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1of5Buy PhotoSaratoga Springs police chief Shane Crooks answers questions from a resident during the police task force meeting at the Canfield Casino building on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020, in Saratoga Springs. (Jenn March, Special to the Times Union)Jenn March/Jenn March PhotographyShow MoreShow Less
2of5Buy PhotoAll Of Us activist Lexis Figuereo addresses public safety commissioner Robin Dalton during the police task force meeting at the Canfield Casino building on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020, in Saratoga Springs. (Jenn March, Special to the Times Union)Jenn March/Jenn March PhotographyShow MoreShow Less
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By Erin Cox
Editor
Mar 1, 2021
TRI-COUNTY â Heavy rain over the weekend caused flooding throughout the area.
First responders were out Sunday night and early Monday morning rescuing those impacted by the flooding.
At approximately 10:40 p.m. Sunday, the London-Laurel Rescue Squad responded to a home on Bullock Road that was flooding with two handicapped occupants. Rescue units used a boat to take the occupants out of the flooded area.
At approximately 9:07 p.m. Sunday, the London-Laurel Rescue Squad responded to a vehicle stuck in deep flood water. Rescue units used a boat to gain access to the occupants and then removed them from the vehicle and out of the flooded area. Laurel County Fire Department was assisted on scene.
A Corbin couple was arrested Thursday night for allegedly abusing a teen with a belt and extension cord.
Howard W. Smith, 45, and Amanda Smith, 39, are each facing one count of fourth-degree assault – child abuse.
In addition, Amanda Smith is charged with one count of first-degree strangulation.
Knox County Sheriff’s deputies were called to a residence on East Bryant Street, off of Master Street, at approximately 9:15 p.m. in response to a complaint of an out of control juvenile.
Deputy William Stewart, the department’s public affairs officer, stated that the juvenile told deputies that Howard Smith had struck him several times with a belt on multiple areas of his body.
Man Shot Dead Execution-Style In Philadelphia
On 12/17/20 at 11:59 AM EST
A man was killed in an execution-style shooting in Philadelphia on Wednesday night.
Officers responded to a report of a person shot in the 2300 block of Tasker Street in the city s Point Breeze neighborhood at around 11:10 p.m., a spokesperson for the Philadelphia Police Department told
Newsweek.
When they arrived at the scene, officers found a man suffering from multiple gunshot wounds to the head. He was identified as 30-year-old Corey Jaynes, of North Philadelphia, the police spokesperson said.
Jaynes was transported to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at around 11:25 p.m.
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When a car crashed into Donna Price’s fence, it lit her lawn on fire. (Courtesy of Donna Price)
In the 23 years since she bought her Sharswood home, Donna Price has seen four cars crash into her property.
Speeding cars have taken down trees outside her rowhouse and uprooted the light post at 19th and Master. Time and time again, they’ve run into the fence her uncle built along the perimeter of her property. Most recently, a crash in August of 2015 damaged the chain-link structure beyond repair.
“The speeding is just horrific,” said Price, block captain of the 1900 block of Master. “Thank God for the traffic light and my fence, otherwise they would’ve landed on my porch.”