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Audit finds improvements are needed at NYS parks

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:51:27 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- According to an audit released on Friday from New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli, several New York State Parks were found to have inaccessible entrances and restrooms, obstacles on access trails and paths, and limited parking for those with disabilities. Auditors reviewed 40 parks across the state from January 2018 to October 2022, examining over 1,400 amenities such as restrooms, campsites, swimming areas, playgrounds, pavilions, elevators, boat launches, and parking.  Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! The audit found 62% of the parks reviewed could be improved to enhance accessibility, including correcting mislabeled "accessible" signage, fixing rough or uneven access routes, increasing the number of wheelchair-accessible stalls, and more. Auditors say several parks were misrepresented online, with others having incorrect accessibility signage on site.“New York State strives to promote inclusivi...

Change in prosecutor handling case of Janae Edmonson crash taking place today

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:51:27 GMT

ST. LOUIS - The man charged with assault in a crash that injured Janae Edmondson has a court hearing Monday.Daniel Riley faces assault charges for the crash in February, when Edmondson lost her legs. Monday's hearing is about a change of prosecutors.The original prosecutor resigned from the St. Louis Circuit Attorney's Office under Kim Gardner. Another took over, and now another prosecutor will take over in the case.

Officers investigating two fatal Illinois shootings over weekend

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:51:27 GMT

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. - The Illinois State Police and East St. Louis officers are investigating two deadly shootings from this past weekend.Someone reported the first at around 10:00 a.m. Saturday on the 1700 block of Ridge. Authorities found a body there after neighbors reported hearing gunshots. Map: Which Missouri counties are home to the most excessive drinkers? A couple of hours later, police went out to the 700 block of 55th after a body was found there. Authorities haven't released any other details.FOX 2 will update these stories with more information as it becomes available.

Police investigating Sunday night shootings

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:51:27 GMT

ST. LOUIS - Two boys were shot late Sunday night in downtown St. Louis.It happened just after 10:30 p.m. on Pine Street at North 11th Street. Both boys were shot in their lower bodies and were alert when taken to a nearby hospital. The police did not give their ages or say what led to the shootings. Map: Which Missouri counties are home to the most excessive drinkers? About an hour earlier, a 32-year-old man was shot in the foot on Enright Avenue near Delmar Boulevard in the Visitation Park neighborhood of north St. Louis.

Man who allegedly shot Adams County Sheriff deputy after chase overnight has been caught

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:51:27 GMT

Adams County Sheriff‘s deputies have tracked down and arrested a man who allegedly shot a deputy overnight after a chase in north metro Denver.The bullet hit the deputy in an area protected by a bullet-proof vest and medics were evaluating his condition.The shooting happened near the intersection of West 74th Avenue and Federal Boulevard. Deputies had stopped the man for a traffic violation near the intersection of East 88th Avenue and Colorado Boulevard, sheriff officials said in a posting on X, the social media site formerly called Twitter.The man was not identified.Deputies and @WestminsterPD are in the area of W. 74th Ave. & Federal Blvd. attempting to find a suspect who shot a deputy after a pursuit. The suspect is a white male wearing a white shirt, black pants, and was last seen heading eastbound on W. 74th on foot. pic.twitter.com/8rquZ3HUWf— Adams Sheriff's Page (@AdamsCoSheriff) August 14, 2023

Letters: Casa Bonita no longer family budget-friendly

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:51:27 GMT

Casa Bonita changes not so budget-friendlyRe: “Eatery defies norm, eliminates tipping,” June 28 news storyThe current rage over the newly remodeled Casa Bonita is quite interesting and comical. The new owners have put in place a very questionable “no tipping” policy and have increased the hourly wage of the workers to $30 an hour. The menu prices reflect this compensation.When our children were small, we would take them to Casa Bonita for fair food and corny entertainment. I hope this hype and price structure will be short-lived because, as it is now, a middle-income family will not be able to afford this type of pricing. As time goes on, the fad will wear off, and maybe Casa Bonita will evaluate their business structure.Michael Hult, Arvada Both sides celebrate successRe: “In Aldean’s Macon hometown, they’re trying everything,” Aug. 9 commentaryIn the commentary about Macon, Ga., the author illustrates a solution consisting of differing ways to c...

Draw! A trio of summer exhibitions will change how you think about the world’s oldest form of visual art

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:51:27 GMT

Of course you can draw a picture with a pencil, or a pen, pastels, charcoal, or even a crayon, as every kid learns early. But what about drawing with metal wire or vinyl tape, laser-cut wood, wax, thread, computer cords or sand? It all works, and often engagingly, as three exhibits running concurrently at the Arvada Center galleries prove again and again.Taken in together — and they should be, before they close on Aug. 27 — the exhibits go a long way toward expanding how we think about the act of drawing, an art practice that goes back to the earliest humans, and which gets a refreshing update by the center’s curators.Like everything produced at the Arvada Center, the exhibits –“The Big Draw,” “Drawn from the Source” and a solo show by local artist Ramón Bonilla — are sprawling. The center has 10,000 square feet of gallery space and regularly produces jumbo-sized spectacles that can fill it.These shows have a whopping 79 artists between them, all from Colorado, who contr...

Boulder mom breaks world record for running while pushing a stroller

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:51:27 GMT

When Neely Spence Gracey discovered there was a world record to be held for the fastest mile run while pushing a stroller (with a child inside), she relished the prospect of chasing it. As a lifelong professional runner and mother to two young sons, goal-setting was second nature – and she was pretty sure she had already beaten the record anyway.“Last summer, I saw someone had broken the men’s stroller mile record, and out of curiosity … I looked up (the women’s),” Gracey said. “I was like, ‘I’m pretty sure I’ve already done that, just running around my neighborhood with my kids.’”She made it official on June 30 at Englewood High School, with her helmeted son Rome riding, breaking the previous mark — held by Sally Onn of the U.K — by over 30 seconds. Her new record is 5 minutes and 24.17 seconds. But the actual process of applying for and verifying a Guinness World Record is a lengthy one. It required plenty of paperwork, the presence of USA Track & Field...

“Trust,” “The Deep Sky” and more short book reviews from Denver readers

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:51:27 GMT

Editor’s note: The opinions of the smart, well-read women in my Denver book club mean a lot, and often determine what the rest of us choose to pile onto our bedside tables. Sure, you could read advertising blurbs on Amazon, but wouldn’t you be more likely to believe a neighbor with no skin in the game over a corporation being fed words by publishers? So in this new series, we are sharing these mini-reviews with you. Have any to offer? Email [email protected].“Trust,” by Hernan Diaz (Riverhead Books)This is a multi-layered, spellbinding story of wealth, reputation, secrets and appearances, set in the 1920s in New York City. The more the different layers of history and truth are pulled away, each revelation leaves the reader less sure which reality is the true one. (This novel won the 2023 Pulitzer Prize in fiction.) — 4 stars (out of 4); Kathleen Lance, Denver“So Far from Spring: A Novel of the American West,” by Peggy Simson Curry (WestW...

Parking lot popcorn stand got the boot as Casa Bonita’s reopening drew near

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:51:27 GMT

In the weeks leading up to Casa Bonita’s much-vaunted reopening in June, Don Thwaites was told to pack up the kettle corn and Sno-Kones he sold out of a converted shipping container stationed in the parking lot of the iconic Mexican eatery and leave.The sudden and unceremonious end to the carnival treat business he had operated for nearly two years in the shadow of the restaurant’s famous pink tower came as a shock to the 66-year-old Lakewood resident. Not even three months prior, the owner of the shopping center in which Casa Bonita is located had asked Thwaites if he wanted to extend his stay there.“And then it just went downhill,” he said. “I lost my income, I lost my business.”While he’s not sure why his relationship with shopping center owner Broad Street Realty soured so quickly, Thwaites has his suspicions: A Colorado dining destination that marks its 50th birthday next year was about to relaunch with much fanfare and adoring media co...