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Wake Forest fends off late Boston College rally in 84-78 win

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 10:45:57 GMT

Boston College opened the New Year with a hard luck 84-78 loss to Wake Forest in ACC play before 4,265 fans on Tuesday night at Conte Forum.BC fell to 9-4 overall, 0-2 in conference play and things look bleak for the Eagles with three roads games on the horizon. The Eagles play at Georgia Tech, Syracuse and Clemson before returning home to face Notre Dame on Jan. 15“We are 2-0 on the road so hopefully that will be good for us,” said BC coach Earl Grant. “I think the guys will be excited about that challenge, get away from here and chance to play on the road where you’ve only got each other.“You have to be close and be tight on the road and we’ve shown we are capable on the road.”Wake shot 53.4% from the floor with 10 made three pointers, 35 rebounds and 17 assists. Junior center Efton Reid netted 13 with 14 boards, while the backcourt tandem on Cameron Hildreth and Hunter Sallis combined for 39.BC shot 41.5% from the floor with nine treys, 34 boards and 12 assists. Graduate center Q...

I-8 repairs to impact drivers in East County

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 10:45:57 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- Caltrans is closing down sections of the Interstate 8 this week for repairs. It’ll impact areas near El Cajon and Alpine.Caltrans is doing two separate major pavement closures to repair outdated infrastructures. Caltrans is also asking drivers for their patience during this time.“Over time, our structures will show signs of finite cracking and spalling here and there, that’s normal wear and tear,” said Everett Townsend, the Caltrans Interim Director for District 11.Aging bridges on I-8 will get a facelift.Near El Cajon, Caltrans crews will repair the bridge over El Cajon Boulevard. In the Pine Valley area, crews will repair before and at the Pine Valley Creek Bridge approach slabs in April 2024. Large waves damage Ocean Beach Pier “The work we are doing is really to restore and extend the life of these infrastructures so they can last for another 60 years before we have to go in and do major rehabilitation again," Townsend said.Both closures start on Friday at 9 p.m. ...

El Cajon police release documentary on homeless crisis in San Diego County

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 10:45:57 GMT

EL CAJON, Calif. -- The El Cajon Police Department has created a 35 minute film documenting the often frustrating issue of dealing with the homeless crisis and to answer the public’s question of why the cops aren’t doing more about it.“Proposition 47 passed in 2014, and it reduced many of the felony crimes involving theft and drug use and drug possession, those types of things. It reduced those to misdemeanors, making them non-bookable offenses in the county of San Diego,” Chief of Police Mike Mouton told FOX 5. “So if somebody's using methamphetamine right behind you right now, that's not something we can take somebody to jail for. We have to write them a ticket and then hope they appear in court.”  Interview: Newsom ‘frustrated’ by local governments’ inaction on homelessness, behavioral health crises Right away in the documentary it becomes abundantly clear just how many people living on the streets are drug addicted and/or selling, and doing so by choice.When offered ...

Male hospitalized after west end shooting: Toronto police

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 10:45:57 GMT

A male was taken to hospital with non life-threatening injuries after police say he was grazed by a bullet in a west end shooting on Tuesday night.It happened just before 9 p.m. in the Humber Boulevard and Alliance Avenue area.Officers responded to reports of gunshots and found the victim near the scene with what appeared to be “a graze” from a bullet.Police did not reveal the age of the victim.More to come

10-year-old California boy held on suspicion of shooting another child with his father’s gun

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 10:45:57 GMT

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A 10-year-old Northern California boy has been arrested on suspicion of shooting to death another child with his father’s gun, authorities said.Sacramento County sheriff’s deputies answered a shooting report at around 4:30 p.m. Saturday afternoon in Foothill Farms, an unincorporated Sacramento suburb. In a parking lot, they found a 10-year-old boy bleeding from the head and neck. Despite lifesaving measures, he was later pronounced dead at a hospital, the Sheriff’s Office said in a social media posting.The boy was identified by coroner’s officials as Keith Frierson. He had left his apartment a short time before the shooting to ride his bicycle, a relative told KCRA-TV.According to a Sheriff’s Office statement, another 10-year-old boy had gone out to his father’s truck to get him cigarettes and found a loaded gun. He took it and “bragged that his father had a gun,” a Sheriff’s Office statement said.“He then proceeded...

Man charged in connection with New Year's Day shooting in Little Village

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 10:45:57 GMT

CHICAGO — A 19-year-old is facing an attempted murder charge in connection with a shooting that left a man critically injured on New Year's Day.According to Chicago police, 19-year-old Angelo Velez, a South Lawndale resident, is facing one felony count of attempted first-degree murder in connection with the shooting that occurred on the city's West Side.Police say the shooting unfolded just before 10:30 p.m. in the 3000 block of South Kildare Avenue in Little Village on Monday. Chicago firefighter charged in connection with apparent road rage shooting in Andersonville Officers say the victim, a 21-year-old man, was sitting in a car in the area when Velez allegedly approached in a white Kia and opened fire, hitting the victim several times.The victim was taken to the hospital with serious injuries and authorities have not provided updates on his condition.Currently, it is unclear what led to the shooting.According to police, Valez was taken into custody on Monday in the 4900 block ...

Deathbed confession: Killer admits to murders of 11 women, sources say

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 10:45:57 GMT

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — On his deathbed, a convicted killer admitted to nearly a dozen murders, most of which he never faced charges for, sources said. Garry Artman reached out to detectives days before he died of lung cancer, sources told Nexstar's WOOD. In a prison hospital in Jackson, struggling to breathe, he admitted to 11 murders, 10 of which happened in Grand Rapids, Michigan.That included the murders of Sharon Hammack in 1996 — the only killing of which Artman was ever actually convicted — and 24-year-old Dusty Shuck. An undated photo of Dusty Shuck. (Courtesy of Lori Kreutzer) "She was an amazing soul. She was good inside and out," Shuck's mother Lori Kreutzer said. Shuck was found beaten and stabbed to death near a truck stop off Interstate 70 in Maryland on May 4, 2006. DNA had linked Artman, a long-haul trucker, to the case, though his terminal cancer prognosis made a trial a long shot. Kreutzer said that Artman was in a coma, on a respirator and expected to die in ...

Missing most of their firepower, Wild fall to Calgary 3-1

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 10:45:57 GMT

Facing injury absences by a large handful of his best players on Tuesday, Wild coach John Hynes stressed the team dynamics he has been building since replacing Dean Evason on Nov. 28.The Wild have won 11 of 16 games since then, and Hynes said he expects his healthy players to continue the turnaround from a 5-10-4 start.“The strength is in the pack,” Hynes said before Tuesday night’s game against the Calgary Flames at Xcel Energy Center.The pack, however, is thinning.Unavailable after Tuesday’s morning skate were points leaders Kirill Kaprizov and Mats Zuccarello, top pair defenseman Jonas Brodin and No. 1 goaltender Filip Gustafsson. Later, veteran wing Marcus Foligno was scratched, as well, and the Wild called on three forwards with a combined six NHL games this season — Nic Petan, Jake Lucchini and Sammy Walker — to fill in some gaps.The Wild played a tight game against the Flames but clearly missed the firepower watching from the press box in a 3-1 loss.Andrew Mangiapane and Jona...

Schenectady superintendent finalist for job in Yonkers

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 10:45:57 GMT

SCHENECTADY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- The superintendent of the Schenectady City School District is a finalist for a similar position downstate. Yonkers Public Schools officials said Anibal Soler, Jr. is one of the finalists for the district's superintendent job. Albany Police Union responds to review board lawsuit Soler, Jr. took the superintendent job in Schenectady in July 2021. He has more than 20 years of experience in education.The Schenectady school district sent the following statement to NEWS10:"It is our understanding that Superintendent Soler was recently recruited by Yonkers Public Schools (PS) and our board is aware that Yonkers PS has recently confirmed that Superintendent Soler is a finalist. We do not have details or any additional information to share at this time."

Scorched building in Pine Lawn has ties to high-profile federal suspect

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 10:45:57 GMT

PINE LAWN, Mo. – Residents and leaders want action on a burned-out building that’s tied to a notorious criminal suspect.The scorched property sits on a main drag of Pine Lawn, on Kienlen at Dardanella.“It puts a dark shadow over stuff that needs to be better on a main street,” Yak Bellamy said.You can still smell the char, even though it burned years ago.Pine Lawn Alderwoman Dionne Peeples-Jones can see it from her backyard.“I live here. Every day, I have to pass by this area,” she said.Yet she’s more concerned about her residents.“This is a viable strip; not to mention, we have homeowners,” she said.The property was previously a Nixon Brothers Auto Service, Bellamy said, next to Pine Lawn Elementary School.“It was a beautiful building back when I was a youngster,” he said. Argument over ex-girlfriend leads to fight, shooting at Black Jack apartment Bellamy just renovated a building next door. He opened Ollie IV Automotive and Sales in memory of the brother he lost.“Uplifting the ...