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New street in southeast Austin paves way for affordable housing

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:56:09 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) — A $2.7 million project in southeast Austin is complete.The Meadow Lake Boulevard extension connects what previously were two dead-end streets — Misty Slope Lane and Quicksilver Boulevard — into a quarter-mile stretch.The new road is located near Pleasant Valley Road and William Cannon Drive.It was constructed to create a safer shorter route for cars, pedestrians and bicyclists.Eric Bailey is the assistant director for the City of Austin's Capital Delivery Services. He said the biggest benefit will come to kids commuting to school this fall.“The highlight for us is the improved mobility for school kids to get from point A to point B,” Bailey said. Previously they had to go along Pleasant Valley Road, which is a very busy street, to get to school in the area.”The project added sidewalks on both sides of the street, protected bike lanes and plenty of parking.It also incorporates stormwater management strategies to address environmental concerns. This includes a biofiltr...

Winning Powerball tickets sold in the Capital Region

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:56:09 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- Three winning Powerball tickets have been sold in the Capital Region for the July 19 drawing. Although they didn't hit the jackpot, the tickets were second and third prize winners. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! The second-prize Powerball ticket was sold at Cumberland Farms at 1159 Troy Schenectady Road in Latham. That ticket is worth $1 million.The third-prize tickets were sold at Stewart's Shops at 1560 Central Avenue in Albany and Pilot Travel Center at 1128 Duanesburg Road in Schenectady. Both tickets are worth $50,000 each. Single ticket in California wins $1.08 billion Powerball jackpot The New York Lottery contributed $3.6 billion in fiscal year 2021-22 to help support education in the state. New Yorkers struggling with a gambling problem, or who know someone who is, can visit NYProblemGamblingHelp.org, call the HOPEline at 1-877-846-7369 or text HOPENY (467369) for help.

Two Walmart employees robbed at gunpoint in Ferguson

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:56:09 GMT

FERGUSON, Mo. - A group robbed two Walmart employees at gunpoint Wednesday evening in the parking lot of a Ferguson store. The robbery happened around 6 p.m. Wednesday in the parking lot of the store on West Florissant Road. Missouri & Illinois players win $1M in record Powerball jackpot Investigators say a group of suspects, consisting of two adults and two juveniles, approached the employees, showed a gun and retrieved several personal items. Ferguson police arrived to the store and quickly stopped the suspects, all four who were taking into custody in the parking lot. Officers recovered three handguns from the suspects, and the employees got their belongings back. The Ferguson Police Department is handling the investigation.

Missouri Powerball players win $1M and $50K prizes in record jackpot

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:56:09 GMT

ST. LOUIS -- The Missouri Lottery says that there are "an impressive number of winners" across the state after Wednesday night's billion dollar Powerball drawing. Someone won a million dollars in Saline County and four other players on $50,000 each.A winning ticket has been sold in California for the Powerball jackpot worth an estimated $1.08 billion. The winning numbers for Wednesday night’s drawing were 7, 10, 11, 13, 24 and red Powerball 24. The jackpot is the sixth highest in US history. The winner could take the $558.1 million lump sum before taxes or get $1.08 billion paid out in yearly increments.The million dollar Missouri winning ticket matched all five white-ball numbers drawn. They only missed the Powerball number. It was sold at the Casey's on Eastwood Street in Marshall. The chances of winning a million dollar Powerball prize is about one in 11.6 million.Winning Missouri Powerball $50,000 tickets were sold at the following locations.QuikTrip, 140 O’Fallon Loop Road, in ...

Man bites two Maplewood officers during attempted arrest

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:56:09 GMT

MAPLEWOOD, Mo. - A man is behind bars after he allegedly bit two Maplewood officers during an attempted arrest. Prosecutors have charged Nathaniel Odom, 52, with two counts of third-degree assault to a special victim and resisting arrest. The incident under investigation unfolded on July 15, 2023, outside a Schnucks store. Thieves target car washes, business owners band together to fight back According to court documents obtained by FOX 2, Odom was wanted for making a false police report. Police noticed him outside the Schnucks store and attempted to take him into custody.Investigators say Odom physically resisted the arrest and ignored all police commands, which led him to biting one sergeant. Per court documents, the sergeant required medical treatment and was bleeding. Later on, Odom reportedly bit another officer in the leg, who also was bleeding and required medical treatment. Odom is jailed on a $150,000 cash-only bond. If convicted, he could spend up to seven years in jail...

One player beat the one in 292.2 million odds, walked away with $1 billion Powerball jackpot

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:56:09 GMT

A mini market in Los Angeles sold the only ticket in the country to match all six numbers in the Wednesday night PowerBall draw.After the pot built for months, passing $1 billion dollars in reward, a single player in California walked away with the third largest PowerBall jackpot and sixth largest U.S lottery jackpot ever won.The jackpot sits right behind last year’s $2.04 billion record and and the $1.586 billion PowerBall jackpot won in 2016.The last time someone won the PowerBall jackpot was April 19, with a jackpot of nearly $253 million.As the jackpot grew, attracting players from all 45 states where the PowerBall is played, many players fell just short of the grand prize.According to a PowerBall news release, stores across the country sold 36 tickets that won $1 million and three tickets that won $2 million. There were also 195 tickets that won $50,000 prizes, and 62 tickets that won $100,000 prizes.Related ArticlesNews | Denver weather: Afternoon thunderstorm...

Downtown Los Angeles store owner sold $1B Powerball ticket

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:56:09 GMT

When Nabor Herrera got to work Thursday morning, he thought all the cameras were for a film shoot. As it turns out, they were there for him, as his Las Palmitas Mini Market on Wall Street in downtown Los Angeles sold a Powerball ticket worth more than $1 billion. "It's a surprise for me," he told KTLA. "I don't know what it is, filming or what." Jackpot! Winning $1 billion Powerball ticket sold in Los Angeles Because his business sold the winning ticket, Herrera will get a $1 million bonus, which he says he plans to invest in his business.At least, after he takes a vacation to Cabo San Lucas or Cancun with his four children.

Thieves arrested after stealing lottery scratch off games from liquor store, driving into dead end  

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:56:09 GMT

A pair of suspects were arrested after stealing lottery tickets from a liquor store in Orange County and leading authorities on a very brief chase. According to the Seal Beach Police Department, the two suspects, identified only as Zoryon and Marcus of Long Beach, used a crowbar to smash the glass window of West Beach Liquor located in the 400 block of Pacific Coast Highway around 3 a.m. on Tuesday. A patrol car in the area heard the store’s alarm sounding and upon arriving on the scene, located the two suspects fleeing the scene in a black Nissan Altima. After a short chase, the suspects were arrested in the 100 block of Coastline Drive – about a block away – when they drove up a dead-end street. Police recovered the stolen unused scratchers, the crowbar used to break into the store and a “few other items of evidence” in the suspects’ vehicle.  Downtown Los Angeles store owner sold $1B Powerball ticket Police recovered the stolen unused scratchers, the crowbar...

A 12-year-old is facing assault charges for allegedly throwing acid on a child after playground altercation, officials say

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:56:09 GMT

By Tina Burnside, Lauren Mascarenhas and Michelle Watson | CNNA 12-year-old girl facing assault charges after allegedly throwing acid on an 11-year-old girl at a Detroit playground appeared in court Tuesday, officials said.Deaira Summers, the 11-year-old, suffered second-degree burns on her back, legs and arms in the July 9 attack, her mother, Dominique Summers told CNN affiliate WXYZ.Deaira was playing with her siblings and cousins at a playground when she was caught in the middle of an altercation between the 12-year-old and one of Deaira’s family members, Summers said.The 12-year-old appeared in court Tuesday for a pretrial hearing, a news release from the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office states. She has been charged with assault with intent to do great bodily harm and felonious assault, according to the release.“I feel like it was the most evil thing you could do to a kid and especially the fact that she was an innocent bystander,” Summers told WXYZ.“I hope she get what she dese...

Seeno asks city to reject new East Bay Costco

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:56:09 GMT

A local developer is appealing the approval of a new Costco warehouse to be built in north Brentwood.The Brentwood Planning Commission on June 20 gave the green light for the proposed new store south of Lone Tree Plaza and east of Heidorn Ranch Road. The approval would have been final had West Coast Home Builders, an Albert D. Seeno III company, not filed the appeal, requesting the City Council reconsider it.The council will hear West Coast Builder’s appeal at its regular 7 p.m. meeting Tuesday at City Hall.Under the appeal filed June 28, attorneys for West Coast Builders argue that the environmental documents the city used for the project are outdated and the proposal should be denied or at least continued for further environmental review.In an earlier letter to the Planning Commission on June 20, the developer’s attorneys noted that the city approved the environmental documents for the area’s specific plan in 2018 and then adopted an addendum, changing the land-use designation for...