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Answering The Call: Local company's life-saving equipment goes from the frontline of the pandemic to the frontline in Ukraine

Published Mon, 03 Mar 2025 23:53:07 GMT

HALFMOON, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- Precision Valve and Automation (PVA) employ 250 people in its high-tech facility in Halfmoon, quite the leap from starting in CEO Tony Hynes' basement 30 years ago. As Hynes showed NEWS10 around, he explained what PVA does, "We build production equipment which goes all over the world, which then goes into making all the stuff that we like to buy: our cars, our medical devices, our consumer products. Our area of expertise is robotics and the application of liquid materials, which is putting down in an automated fashion adhesives, sealants and coatings or a very fancy way of saying we use robots to glue things together." Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! PVA CEO Tony Hynes and his company’s portable ventilator"Any industrialized country has our machines," Hynes continued as he walked from the research lab to the manufacturing floor, "they are deployed all over the world, they are working 24 hours a da...

Parson meets with circuit attorney staff now under his control

Published Mon, 03 Mar 2025 23:53:07 GMT

ST. LOUIS – Missouri Governor Mike Parson flew to St. Louis for a one-hour meeting with prosecutors in the circuit attorney’s office in the aftermath of Kim Gardner’s resignation.“I wanted to make sure to personally get this done, that they knew exactly why I was doing, what I was doing, and what the process was going to be, and to be able to tell how we were going to move forward,” Parson said.Governor Parson said this required a face-to-face meeting, since he’ll be responsible for appointing Gardner’s successor.“I don’t think there’s any question, there’s been a lot of tension with everything that’s been going on for quite some time,” he said. “But I think they are looking for direction, too. I think they’re excited about the day when they get a new prosecutor appointed, so they get some normalcy.” Top Story: St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner resigns Gardner abruptly left office Tuesday with a handwritten note to the presiding judge, asking for St. Louis County Prosecutor W...

Regional crime summit focuses on collaboration, cooperation among municipalities to combat violence

Published Mon, 03 Mar 2025 23:53:07 GMT

ST. LOUIS – Leading experts in crime and public safety from across the area are meeting Wednesday in St. Louis to discuss ways to prevent crime.The East-West Gateway Council of Governments hosted Wednesday’s regional crime summit at the Washington University School of Medicine.Community and business leaders, as well as law enforcement attended the summit to hear discussions of the crime problems in our area. The goal of the meeting is to get governments to work together on a strategy to fight crime.St. Louis leaders say homicides are the priority issue in the metro area, and a regional approach is needed to combat it. Top Story: St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner resigns “We are making investments and community violence intervention programs and deterrence programs. And, I think, all we need to do now is just make sure our entire region is also on board,” St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones said.A 32-page report called, “The Need for a Regional Strategy to Reduce Homicides” was jus...

Colorado state track meet primer: Storylines, returning champions and what to know ahead of this weekend

Published Mon, 03 Mar 2025 23:53:07 GMT

A rundown of the CHSAA state track and field meet to be held Thursday through Saturday at Jeffco Stadium in Lakewood:10 things to watchThunderstruck: A year ago, the coldest two days of the spring fell on the last two days of the state meet … along with several inches of snow. This year’s weather hurdle? The dreaded afternoon thunderstorms, which, as anyone who’s ever attended a state meet knows, can delay events for chunks at a time. On the bright side, at least it’ll be warm.Niwot’s dominance: Once again, the Niwot girls are the team to beat in Class 4A. Led by Stanford commit Madison Shults, the Cougars are going for their fourth consecutive 4A team title with a puncher’s chance at winning every individual race outside of the 100 and 200. Shults has the nation’s third-best PR this spring in the 800 (2:04.28), according to MileSplit, and is also the state leader in the 400. Win both, and she would finish with five individual state titles. ...

Denver weather: Stormy skies expected Thursday and Friday, rain could be heavy at times

Published Mon, 03 Mar 2025 23:53:07 GMT

Heavy, scattered rain and thunderstorms are in the metro area forecast Thursday and Friday and the stormy weather could be severe at times in widespread locations.“There could be some very localized issues with the widespread storms,” said Bruno Rodriguez, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Boulder.There’s a limited threat of flooding in wildfire burn scar areas, as stronger storms may produce 1/3 of an inch of rain in 15-minute downpours, the weather service said.Urban flooding is possible, but the upcoming weather will likely not be as impactful as last week’s steady and long periods of rain, Rodriguez said. Six inches of rain over three day’s last week caused flooding in some parts of the metro area along with road damage.“It’s not going to be huge overall,” Rodriguez said of the stormy weather arriving Thursday. “It’s going to be widespread and some stronger local storms could occur.”Hail as part...

Rockies offense roars to life in middle innings of 11-6 win over Cincinnati

Published Mon, 03 Mar 2025 23:53:07 GMT

Forecasted storms never materialized Wednesday afternoon in downtown Denver, but the Rockies offense thundered to life in the middle innings against Cincinnati.Suppressed to three singles over the first 4 ⅓ innings, the Rockies ripped off 11 runs in the fifth and sixth frames against Reds starter Graham Ashcraft and a host of relievers to turn a five-run deficit into an 11-6 win.Rockies right-hander Riley Pint made his major league debut in the ninth inning in what manager Bud Black hoped would be a quiet inning, but the Reds pushed a run across and loaded the bases with one out, forcing Black to go to closer Pierce Johnson.Johnson promptly induced a Wil Myers pop-up struck out Jose Barrero to end the game.The Rockies (19-25) grabbed two out of three from the Reds and now have won four out of five series in an 11-5 start to May. They are off Thursday, then visit the Texas Rangers for a three-game out-and-back trip before a seven-game homestand against Miami and the New York Mets nex...

Los Angeles County woman wins $50K on complicated sports bet

Published Mon, 03 Mar 2025 23:53:07 GMT

A Los Angeles County woman won more than $50,000 on a complicated parlay bet involving five MLB games and several specific scenarios.The bet was made by a 50-year-old woman in Llano, a small community located about 30 miles southeast of Lancaster in the Antelope Valley.The unidentified woman made a $1,000 bet through BetUS.com, an online sportsbook that, according to its website, is licensed in Curacao. Los Angeles Dodgers receive visit from Larry O’Brien trophy The Llano woman made a 7-team parlay bet on Monday through the online sportsbook. A parlay is a series of unrelated bets combined into one, meaning all conditions will need to be satisfied or the bet is a failure. Parlays are complicated and the odds of hitting all conditions are relatively low, meaning the payout tends to be much larger than a standard bet.According to BetUS, she wagered that the St. Louis Cardinals would defeat the Milwaukee Brewers; the Arizona Diamondbacks would best the Oakland Athletics; the San Die...

Dog rescued after falling into sinkhole in San Bernardino

Published Mon, 03 Mar 2025 23:53:07 GMT

Firefighters and animal control officers sprung into action to rescue a dog that got trapped in a sinkhole in San Bernardino on Wednesday.Crews managed to slip a rope around the dog and hoist it to safety. May 17, 2023 (San Bernardino Fire Dept.)Witnesses heard barking next to a building at Waterman Avenue and Mill Street and called authorities around 1 p.m., a San Bernardino Fire Department spokesman told KTLA.Animal Control arrived to find a large husky that was stuck in a sinkhole adjacent to old oil well approximately 15 feet below a parking lot.Firefighters were called in and quickly determined that they needed additional help from the county’s Urban Search and Rescue Team, officials said.The dog was a little dirty but appeared to be unharmed. May 17, 2023. (San Bernardino County Fire Dept.)Crews managed to slip a rope around the dog and hoist it to safety. The dog was a little dirty but appeared to be unharmed. It was turned over to animal control staff to get checked out by a...

Grace Charis: How Popular Social Media Influencer Combines Juggling Entrepreneurship And Golfing

Published Mon, 03 Mar 2025 23:53:07 GMT

Popular social media influencer, Grace Charis, is the epitome of beauty. And just as well as she turns heads on and off the course, this gorgeous golf girl is also business savvy. And so far, she’s shown class in working her way around her two major interests and making a killing with both.Golfers don’t come any prettier than Grace Charis, and with her business side being top-notch, it’s plain to see that Grace is a total package of brains and gorgeous. And that must be why she’s known as ‘Your Favorite Golf Girl.’Born in Newport Beach, California, Grace is an avid golfer, influencer, and coach. And by taking advantage of social media, she’s been able to build a brand that has grown consistently over time. Since she became a professional golfer only two years ago, Grace has established herself as a brand name in the industry, collaborating with other influencers to push her career to new heights.In addition to being a golf influencer and model, the beautiful Golf Girl runs an online...

Top Sales Trainer Mitch Sapoff’s Advice For Becoming A Remote Sales Closer

Published Mon, 03 Mar 2025 23:53:07 GMT

In a cutthroat, frenetic industry – Mitch Sapoff has proven himself to be in the upper echelon sales professionals, having closed over 1000 high ticket sales in his career, fully remote.The high-performing sales coach and recruiter is the CEO of RapidCloser and founder of the RapidClose Method– a coaching program that helps sales professionals succeed in the online sales industry as “remote closers.”With his success in the sales sector, Mitch has gained the experience to offer a program for sales pros striving to become top performers. Mitch teaches his RapidClose Method to students and then helps them land top sales positions to utilize what they learned.Mitch outlines some useful advice for anyone interested in breaking into the world of high-ticket remote sales:1.   Partner up with a sales coach/trainer who actually cares about your successLearning from someone who has been in your shoes can be an invaluable resource to take your game to the next level. Having a mentor to b...