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Bathroom arson fire evacuates Burnsville elementary school

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 10:12:37 GMT

A Burnsville elementary school was evacuated Monday afternoon after an arson fire in a bathroom, officials said.Firefighters responded to a smoke alarm at Edward Neill Elementary just before 1 p.m. A small bathroom fire was extinguished by sprinklers, the fire department said in a statement. No one was injured.Staff and students were evacuated due to water and smoke in the building, which is at 13409 Upton Ave S. north of Burnsville Parkway.“At this time, it is determined to be an arson fire and the fire remains under investigation,” the statement read.Related ArticlesCrime & Public Safety | Ex-Minneapolis cop sentenced to workhouse, probation for beating St. Paul man during 2020 civil unrest Crime & Public Safety | Maple Grove ‘Airbnb becomes machine gunBNB,’ sheriff’s office says after 11 guns found at teen’s birthday party Crime & Public Safety | Former Mayo Clinic doctor accused of fatally poisoning w...

Portion of Albany County Rail Trail to face closures

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 10:12:37 GMT

NEW SCOTLAND, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- A portion of the Albany County Rail Trail will face periodic closures for the next six weeks. The Department of Public Works will be performing restoration work on the Bender Melon Farm Preserve Bridge. Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! The county said the work will take place from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on weekdays until the work is complete. Crews will be working to minimize full closures as much as possible.

Mother of missing woman shocked police searched former family property

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 10:12:37 GMT

ST. LOUIS – The mother of a south St. Louis woman missing for more than three years is shocked over news that investigators were digging in the backyard of the home where they once lived in the 3700 block of Burgen. “I have nothing to hide,” said Michele Miller, Bre-Ayn Miller’s mother. “I would never hurt my child.”Bre-Ayn turned 21 a few months before she was last seen in July 2020. Friends say the south St. Louis woman had a verbal dispute with a boyfriend shortly before her disappearance. She was last seen near Delor and South Grand. Search for missing woman leads police to her family’s backyard The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department is not commenting on Monday’s search other than confirming the department requested assistance from the FBI in a missing person’s investigation from 2020.“We just want answers,” said Tony Davis, a neighbor who said Bre-Ayn was a kind child growing up in the Bevo area.Michele Miller continues to plead for anyone with information in the case t...

Teen with cognitive disabilities reported missing near High Ridge

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 10:12:37 GMT

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Mo. – Personnel with the High Ridge Fire Protection District and Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office are searching for a missing teenager with cognitive disabilities.Takota Latimer, 13, was last seen around 7 p.m. in the area of Carol Park Road, near High Ridge. The boy’s family said he is known to wander off.Authorities deployed drones equipped with thermal imaging and a bloodhound. The dog is being rested after two strenuous hours of searching, and the drones are being recharged. Officers are continuing the search on foot for the time being.Anyone who sees Takota or has knowledge of his whereabouts is asked to contact the non-emergency dispatch line for the sheriff’s office at 636–797–9999.

CU Boulder has engraved Ralphie on every space instrument for more than 30 years

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 10:12:37 GMT

Since the 1980s, the University of Colorado Boulder has carved an image of Ralphie on every instrument that’s gone to space on more than a dozen missions.It’s become a CU Boulder tradition for Ralphie and the school logo to be engraved into aluminum exteriors and even sewn into a thermal blanket on every instrument that goes to space.“I think it’s great,” Frank Eparvier, associate director for science at CU Boulder’s Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, said. “I think it shows our school pride and pride of wanting to send our mark out into space, and a lot of these probes will be out there forever.”Ralphie on the Interstellar Dust Experiment instrument, which is scheduled to launch on NASA’s Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe in 2025. (LASP/Courtesy Photo)Thomas Sparn, director of engineering at LASP, said the tradition began when CU Boulder was building an instrument for a 1986 mission called Spartan Halley. It was an expe...

Kicker Jordan Noyes proving to be clutch for CSU football

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 10:12:37 GMT

In the past two weeks, Colorado State kicker Jordan Noyes has proven he can kick under pressure, and he can kick for distance.Those two qualities not only make head coach Jay Norvell’s job easier when the situation calls for three points, but also prove Noyes is everything the Rams could have asked or hoped for when they signed the 31-year-old transfer from Utah.So far this season, Noyes is a perfect 21-for-21 on PATs and 7-of-9 on field goals, including six of his last seven. He had a season-high three against UNLV on Saturday, including his season-long of 55 yards.But before the Rams traveled to Las Vegas last weekend, Noyes provided one of the most exciting moments of the season when his penalty-lengthened extra point gave CSU its first-ever win over Boise State on Oct. 14.It came after Dallin Holker’s improbable Hail Mary catch in the end zone as time expired that tied the game against the Broncos.“That was something we work on every week in practice,” No...

49ers Studs and Duds: Defensive coordinator Steve Wilks embarrassed in Minnesota

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 10:12:37 GMT

The 49ers are on a losing streak.Yes, two is a streak.After losing to the Browns last weekend in Cleveland, the Niners dropped another road game Monday night in Minnesota.San Francisco was out-gained, out-muscled, lost the turnover battle, and, subsequently, outscored 22-17.Here are the studs and duds from another dud of a game.:STUDSRelated ArticlesSan Francisco 49ers | Kurtenbach: The 49ers’ biggest weakness is now impossible to miss San Francisco 49ers | 49ers’ loss to Browns a necessary gut check for Purdy, Shanahan San Francisco 49ers | 49ers’ Studs and Duds: Brock Purdy and Jake Moody need to wear the Niners’ first loss San Francisco 49ers | Kurtenbach: The 49ers are huge favorites against the Browns, but Sunday’s game is still a big challenge San Francisco 49ers | 10 thoughts on the Warriors, 49ers, Sharks, and baseball’s horribly structured playoffs Javon Hargr...

Instant analysis of 49ers’ 22-17 loss at Vikings

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 10:12:37 GMT

MINNEAPOLIS — A second straight road game had the favored 49ers desperately in need of a fourth-quarter comeback. This one failed, too.The 49ers’ defense was in retreat throughout Monday night’s 22-17 loss to the Vikings, but it wasn’t until Brock Purdy had two passes intercepted in the final 5 1/2 minutes to seal a second straight defeat.It was Purdy’s first career game with two interceptions, and they came on targets to Jauan Jennings and Ray-Ray McCloud, the receivers summoned to help fill in for Deebo Samuel, who is out with a shoulder he fractured in the previous week’s loss at Cleveland.The 49ers (5-2) saw their defense repeatedly blow assignments and allowed 378 passing yards to Kirk Cousins, who did not get sacked and did not even have the services of star receiver Justin Jefferson (injured reserve).The Vikings (3-4) have won seven straight home games against the 49ers dating back to 1994.Purdy and the 49ers offense had chances to rectify ...

Modesto City Schools becomes one of first districts to have half-electric bus fleet

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 10:12:37 GMT

(FOX40.COM) -- Modesto City Schools has become one of the first school districts inCalifornia to convert half of its bus fleet to electric vehicles.“The completion of our fleet of electric buses is just one of many steps we are takingtoward environmental sustainability at Modesto City Schools,” said Dr. Sara Noguchi,Superintendent of Modesto City Schools. “This project speaks to the impact that anydistrict can choose to have – by committing to environmental sustainability andprioritizing dollars and effort toward that goal.” Modesto police arrest 17-year-old for drive-by shooting Modesto City School is scheduled to receive its 30th electric bus this month. According to a recent press release, replacing 30 diesel-powered and polluting school buses in Modesto with zero-emission vehicles reduces harmful carbon emissions in the Central Valley by 367.5 metric tons annually, which is the equivalent of taking 81 gasoline powered cars off the road for anentire year.“We are proud to contr...

Californians fear this thing the most, according to a new survey

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 10:12:37 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- Halloween is a time for spooky frights, and there's nothing that will send a tingle down a spine quite like confronting one's biggest "irrational" fear."Phobias" can feel just as scary as a haunted house for some, even though they are unlikely to actually cause harm in the course of everyday life. Whether it's heights or spiders, these overwhelming fears come in varying forms and degrees of intensity.However, there's a few common phobias that keep more people up at night than others. One recent survey, conducted by online gaming site Casino.org, sought to figure out what some of the biggest fears of Americans are and how it breaks down by state.The survey found that Acrophobia, or the fear of heights, came in as the most widespread fear across the U.S., with respondents in 21 states putting that at the top of their list. California was among those states. San Diego has hundreds of ghost stories. Here are six you may not have known Social phobia came in the No. 2 spot ...