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Over 165,000 protests sent to Travis Central Appraisal District

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:34:35 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Property tax protest season is underway in Travis County, and the Travis Central Appraisal District is going through thousands of protests that property owners sent in for their 2023 appraisals. Marya Crigler, TCAD's chief appraiser, said the district is currently processing about 165,000 protests, which is on par with TCAD's protest numbers last year. The general deadline to submit protests was May 15. Crigler said certified estimates are expected to be ready in late July, and all protests should be substantially completed before Aug. 30. PREVIOUS COVERAGE: Notices for 2023 appraisal value on their way to Travis Co. property owners The appraisal district saw a "rebalancing of the housing market" due to waning demand and increased supply. In 2022, TCAD saw "astronomical housing appreciation," but Crigler said that was not the case in 2023 because of a return to pre-pandemic normals. Home sale prices declined after peaking in May 2022, data shows. The number of Aus...

MN Legislature: Major funding increases for environment, recreation; No hikes for fishing licenses or state park fees

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:34:35 GMT

State funding for the outdoor and natural resources will reach unprecedented levels in Minnesota thanks in large part to the state’s nearly $18 billion budget surplus.While the proposal to raise fishing license fees and state park fees was dropped, both of those areas will see large funding increases through the DNR as lawmakers opted to use the budget surplus and hold off on raising more fees. The exception is watercraft licenses, which are going up for the first time since 2007.A gray wolf, also known as a timberwolf or Canis lupus at the Wildlife Science Center in Forest Lake, Minn. (Pioneer Press file)Lawmakers also passed a bevy of natural resources policy changes, from addressing chronic wasting disease to transplanting elk to eastern Minnesota and requiring boat operators to obtain safety training certificates.The state is pumping some $1.6 billion over the next two years into clean energy, environmental, climate change, invasive species prevention, wildlife habitat, parks, f...

Law enforcement holds press conference on Clifton Park shooting

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:34:35 GMT

CLIFTON PARK, N.Y. (NEWS10) — At 3 p.m., officials are giving an update on the shooting of two officers Tuesday morning. Saratoga County Sheriff Michael Zurlo will appear alongside representatives from the DEA and FBI. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! Watch the press conference here, and stick with NEWS10 for more on this story as it develops.

Primark, new clothing store in Crossgates, sets opening date

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:34:35 GMT

GUILDERLAND, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- Primark, an international clothing retailer with more than 400 stores globally, is opening in Crossgates Mall. The store is set to open its doors on July 20. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! The Primark space will be more than 33,000 square feet and have the latest fashion trends, essentials, homewares, and gifts. The store will be located on the ground floor near Texas de Brazil.Primark is opening two other stores this summer in Green Acres Mall in Long Island and in The Mills at Jersey Gardens in Elizabeth, New Jersey.  This will bring Primark to 20 stores in the United States. Primark hopes to have 60 stores in the U.S. by 2026. Warby Parker in Stuyvesant Plaza sets opening date "The reception we've received as we've joined new communities in the U.S. has been overwhelmingly positive, with lines of new customers waiting to meet us, so our team is so excited about the lineup of new stores we...

DEC: Angler rescued from capsizing rowboat on the Great Sacandaga Lake

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:34:35 GMT

BROADALBIN, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- On the evening of May 18, a 27-year-old from Amsterdam was rescued from a capsizing rowboat on the Great Sacandaga Lake. Several individuals were able to bring the angler a life preserver until DEC officials and first responders arrived. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! Ranger Thompson secured a throw bag on shore and rowed out to the angler. Once the angler was secured with a life ring, the Broadalbin Volunteer Fire Department pulled them ashore. Ranger Thompson and good Samaritans helped pull the boat ashore. The angler was taken to a local hospital.

Schenectady Police name fatality in Crane Street homicide

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:34:35 GMT

SCHENECTADY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- The Schenectady Police Department has named the fatality in Monday's Crane Street homicide in Schenectady. Police say Philomen L. Henry, 30, was pronounced dead at the scene. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! Around 11 a.m. on Monday, Schenectady police went to 953 Crane Street for a welfare check. Once there, officers found the woman who had been shot.Police say this investigation into this incident is still ongoing, and anyone with information is encouraged to call the Schenectady Police Department's tip line at (518) 788-6566.

What fish can you eat from Capital Region waters?

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:34:35 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- With the warmer weather, many residents are getting outside and going fishing. While you can catch-and-release the fish you hook, bringing home and eating the fish is also an option, but it comes with some guidelines. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! The New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) offers advice on which fish and from what bodies of waters are suitable to eat fish from. The advice is also split into two categories: the general population and the sensitive population.The sensitive population includes people who can bear children under 50 and children under 15. The general population is everyone else. People who eat highly contaminated fish and become pregnant may have an increased risk of having children who are slower to develop and learn, said the NYSDOH. Where to go fishing in the Capital Region In most waters, people can eat up to four fish meals a month. However, some waters ha...

Catholic clergy sexually abused Illinois kids far more often than church acknowledged, state finds

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:34:35 GMT

CHICAGO (AP) — An Illinois attorney general's office investigation released Tuesday found that 451 Catholic clergy sexually abused nearly 2,000 children in the state over a nearly 70-year period, which was more than four times the 103 individuals the church named when the state began its review in 2018.Attorney General Kwame Raoul said at a news conference that investigators found that Catholic clergy abused 1,997 children in Illinois between 1950 and 2019, though he acknowledged that the statute of limitations has expired in many cases and that those abusers “will never see justice in a legal sense.”“It is my hope that this report will shine light both on those who violated their positions of power and trust to abuse innocent children, and on the men in church leadership who covered up that abuse,” Raoul said, crediting the accusers for making the review possible. “These perpetrators may never be held accountable in a court of law, but by naming them here, the intention is to provi...

Jury recommends more than 50 years in prison for Missouri mom whose two children died in hot car

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:34:35 GMT

LIBERTY, Mo. (AP) — A jury has recommended that a Missouri woman whose two young daughters died inside a hot car in 2018 be sentenced to more than 50 years in prison.A Clay County jury found Jenna Boedecker guilty on Friday of two counts of second-degree murder, four counts of endangering the welfare of a child and two misdemeanor counts.The same jury recommended Monday that Boedecker be sentenced to 22 years each for the two second-degree murder convictions and a total of nine years for the endangering the welfare of a child convictions. St. Louis County man charged after crashing truck near the White House Prosecutors alleged that Boedecker said she put her 2-year daughter and 8-week-old daughters in her Jeep while she argued with her husband and then fell asleep at their rural Kearney home on July 3, 2018. She found them unresponsive the next morning and took them to a neighbor's home for help but emergency responders declared the girls dead.Evidence during the trial ...

Overland man accused of sex crimes against underage girl

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:34:35 GMT

CLAYTON, Mo. – An Overland, Missouri, man is facing allegations of inappropriate sexual contact with a child that he knew.The crime happened May 20 in Maplewood.According to a report filed by the Maplewood Police Department, Jorge Villegasespino, 30, was painting a house in the 7400 block of Flora Avenue. He had a child with him. St. Louis County man charged after crashing truck near the White House Police claim Villegasespino began touching the child above and beneath her clothing, including contact with the child’s genitals. Villegasespino was later arrested.The St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney's charged Villegasespino with second-degree statutory sodomy and incest.If convicted, the sodomy charge carries a sentence of up to seven years in prison and a $10,000 fine. The incest charge carries a maximum sentence of four years and a $10,000 fine.