials said happened with a collared black bear recently.BB-12, a 3-to-4-year-old male bear captured and collared on April 23, was tracked by GPS and bear paw prints were seen near Leo Carrillo State Beach, officials said. “Have you ever seen a black bear take a midnight stroll along the beach? We haven’t either but we know that it happened recently and at least twice in Malibu,” Santa Monica Mountain National Recreation Area officials wrote on Facebook. “Beach life seemingly did not suit Santa Monica Mountain’s erstwhile resident black bear, BB-12, however.”Since being collared, BB-12 apparently has also crossed the 101, 23 and 118 freeways, and is currently roaming the northern part of the Santa Susana Mountains, officials said.His capture was the first time biologists caught and radio collared a bear in the Santa Monica Mountains. The nearest population of black bears can be found in the Santa Susana Mountains north ...

El Niño officially arrives early: What it means for California

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 10:14:51 GMT

El Niño has arrived. The Climate Prediction Center announced Thursday that El Niño conditions were present and expected to grow stronger in the coming months. Forecasters give it a 56% chance of developing into a strong El Niño, and an 84% chance of topping "moderate" strength. This year's El Niño has shown up ahead of the typical schedule. In the past decade, El Niños have started in late summer or early fall. Its early appearance "gives it room to grow," Climate Prediction Center meteorologist Michelle L’Heureux, told the Associated Press. This year's El Niño is expected to keep building and remain strong through the 2023-2024 winter. El Ninos are far costlier than once thought, in the trillions, study says — and one’s brewing now This year is predicted to be the inverse of what we’ve seen the last three years, in which we have had back-to-back La Niña seasons.El Niño typically brings cold, wet winters to the Southern U.S. A strong El Niño, in particular, is associated with lot...

Mayor Bass ‘Feeling Fine’ After Positive COVID Test

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 10:14:51 GMT

City of Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass tested positive for COVID-19 Wednesday and is said to be “feeling fine.”The announcement of Bass’ positive test came Thursday at 10:30 a.m., with her office confirming that she had no scheduled public appearances and would be working from her home.“Last night, Mayor Karen Bass tested positive for COVID-19 following a routine test,” a statement from the mayor’s office said. “The Mayor is feeling fine and will continue to work remotely as she follows public health guidelines. Mayor Bass is vaccinated and boosted.”In 2021, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, former Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti also tested positive for the disease and recovered within a couple of weeks.It is not yet clear how long Bass will be in isolation, but the L.A. Public Health standard is five days, so long as one is without a fever for 24 hours. If symptoms persist after those five days, it is recommended to wear a well-fi...