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Push continues for EMS direct payment bill

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:36:19 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — This week on Empire State Weekly, multiple lawmakers as well as EMS providers are calling on Governor Hochul to sign legislation that would change the way ambulance services are paid for. Assemblyman Phil Steck, (representing District 110) and Jay Tyler, the Director of Guilderland EMS, explained the Direct Pay Bill passed both houses in the legislature earlier this year. Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! Once the Governor signs the bill into law it will require health insurance companies to send payments to EMS companies instead of patients, even if the insurance company does not have a relationship with the EMS provider. "We use insurance funding for fuel, for tires, for medical supplies, for equipment. That in turn gets related to the patient, and in turn the community, EMS agencies are a big part of the community" Said Tyler.Also this week, A proposed amendment to the state constitution could impact ma...

Capital Region Restaurant Rundown: October 23-27

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:36:19 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- The restaurant industry is ever-changing with restaurants opening, closing, relocating, or just doing their thing. Here’s a recap of the latest Capital Region restaurant news, October 23 through 27. Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! New Japanese restaurant opens in WiltonHaru Japanese Steakhouse has opened its doors in Wilton. The restaurant is in the former Golden Corral space at 15 Old Gick Road, across from Walmart.Tipsy Taco Cantina opens in LathamA new taco eatery has opened in Latham. Tipsy Taco Cantina officially opened on October 24 at 704 New Loudon Road.Culinary students bringing soul food to Glens FallsSUNY Adirondack’s bastion of culinary expertise on Hudson Avenue is holding a special dinner this weekend in celebration of southern soul food and African American roots. Soul Food Night comes to Seasoned on Saturday, October 28.Fine dining fundraisers to support Chapman MuseumFans of local histo...

Albany Institute offering free Halloween weekend admission

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:36:19 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- The Albany Institute of History and Art will be offering free admission for Halloween weekend. The museum will be holding special events on October 28 and 29. Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! The institute will commemorate the holiday with a "Happenin' Halloween" family day on Saturday. Activities will include spooky gallery tours, fun art projects and children's book readings, with candy provided.Sunday will feature a book talk with author Katherine Manthorne. She will be discussing her latest work "Fidelia Bridges: Nature into Art", a biography on the best-selling female artist in post-Civil War America. Trick-or-treating hours for Halloween in the Capital Region The Albany Institute is located at 125 Washington Avenue. The museum is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday and 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday.

WATCH: Rat shares doughnut with fellow rodent on subway tracks in Manhattan

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:36:19 GMT

MANHATTAN, N.Y. (WPIX) – Who says chivalry is dead? A rat was seen bringing a doughnut to a fellow rodent on subway tracks in New York City in a recent video shared on TikTok. Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! Carly Hittner uploaded the video to the social media platform. "Donut rat treats his woman better than half you other rats in the city," she wrote in the caption. “Some of the men in this city need lessons in chivalry."The video shows the courageous little critter carrying a doughnut—over half the size of its own body—under the tracks to another rat, revealed at the end. The video has nearly 450,000 likes.Many viewers share Hittner's feelings about the rodent. "He’s treating her better than any man has ever treated me," one commenter wrote. Bear caught on camera ringing doorbell in California Another cited the rat as an example of a "high-value man."And the official TikTok account for Tinder, a company that specializes in...

Lincoln County prosecutor pushes to bring Pam Hupp trial closer to St. Louis area

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:36:19 GMT

LINCOLN COUNTY, Mo. - Prosecutors want the high-profile Pam Hupp murder trial moved back closer to the St. Louis area.The Lincoln County Prosecutor’s Office has just announced their plans to ask a judge for the move. It comes after a defense request for a change of venue sent the trial more than 200 miles away to the Springfield, Missouri, area.Lincoln County Prosecutor Mike Wood wrote in a news release, “I agree that a change of venue from Lincoln County – the scene of the crimes – is still appropriate. However, as my office has continued its in-depth planning to conduct what we estimate will be a month-long trial, it is more and more apparent that the physical distance between the scene of the crimes and green county will cause cumbersome and inefficient delivery of justice.”  Pam Hupp is currently serving a life sentence for the 2016 murder of Louis Gumpenberger. Her current charges and pending trial involve the 2011 Betsy Faria murder, which occurred just outside of Troy, Missou...

Missouri schools to test drinking water for lead

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:36:19 GMT

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - This school year, school districts all around the state of Missouri are testing for lead in drinking water in compliance with a new law. Before Jan. 1, all schools are required to create a testing plan. Then, under law, schools have until next August to test all drinking water for lead. With Missouri being a leading lead-producing state, there are concerns about what the results will show. "There's no known safe level of lead in the body," said Melissa May, health drinking water unit chief in the bureau of epidemiology at the Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS). "We are doing our best to help schools reduce lead in drinking water because we do know the adverse health effects of lead in our drinking water, and we are committed to keeping our children safe in Missouri." Sex offender charged after being found with missing North Carolina girl Throughout the next year, schools across the state will be testing all drinking water outlets, like water foun...

Disabled teen reported missing from Aurora on Friday

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:36:19 GMT

Aurora police are searching for a disabled teenager who was last seen in the 3700 block of Chambers Road on Friday morning.Destiny Hands, 19, left her home between 7 and 8 a.m. and was last seen wearing Micky Mouse pants, brown house slippers and a white T-shirt with green flowers, according to the Aurora Police Department.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | Indigenous teen missing from Lakewood since Monday Crime and Public Safety | Endangered man missing from Sheridan found safe She is Black and has brown hair and brown eyes.She may have a white jacket with SpongeBob SquarePants print and a red REI coat.Hands left home with three backpacks – orange, pink and black – and her laptop. She does not know how to use public transportation and doesn’t have any money with her. Hands has an intellectual or developmental disability, according to the department.Anyone who sees her should call Aurora police at 303-627-3100.Sign up to get crime news sent st...

Riverside County man arrested in million-dollar luxury car theft scheme 

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:36:19 GMT

A man from Riverside County has been arrested and charged with 18 felonies in connection with a theft scheme involving multiple luxury cars. According to a release from the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office, owners of several high-end vehicles contacted the Riverside Auto-Theft Interdiction Detail (RAID) after they were unable to report their cars as stolen. Preliminary investigation revealed that the suspect, identified by authorities as Kendall Clark, 25, of Murrieta, would fill out paperwork and pay for a one-week rental from a car owner in Lake Mathews but would not return the vehicles.  U-Haul loaded with marijuana involved in car-to-car shooting “The cars were later located at dealerships around the country with titles that had been forged or ‘washed’ by Clark to indicate a change of ownership,” the DA’s office said. “The total value of the cars is more than $1 million.” The vehicles, which were all returned to their respective owners, included: A 2022 Ch...

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Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:36:19 GMT

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Hi Felicia in Oakland owes more than $100,000 to former workers, says city

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:36:19 GMT

The owner of Oakland’s once-buzzy Hi Felicia has gone from Michelin aspirations last year to shutting down the restaurant in May and now, as of this week, having the business owe more than $100,000 to former employees.Hi Felicia violated Oakland’s minimum-wage laws and must pay $105,555 to more than a dozen former workers, according to a notice the city sent on Wednesday to owner Imana (who is known by just one name) that was first reported by the San Francisco Chronicle.That amount in restitution checks is due in just over 40 days.The city asserts that Hi Felicia’s service-charge policy did not “comport with the requirements of Measure FF,” an Oakland-specific directive that states that hospitality employers who collect service charges from customers must pay that money in full to the workers who performed the services.Hi Felicia instead gave 10 percent of service charges to employees and used the rest to supplement higher hourly wages for its employee...