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Partnership between Roseville police, mental health service intended to ‘break the cycle’ of repeated crisis calls

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 09:02:51 GMT

With an increase in the number of mental health crisis calls coming in the last five years, Roseville Police Chief Erika Scheider knew her department needed to adapt.Officers would respond to the best of their abilities, Scheider said, but they often weren’t able to address the “underlying issue and root cause.” It was common that the same people they helped during a mental health crisis one week, would be the same they helped the next.July 2022 photo of Roseville Police Department squad car. (Nick Ferarro / Pioneer Press)“It felt like it was a constant revolving door,” said Scheider. “We’d go out on these calls with people in crisis and try to connect them with resources and a lot of times they fell through the cracks. Then we’d be back out dealing with the same people over and over again. We’re trying to break that cycle.”Roseville police has worked with People Incorporated, a mental health service based in St. Paul, in the past involving homeless outreach, but the par...

Where to see live music in Lake George in 2023

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 09:02:51 GMT

LAKE GEORGE, N.Y. (NEWS10) - Summer will be back in the village of Lake George before you know it. This year, there's old and new in the air for the village's summertime music scene. From a memorial day weekend concert with Twiddle to a new festival hosting DJs from across the northeast, there's a lot to see and hear. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! The following list will be subject to change as more events are announced and details added. Check back as the summer fills up with sound.Memorial Meltdown Music FestivalA Memorial Day weekend music festival at Charles R. Wood Park. A pair of sets with Twiddle lead two days of music on the weekend of Friday-Saturday, May 27-28. Tickets on sale online, priced at $50 per day. Lineup includes:Saturday, May 27TwiddleTAUKGiant Panda Guerilla Dub SquadAnnie in the WaterSunday, May 28TwiddleDogs in a PileMihali & FriendsOne Time Weekend Where to get your boat inspected on Lake Ge...

Bills stadium gets final governmental approval, construction can begin

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 09:02:51 GMT

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Erie County Legislature voted unanimously Thursday to approve the deal for a new Buffalo Bills stadium on Abbott Road across the street from Highmark Stadium. The vote was the final hurdle in the process prior to construction, which can now officially begin. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! Currently, there is no set date for a groundbreaking on the stadium, but Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz was hopeful it could take place sometime in May. The multi-year project is expected to finish in 2026 and cost roughly $1.54 billion—up $140 million from the original cost estimations, an excess that will be footed by the Bills.The final agreement on the stadium between New York State, Erie County and the Bills was reached on April 4. The new stadium is projected to create roughly 10,000 jobs and the deal's Community Benefits Agreement includes the Bills investing $3 million annually. Adjusting for ...

Capital Region Restaurant Rundown: May 1-5

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 09:02:51 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 from this week, May 1 through 5. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! Capital Region chain offering chance to win ‘free burritos for a year’Hot Harry’s Fresh Burritos is having a Cinco de Mayo celebration from May 1 to May 7. Throughout the week, customers have the chance to enter to win a burrito a week for a year and 10 winners will be chosen per store.Lake George restaurant closes, owners focusing on other venture10 McGillis Public House, located at 10 McGillis Avenue in Lake George, has permanently closed as of Sunday, April 30. Owners Jason and Nicole Travis made the announcement in a Facebook post on April 28.‘Speakeasy-style’ restaurant to open in Saratoga SpringsThe Coat Room, a “speakeasy-style” restaurant and bar,...

Albany man arrested for possessing illegal handgun

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 09:02:51 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- Albany Police have charged Ansel Caines, 61, with one count of Criminal Possession of a Weapon 2nd and one count of Criminal Possession of a Weapon 3rd. Caines was arrested following a traffic stop on Thursday evening on Grand Street.  Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! Police say Caines was driving a vehicle with switched license plates. During the traffic stop, Caines was discovered to have an llegally possessed loaded 9mm handgun in the back seat. Caines was arraigned in Albany City Criminal Court and remanded to the Albany County Jail.

Here is how much space $1,500 can get you in New York City

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 09:02:51 GMT

NEW YORK (PIX11) — This may not surprise many New Yorkers, but you can’t get a whole lot of space for $1,500 a month in rent. A quick look on Zillow lists fewer than 200 apartments for that amount, and most are under 500 square feet. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! An annual analysis from Rentcafe, a nationwide listing service that helps find apartments or houses for renters and buyers, found that Manhattan ranks last in terms of space you get when paying rent—shocking! They say that New York County offers an average of 243 square feet for a $1,500 budget. A garage in a residential home that houses two cars is about 400 square feet.However, there may be a silver lining for folks who want to live outside the isle of Manhattan. A $1,500 budget will get New Yorkers 342 square feet in Brooklyn and 393 square feet in Queens. The same study also found that a budget of $1,500 can get you six times the amount of space in Kansas. ...

ValleyCats hosting Darryl Strawberry for community event

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 09:02:51 GMT

TROY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- County Executive Steve McLaughlin announced today that Rensselaer County and the Tri-City ValleyCats are teaming up to welcome baseball legend Darryl Strawberry to speak about the dangers of drug abuse, as well as recovery from addiction. The event is scheduled for June 1. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! Strawberry will be a guest speaker at the Rensselaer County Heroin Coalition meeting. The Coalition brings together health professionals, drug counselors, law enforcement, advocates and addiction survivors to communicate and strategize ways to end the opioid crisis. “Rensselaer County is invested and has worked to beat back the scourge of drug addiction in the county. We are excited to have an outstanding baseball star like Darryl Strawberry joining us to speak of his struggles and show there is a way to battle and win against addiction.” said McLaughlin. Troy approves neighborhood improvement pr...

Budget breakdown: Details on late State budget

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 09:02:51 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) – This week on Empire State Weekly, the New York State Budget was completed on May 2, over 30 days late. The final approved budget contained funding for multiple state programs and implemented policy changes. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! Blair Horner the Executive Director for the New York Public Interest Research Group and Capitol Correspondent Jamie DeLine spoke on the biggest items on the budget. Blair Horner addressed the long delay with the budget debate process, which will likely impact the remainder of the session. Horner explained the first half of the session "deals with the budget. The second half deals with non-budget issues. They just gobbled up a month of that. So it's going to be a lot harder to get a lot of things done, but there's a lot of pent-up demand from advocacy groups and lawmakers to deal with other issues." So far the session is scheduled to end on June 8. "At this point, ...

Dog Show 101: What's what at the Westminster Kennel Club

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 09:02:51 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — To the casual viewer, competing at the Westminster Kennel Club dog show might look pretty simple. Here are the ins and outs of the show, which starts Saturday at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! Get a dog. Groom it. Pose it. Lead it around a ring. But there's a lot more to it when getting to and exhibiting in the most prestigious canine event in the U.S., now in its 147th year. How many dogs compete?Twenty-five hundred dogs from 210 different breeds and varieties signed up to vie for the best in show trophy that gets awarded Tuesday night. Varieties are subsets of breeds—think smooth, longhaired, and wirehaired dachshunds. Pet adoption event Saturday in Glens Falls Hailing from 49 states and 13 countries, contestants range from tiny Chihuahuas to giant Great Danes. They include familiar breeds like Labrador retrievers, rarities such as the slough...

Was Letecia Stauch psychotic or strategic? Jury begins deliberations in killing of 11-year-old Gannon Stauch

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 09:02:51 GMT

National Center for Missing and Exploited Children via APGannon StauchAn El Paso County jury is deciding whether a woman who killed her 11-year-old stepson was sane when she stabbed and shot the child or suffered a mental break so extreme that she cannot be held legally responsible for her actions.Letecia Stauch’s defense attorney did not dispute that the mother and former special education teacher killed her stepson, Gannon Stauch, but said she suffered a mental break before she killed him and has disassociated since the Jan. 27, 2020, killing.“It was her,” Josh Tolini, Stauch’s defense attorney, said during closing arguments. “But she was not in her right mind when she did it.”Testimony in the month-long trial in Colorado Springs drew to a close Friday, more than three years after Gannon’s disappearance prompted massive searches and drew national media attention. Stauch, 39, pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to charges of murder, ta...