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DOJ investigates deputies accused of shoving guns in mouths of 2 Black men

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:12:26 GMT

BRANDON, Miss. (AP) — Several deputies from a Mississippi sheriff’s department being investigated by the Justice Department for possible civil rights violations have been involved in at least four violent encounters with Black men since 2019 that left two dead and another with lasting injuries, an Associated Press investigation found.Two of the men allege that Rankin County sheriff's deputies shoved guns into their mouths during separate encounters. In one case, the deputy pulled the trigger, leaving the man with wounds that required parts of his tongue to be sewn back together. In one of the two fatal confrontations, the man's mother said a deputy kneeled on her son's neck while he told them he couldn't breathe.Police and court records obtained by the AP show that several deputies who were accepted to the sheriff's office's Special Response Team — a tactical unit whose members receive advanced training — were involved in each of the four encounters. In three of them, the heavily re...

NYSP: South Glens Falls woman had over a dozen forged checks

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:12:26 GMT

SOUTH GLENS FALLS, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- A South Glens Falls woman was arrested and is accused of forging over a dozen checks. Elizabeth Carney, 55, faces multiple charges. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! On February 15, New York State Police received a report that a former employee of a Moreau resident had cashed stolen checks without authorization. Police say an investigation revealed Carney, who worked for the victim as a housekeeper, had over a dozen forged checks which were later determined to have been stolen and cashed, resulting in the theft of over $4,000.Charges:Second-degree possession of a forged instrument (13 counts)Fifth-degree criminally possessing stolen property (13 counts)Third-degree grand larceny Troy man accused of storage unit burglary Carney was arrested at Wilton State Police and processed. She was arraigned at the Moreau Town Court and is held at the Saratoga County Correctional Facility without bail.

Crews responding to floods in Eureka area

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:12:26 GMT

EUREKA, Mo. - Crews are responding to numerous floods in the Eureka area. Our Bommarito Automotive Group SkyFOX helicopter is flying over the area where floods are located on Route W. The floods are results of rain that came in Thursday and Friday. Top Stories: Family seeks justice for Jacque, man charged due in court this week Drivers are urged to avoid the area in their morning commutes. FOX 2 will update this story with more information as it becomes available.

H.E.R O.E.S Care 'Mission Depot' grand opening taking place Tuesday

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:12:26 GMT

ST. LOUIS - A veterans aid program celebrates its 20th anniversary this week by opening a new facility Tuesday.Heroes Care donates food, supplies and financial grants to struggling military families. Their new 'Mission Depot'  allows them to continue service from one location. Top Stories: Family seeks justice for Jacque, man charged due in court this week They'll also allow active military, guard, reserve, and veterans to shop for free once a month. There's free legal advice, financial and budget classes, veterans benefits information, and even free haircuts.They plan to add mental health services as well.

Denver weather: An inch of snow expected, snarling roads Monday

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:12:26 GMT

A snowstorm spreading down from the mountains brought heavy wet snow to the metro area Monday, where most of it was expected to fall before noon, with an inch or more accumulating, according to the National Weather Service.The high temperature in Denver should hit 38 degrees and Monday’s low will be 16 degrees, the weather service reports. The snow is expected to decrease across Denver but continue northeast of Denver in Larimer and Weld Counties through noon and until the evening on the northeastern plains.Snow totals around metro Denver indicated a little over an inch had fallen in Denver before sunrise with 2.7 inches in Arvada.The snow and melting snow created slick roads Monday morning, leading to accidents. The Colorado State Patrol issued a warning, and Fort Collins police declared an accident alert.The weather service issued a winter weather advisory for Colorado’s northeastern plains, warning of snowy conditions through Monday. In northeastern Colorado, forecast...

Opinion: Intimidation tactics from the judicial branch cannot stand

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:12:26 GMT

The Colorado Supreme Court’s Attorney Regulation Counsel — the government officials charged with investigating misconduct by lawyers and judges — threatened discipline recently against attorneys for their testimony to the Colorado General Assembly.I read with grave concern The Colorado Springs Gazette’s story explaining that members of the Colorado Commission on Judicial Discipline had received letters threatening discipline for their testimony.Unlike its usual role of looking into allegations such as sexual harassment, stealing clients’ money, driving while impaired or neglecting cases, this letter was about the attorney’s testimony presented before a joint House and Senate Judiciary Committee. The regulator disagreed with the factual statements made to the Committee, so she threatened their licenses to practice law.Such threats and intimidation strike at the heart of the legislative process — the necessity of elected representatives to both obtain pub...

Editorial: Colorado needs more school security and more gun control

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:12:26 GMT

We join the nation in praying for the swift and full recovery of two Denver East High School administrators who were shot Wednesday by a student during a pat-down search looking for weapons.The details of their medical risks are unknown, but, like most gunshot victims, Eric Sinclair and Jerald Mason, will have a hard road to recovery ahead. We know the staff at The Denver Post, the entire city, and much of the country are sending these two high school deans strength and love.The East High School community already lost 16-year-old Luis Garcia this month to gun violence. The soccer player and hard worker is missed by his family and friends, and many are rallying to protect others from the suffering inflicted by gun violence.We join these East High School community members in unequivocally supporting efforts at the Colorado Capitol to get better control on the deadly weapons flooding our community and often landing in the hands of young Coloradans ill-equipped in decision-making or gun...

Remembering Don Monette, founder of Flagstaff House and pioneer in Boulder restaurant scene

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:12:26 GMT

If there’s one thing to remember about the late Flagstaff House owner Don Monette it’s that he would do anything to make sure his customers had a special experience at his restaurant.On Mother’s Day weekend in 1971, not long after he bought the restaurant, rain washed away part of the old gravel road leading up to the top of Flagstaff Mountain, where Flagstaff House has sat since the 1920s, overlooking Boulder below. So Don and his sons, Scott and Mark, flagged down cars on their way up from the bottom and shuttled guests part way up in a van. At the washout, they laid down plywood for people to walk across and then greeted them with champagne and another van on the other side to take them the rest of the way up.“It was one of the busiest days of the year, and he wasn’t going to take no for an answer,” Scott said. “We saved Mother’s Day that year and continued to do that … when the road closed.”“Even if it only meant he would have 10 people dining there that night,...

Colorado gardening: Dividing perennials equals multiple plants

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:12:26 GMT

What’s the one spring garden chore that costs you nothing, and yet earns you free plants?If you answered dividing perennials, then give yourself a nice pat and keep moving. It’s go-time with your shovel.Some of the tools necessary to bring out when dividing perennials. (Betty Cahill, Special to The Denver Post)Simply said, dividing a plant into two or more vegetative pieces or clumps is the best way to stimulate new root growth for plants that are no longer growing and blooming with vigor like they previously have.Sometimes, plants poop out in the center (ornamental grasses, I’m talking to you). Plants can also crowd out surrounding plants or outgrow their zip code and spread to Kansas (culinary mint comes to mind).Try as we might when gardening, sometimes we plant perennials in a landscape location that just isn’t suited to the growing conditions they prefer. They might need more sun or shade or less root competition. Move the plants this spring where they’ll be happier; just follo...

Colorado’s next state park will attract a lot of attention; that could be a problem for neighbors

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:12:26 GMT

Eighteen months after the White River National Forest acquired a scenic and historic property 12 miles north of Glenwood Canyon at the doorstep of the remote Flat Tops Wilderness, officials are moving forward with plans to make it Colorado’s 43rd state park.The 488-acre Sweetwater Lake property encompasses Colorado’s third-largest natural lake, which is framed by limestone cliffs. It currently offers limited camping, hiking, horseback riding and fishing provided by a commercial outfitter which operated there for decades when the property was privately owned. But forest officials and Colorado Parks and Wildlife see it as a gem with untapped potential, saying their goal is to improve access and modernize antiquated facilities without altering the rustic character of the site.But before tapping that potential, they’ll have to repair the relationship with locals, who were blindsided in October 2021 when Gov. Jared Polis held a media event to announce that Sweetwater Lake would bec...