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By Bill Galluccio
Apr 12, 2021
Authorities are responding to a shooting at Austin-East Magnet High School in Knoxville, Tennessee. The Knoxville Police Department said there were multiple victims, including a police a officer. Officials said that a male was pronounced dead at the scene and another was detained for further questioning.
"Multiple agencies are on the scene of a shooting at Austin-East Magnet High School. Multiple gunshot victims reported, including a KPD officer. The investigation remains active at this time. Please avoid the area," the department wrote on Twitter.
Officials said that officers responded to a report of an armed individual at the school. As officers approached the suspect, shots were fired. The scene has been secured and investigators are trying to piece together what happened.

By Bill Galluccio
Apr 12, 2021
Three police officers were injured following a wild high-speed chase that ended in a shootout. The chase began in the city of Bremen after an officer clocked a vehicle driving 111 mph. Multiple agencies, including the Carroll County Sheriff's Office, and police in Carrollton and Villa Rica, joined the chase as the suspects tried to evade capture.
During the chase, a passenger in the vehicle started shooting at the pursuing officers with a rifle. Two officers were shot, and a third officer was injured after crashing into a utility pole. Officials said that one officer was shot twice, and another officer was struck in the arm by gunfire. They were taken to the hospital, and their conditions are unknown. The officers were identified as a Georgia State Patrol trooper, a Carroll County sheriff's deputy, and a Carrollton police officer, but their names were not released.

By Mid Hudson News -www.midhudsonnews.com
Apr 1, 2021
WARWICK – The Orange County Industrial Development Agency Board has granted final approvals for financial incentives to Fiorello Pharmaceuticals to develop a growing, processing, manufacturing, and wholesale cannabis products facility at the Warwick Tech Park.
The company plans to develop a 400,000-square-foot facility at the site of the former Mid-Orange Correctional Facility in the Town of Warwick and receive a 15-year payment-in-lieu-of-taxes as well as sales tax exemption on construction materials and an exemption on the mortgage filing fee.
IDA Board Chairman Michael Torelli said taxing entities, which currently receive no revenue on the property, will reap full financial benefits under the arrangement.

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By Mid Hudson News -www.midhudsonnews.com
Mar 31, 2021
MIDDLETOWN – SUNY campuses, like so many other colleges around the state, went from on-campus to remote learning when COVID-19 consumed the world last year, but SUNY Chancellor James Malatras is hopeful that classroom education will be able to resume later this year.
During a stop at the SUNY Orange campus in Middletown on Tuesday, Malatras said all of the university system’s schools are getting the upper hand on the virus.
“Having our students and faculty and staff fully vaccinated will only allow us to be more in person because many of our students are demanding that frankly. They want to come back. This has been a trying year for students; it has been a trying year for everyone,” he said. “We are going to take the good of COVID. I think there are ways to supplement in-person instruction with high-quality online instruction that opens up doors for students to take a class here and take a class at another SUNY school, but our goal is to have our campuses fully reopened in the fall.”

By Bill Galluccio
Mar 31, 2021
Delta Air Lines said that it will start offering snacks and drinks to passengers beginning on April 14. Snacks and beverages were eliminated from many flights due to the coronavirus pandemic. Airlines were concerned that people would have to take off their masks to eat and drink, increasing the risk of COVID-19 spreading on the flight.
Delta said that hot food options will be available in June for customers flying in Delta One or First Class on select domestic coast-to-coast flights. In early July, Delta said that it will begin offering freshly boxed meals to flyers in First Class on select domestic flights. Delta did not say when passengers in regular seats will be able to order hot food or boxed meals.

By Mid Hudson News -www.midhudsonnews.com
Mar 31, 2021
ALBANY – The New York Senate, Tuesday, voted to approve the recreational use of marijuana with the vote along party lines as Democrats supported it and Republicans opposed it.
In the Hudson Valley, all Democrats voted for the measure, including Harckham, Hinchey, Mayer, Reichlin-Melnick, Skoufis, and Stewart-Cousins.
The two Republicans in the region, Serino and Martucci, voted against it.
Ulster County Executive Patrick Ryan, a Democrat, said legalization “represents a tremendous economic opportunity for Ulster County that fits within our Ulster 2040 strategy to establish a more ‘People-Centered Economy’ by boosting our agricultural community, generating good-paying jobs in an emerging market, and creating additional revenues to support all of our county’s critical programs in addition to helping those disproportionately negatively impacted by marijuana laws.”

By Bill Galluccio
Charlotte Hornets v Cleveland Cavaliers
LaMelo Ball did not play well in his much-anticipated NBA debut for the Charlotte Hornets. The third overall pick in the NBA draft had zero points, missing all five of his shot attempts. Three of those attempts were from beyond the three-point line. He had three assists, one rebound, two steals, and three turnovers in just under 16 minutes of playing time.
After the game, which the Hornets lost to the Cleveland Cavaliers by a score of 121-114, Ball's teammates told him not to get down on himself.
"I told him just to forget this one," 

Jan 6, 2020
(Albany, NY) -- The halls of the state Capitol will be filled again this week as lawmakers return to Albany for their 2020 session. One pressing issue they'll need to address is a roughly six-billion dollar budget gap that was mostly caused by four-billion dollars in Medicaid overspending. The governor's office hasn't said whether he's in favor of raising taxes to cut the deficit.
Another item on the Legislature's agenda is expected to be marijuana legalization. Last year the effort to legalize recreational pot stalled as lawmakers still had many questions. The momentum could build for marijuana legalization this year as elected officials look for more revenue. This year's legislative session runs from Wednesday until June 2nd.

Jan 3, 2020
(Hyde Park, NY) -- Four more years for Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro. The recently reelected Republican taking the Oath of Office for his third term today at the FDR Presidential Library and Museum in Hyde Park.
Hundreds of people gathered in the Henry A Wallace Center to attend the swearing in ceremony, that County Executive Molinaro said was all about finding Common Ground.
" Today is not about ruminating about the past, it is in fact for us to propel into the next four years; to seek common ground. To engage in the critical work of our day, to solve the problems that confound us and overcome the challenges yet before us."

The women claimed they were told the pornographic videos would not be posted online.

A 60-year-old man who was punched and kicked during a $1 mugging on Christmas Eve has died, police said Saturday.

The federal minimum age to purchase tobacco - including e-cigarettes and vaping cartridges - has been officially raised from 18 to 21.

New Yorkers will be able to ride the rails a lot faster through the Hudson Valley if Governor Cuomo gets his way.

She thought she was just playing a game but instead, she wound up with a husband.

Tensions between North Korea and the U.S. have ratcheted up in recent months over the secretive country's nuclear program.