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Texas watermelons less sweet this year, weather to blame

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:14:44 GMT

Editor’s Note: The video above shows KXAN News Today’s top headlines for June 9, 2023(KXAN) -- Shoppers buying Texas-grown watermelons may notice a dip in quality this year. According to Texas A&M Agrilife Extension Service experts, frequent rainfall as the fruit grew on the vine led to lower brix measurements compared to recent years. Brix measures sugar in fruit. Despite that, it shouldn't be too difficult to find Texas-grown watermelons. The fruit is growing on more acres in South Texas. Last year, dry conditions meant fewer watermelons available, but they had very high brix scores. The rains this year also meant some growers are dealing with disease like downy mold and a fungus called fusarium. Those things can also lower the quality of the fruit.“Yields are better than last year, but quality is down, and I think if you asked growers, they’d say it’s average across the board,” Juan Anciso, Ph.D., AgriLife Extension horticulturist said. “Harvest is wrapping up in the [Rio Gra...

Community violence intervention group visits northeast Austin apartment where 14-year-old girl was shot

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:14:44 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- The day after police say someone shot and killed a 14-year-old girl at a northeast Austin apartment complex, Sean Oliver and his team stepped in."We were able to go into that apartment and create relationships to hopefully avoid that," he said. Oliver works for Life Anew, a restorative justice program that utilizes community connections to help curb violence. He said part of the Bridge at Harris Ridge Apartment Complex on East Howard Lane recently became Section 8 housing. Police responded to a shots-fired call at the complex around 1:30 a.m. Tuesday. According to APD, officers and EMS arrived on the scene and found the girl with head trauma and then began life-saving measures. The girl was transported by ambulance to a Dell Children’s Hospital where she later died.No one is in custody at this time.Oliver said Life Anew has groups that perform community violence intervention efforts at apartment complexes in the Rundberg and east side areas - but not the neighborhoo...

Renaissance Festival returns to Indian Ladder Farms

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:14:44 GMT

ALTAMONT, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- The Capital District Renaissance Festival is returning for its 9th season. The annual event will be held at Indian Ladder Farms on June 10 and 11. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! More than 60 artisans will be offering handmade jewelry, spices, leather goods, magical wands, and Renaissance inspired clothing in the marketplace. A plethora of food options will also be provided, including a RenFest classic: Indian Ladder Farms' smoked turkey legs. The festival will feature a variety of entertainment, such as theater troupe Vixens en Garde, dueling pair Lords of Adventure, Celtic magician Daniel Greenwolf, a mysterious troll exhibit, and several musical acts, including Renaissance rock band Wolgemut. Local school districts resume outdoor activities There will be a Royal Joust held at 1 p.m. and 4 p.m., and children will have an opportunity to attend a Princess Tea Party at 2:30 p.m., as well as p...

Police searching for domestic stabbing suspect

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:14:44 GMT

PITTSFIELD, Mass. (NEWS10) -- Massachusetts State Police are searching for a suspect connected to a domestic stabbing case. Jeffrey Cote (55, Savoy) should be considered armed and dangerous and may be in Savoy or Cheshire, according to Mass. State Police. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! Police are currently investigating Cote. Anyone with information regarding his whereabouts, or someone matching his description, should not approach him but call 911 or the State Police-Chesire Barracks at (413) 743-4700.

Beekman Street Art Fair set for Sunday

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:14:44 GMT

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (NEWS10) - An annual art fair returns to Saratoga this weekend - and it's celebrating a big milestone. The 10th annual Beekman Street Art Fair will take the street by artistic storm on Sunday, June 11. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! Running from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., the festival will bring Beekman Street to life with 60 tents full of local artwork, featuring names like Frankie Flores, Gary Zack and Leonie Lacouette. Music and entertainment will be onsite, courtesy of the Ballston Spa Community Band, and fresh food will give visitors something to bite into as they take in handmade works and live entertainment. Artists onsite promise to offer works in fiber, pottery, jewelry, mixed media and more.In order to make a safe space for the festivities, Beekman Street will be closed to street traffic from Grand Avenue to West Circular Street. A free shuttle bus will run between Beekman and Saratoga Casino for e...

WWII demo. team to perform parachute jump in Albany

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:14:44 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- The World War II Airborne Demonstration team, the country's premier WWII Airborne Team will be performing a parachute jump at Albany International Airport on Saturday between 10 a.m. and noon. The time will be determined by the airport. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! Members of the North East Region will join the pilots and crew of Placid Lassie for this unique airborne exercise. According to the team, the best place to view will be at the Hangar at 743 Albany Shaker Road building 202 in Latham. Image via Gary DanielsImage via Gary DanielsImage via Gary DanielsImage via Gary DanielsImages via Gary Daniels

Emerson announces new headquarters site in Clayton

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:14:44 GMT

CLAYTON, Mo. -- Emerson has announced the location of their new corporate headquarters. CEO Lal Karsanbhai and Clayton Mayor Michelle Harris shared the news from the lobby of the new Forsythe Point building located near Shaw park.Emerson will be leasing the top three floors of the 14-story building and portions of two other floors. Emerson will receive naming rights for the building, which will be called Emerson Tower. The company plans to relocate approximately 400 corporate personnel from its campus in Ferguson to the new building by mid to late 2024. "This move allows us to right-size our corporate footprint to our headcount needs, capture long-term cost and energy savings that support our sustainability goals, and create a workspace that encourages collaboration, innovation and inclusiveness for our corporate employees," states CEO Lal Karsanbhai.  Emerson included news that they have chosen to remain in St. Louis in their report on first quarter earnings. Nearly 1,300 people wo...

2 groups cancel Orlando conventions as worries over political climate grow

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:14:44 GMT

AnitaB.org, an organization of female and nonbinary tech workers, is moving its annual convention out of Orlando and taking its business elsewhere, citing Florida’s political climate and actions taken by Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Legislature.And another group of nurses is canceling a 2027 event because of similar concerns, according to the Orange County Convention Center.The cancellations are the latest economic blow to the region, coming in the wake of Walt Disney Co.’s decision to drop plans for a nearly $1 billion corporate campus in Orlando with 2,000 high-paying jobs.AnitaB.org told members it will no longer hold conferences in Florida after this year’s event at the Orange County Convention Center, despite a “warm welcome” it has received over the years in Orlando.The California-based group cited laws that banned most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, cracked down on illegal immigration and lifted permit requirements for carrying a concealed gun in public, along with meas...

Nuggets trade draft picks with Oklahoma City in effort to move up in 2023 draft, source says

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:14:44 GMT

Even with his team currently in the NBA Finals, Nuggets general manager Calvin Booth continues to look for ways to improve his team.On Friday, the Nuggets acquired a 2024 first-round pick, the 37th pick in this year’s draft and a 2024 second-round pick from Oklahoma City in exchange for a protected 2029 first-round pick, a league source confirmed to The Denver Post.With the 2024 first-round pick, the Nuggets are likely to explore moving up in this year’s draft, the source said. They now have two first-rounders in that draft — their own and the one acquired Friday — as well as one second-round pick.The Nuggets currently do not have a pick in this year’s first round and have also traded away the rights to their first-round selections in the 2025, ’27 and ’29 drafts, with protections on each.Related ArticlesDenver Nuggets | NBA Finals roundtable: Have the Nuggets wrecked the Cinderella mojo of Miami? Denver Nuggets | Nuggets’ Jamal Mur...

How heavy was hail that pelted metro Denver? CDOT had to deploy a snowplow

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:14:44 GMT

The hail that pelted metro Denver on Thursday night was so heavy that state transportation officials had to deploy a snowplow to clear Interstate 225.“It is not common for us to plow hail,” Colorado Department of Transportation shift lead Tanya Bowen said Friday morning, confirming that a plow worked I-225 as the storm raged until 9:39 p.m.“It was very bad at certain points,” she said.Some of the big orange trucks in CDOT’s fleet have snowplows attached through the summer. They’ve been helping clear snow from mountain passes. Independence Pass between Twin Lakes and Aspen, where the summit elevation is 12,095 feet above sea level, now is clear with no travel restrictions, Bowen said, and among other high country routes only Kebler Pass west of Crested Butte, elevation 10,007 feet, remained closed due to snow.Related ArticlesColorado News | Colorado prepares for statewide e-bike rebate program to launch this summer Colorado News | Colorado launches ne...