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The Loop NFL Picks: Week 13

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 10:49:36 GMT

Chiefs at Packers (+6½)Kansas City tight end Travis Kelce has taken to openly flirting with gal pal Taylor Swift through social media posts. It’s now apparent that the Chiefs’ star is rapidly becoming the most obnoxiously overexposed NFL star … not counting the Packers’ previous quarterback. Pick: Chiefs by 7Taylor Swift performs on stage during The Eras Tour at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., on Friday, July 28, 2023. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group)49ers at Eagles (+2½)Former Niners hall of famer Deion Sanders has been named Sports Illustrated’s Sportsperson of the Year. The Colorado coach, who led the Buffaloes to a 4-8 record, was picked by SI’s panel of artificial intelligence experts consisting of young white male with blue eyes, middle aged brown male with bald spot and elderly black female with bifocals.Pick: 49ers by 3FILE – Colorado head coach Deion Sanders looks on in the first half of the team’s spring practice NCAA college football game, April 22, 2023, ...

Toys for Toys hits the rails to help kids

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 10:49:36 GMT

RENSSELAER, N.Y. (NEWS10) — It's not the Polar Express, but it might be just as magical. Toys for Tots partnering with Amtrak and Norfolk Southern to make sure kids in need have a present to open this Christmas. ‘Stuff the Bus’ toy drive 2023 in Colonie The gifts and necessities will be transported via train to children in need in five cities between Rensselaer and Binghamton.Toys for Tots is run by the US Marine Corp and today’s event was run like a military support operation. Volunteers led by a Staff Sergeant, loading bags onto a train car.Patrick Lurenz the US Marine Coordinator for Toys for Tots is rather humble about the military branch’s role in all of this.“This is a community program. It's here to support the community and it's being assisted by the community the Marine Corps. We’re just here driving this crazy bus to make all of this stuff happens” said Lurenz. Levi Pascher is the Field Marketing Manager for Dunkin, a long time sponsor of the event.“The holidays there's ...

Legislation would push elections to even years

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 10:49:36 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — This week on Empire State Weekly, new proposed legislation would change when several local elections take place. The bill would push some elections held on odd years to even years. Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! State Senator James Skoufis, representative for District 42, sponsored the bill to move local elections to even years, the same years that larger statewide federal elections and national elections are held. He argued the move would increase voter turnout in a "broken" system."We need to fix it because it is broken. And you just have to go back three weeks to see how broken it is, where you had 20-30% turnout, per usual, in these odd-year elections, so a small minority of eligible voters coming out and choosing who should be running the town's offices, the county's offices for the entire community, 100% of the community" Said Skoufis.Also this week Tomoko Udo, an associate Professor at UAlbany's ...

Remington Arms to close in March

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 10:49:36 GMT

ILION, N.Y. (WUTR) — Remington Arms, the oldest gunmaker in America, has announced that they will close their doors in March 2024. The United Mine Workers Union, which represents workers at the Ilion plant, confirmed the closing. Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! Eli Remington created the company in 1816, and it has operated its plant in Ilion for nearly two centuries. It has not always been smooth sailing. Twice in this century, the company went into bankruptcy. In July 2020, it was broken up in an auction.The Roundhill Group acquired the Ilion operation, which manufactures shotguns and rifles. Roundhill operated the Ilion operation under the name of RemArms. This past summer, the union and RemArms reached an agreement on a new three-year contract. Looking at Remington Arms as they relocate headquarters to Georgia United Mine Workers of America International President Cecil Roberts released a statement about the Ilion situatio...

Holiday Marketplace returns to Indian Ladder Farms

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 10:49:36 GMT

ALTAMONT, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- Indian Ladder Farms in Altamont announced the return of their Holiday Marketplace. The events will be held every Saturday through December 23. Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! The marketplace will feature a plethora of local vendors and businesses offering their crafts at the farm. Indian Ladder will also host several special events during the season, with their full schedule detailed below: Indian Ladder Farms Holiday Schedule 2023December 1: Holiday Tree Lighting - 6 p.m. December 2: Holiday Marketplace - 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.December 4: Breakfast with Santa* - 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.December 8: Fused Glass Holiday Tree Making Class* - 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.December 9: Holiday Marketplace - 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.December 10: Breakfast with Santa* - 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Howliday Ugly Sweater Party and Contest with Santa* - 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.December 16: Holiday Marketplace - 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Wassailing in the Orchard - 4:...

Police investigating alleged concealed dead body case in Schoharie County

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 10:49:36 GMT

SCHOHARIE COUNTY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- Law enforcement is currently investigating the alleged concealment of a dead body in Schoharie County. Walter Fahrenkopf, 39, was arrested on Friday on charges of concealment of a human corpse. Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! Details are limited at this time. The Schoharie County Sheriff's Office is working with New York State Police to investigate. Stick with NEWS10 as more information becomes available.

Health insurer Anthem plans to add 250 new St. Louis jobs

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 10:49:36 GMT

ST. LOUIS -- Health insurer Anthem plans to add 250 new jobs at its offices in downtown St. Louis. The company will hire for a variety of positions, including pharmacists, nurses, and benefits agents, by mid-2024. The new jobs will add to 1,700 already based at Anthem's Chestnut Street offices.

30 inches of snow forecast for some Colorado ski resorts this weekend

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 10:49:36 GMT

A significant, much-needed multi-day storm is forecast to bring lots of snow to most of the state’s ski resorts this weekend with eight to 30 inches likely in some places, favoring the northern and central mountains.OpenSnow founding meteorologist Joel Gratz predicts 12-30 inches in the northern and central mountains by Monday morning, with the most intense snowfall coming Saturday night through Sunday night. The southern mountains are likely to receive eight to 16 inches, Gratz wrote in his Friday morning forecast.“Snowfall rates should be intense, the winds will be gusty, it’ll be wonderful to watch the snow, and driving could be difficult during this time as well,” Gratz wrote. “Sunday could be the deepest day for snowfall, but based on winds and limited terrain, Monday could be the better pick for powder as more terrain opens and the winds slow down.”Vail, Breckenridge, Beaver Creek, Copper Mountain and the Aspen resorts received  3-5 inches o...

Broncos’ Quinn Meinerz just bought a telescope, collects “chill synth” vinyl and is on a quest to become the NFL’s most dominant guard

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 10:49:36 GMT

Quinn Meinerz is a believer in the endless pursuit.He has the record collection to prove it.When he was a Wisconsin high schooler, Meinerz liked electronic dance music.One day he stumbled on an unfamiliar genre, related but fresh: chill synth. “Resonance” by an artist called Home, to be exact.The song became a key that unlocked an entire universe for Meinerz.He dug in. Made friends. Went down the rabbit hole and into years of exploration.Years later, after he got drafted, his then-fiancé bought him a record by his favorite artist, A.L.I.S.O.N. Then he found another. Bought a turntable for his apartment.He outfitted his living room with a “Now Playing” display so he could put the sheath above the spinning vinyl for an added visual element.Meinerz started seeking out brightly colored records that pop as they play.“I like the physical-ness of it,” he told The Denver Post, ever an offensive lineman. “I kind of fell into it. It unveiled this entire, just, different genr...

Carrie Olson elected to second stint as president of Denver school board

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 10:49:36 GMT

Former teacher Carrie Olson was elected Friday to a second stint as president of Denver Public Schools’ Board of Education.Related ArticlesEducation | DPS parent lawsuit demands right to ask teachers to display “straight pride” flags in Denver schools Education | Denver schools swell with more than 2,000 new migrant students as district scrambles to meet kids’ needs Education | Denver school board votes to raise incoming members’ pay to as much as $33,000 a year Education | Denver Public Schools bars administrator amid McAuliffe seclusion room investigation Education | Denver City Council resurrects joint city-school committee with blessing from DPS leaders Her election, by secret ballot, puts an experienced leader at the helm of a school board that had a reputation for dysfunction and infighting.New board members Marlene De La Rosa, John Youngquist and Kimberlee Sia were sw...