The Port of Albany has just spent a record $4.5 million on one of the world's largest crains. The new crain will be able to handle over 144 tons. When combined with the other cranes, the Port of Albany can now handle loads of up to 225 tons at once.
The massive crane replaces dated construction crane from the 1970s, for the...
A local Syracuse 7-Eleven cashier just had the most embarrassing night of his life. At about 4am, a 15-year-old entered the 7-Eleven store on Valley Drive pointing what looked like a handgun and demanding cash.
The frightened cashier turned over all the cash, Syracuse Detective George Hack recently commented in a press release. Police weren't able to confirm exactly how...
The Rock Hill Fire Department just completed an impressive new museum in downtown that's dedicated to the RHFD. It's centerpiece is a full-restored 1924 original firetruck that was one of the first motorized vehicle the department used.
The museum's website states that they "plan to incorporate the past, present, and future of the Rock Hill Fire Department into a museum that has a interactive...
For most people, going to a bar on St. Patrick's Day means green beer and Irish music.
For for this group of people, however, it was just another Tuesday night of worshiping Jesus;
The group calls themselves "Unite 2 Ignite", and they intentionally meet in public places during the week and on Saturdays to share their faith with the city and encourage all churches...
A major housing development is about to be built in the heart of Oakland.
Carmel Partners has proposed a massive mid-rise apartment complex with over 300 units. The sale price for the land alone topped $20 million.
The Oakland housing market has seen increasing growth of it's population, and except for the 3,100-unit Brooklyn Basin development, there isn't much more housing development currently underway...
The corner of Canal and LaSalle streets saw some major devastation in the wake of Hurrican Katrina, but one man now wants to undo the damage.
Local New Orleans developer Joseph Jaeger purchased the historic Jung Hotel, and connected buildings in October 2007, and has just announced an unprecedented $130 million redevelopment project for the site.
The Jung Hotel first opened its doors in...
A Fresno man has just been caught with a stolen car, in spite of his attempts to hide himself by spray-painting his head. suspected of stealing a car spray-painted his head black in an attempt to evade police in Central California.
The Fresno Bee just reported that Jose Espinoza spray-painted his entire head black, then ran from police after being caught with...
In 1780 (5 years after Mecklenburg declared it's independence), William Richardson Davie and 150 American patriots set up camp around the courthouse at Trade and Tryon to wait for the invading British army led by Lord Cornwallis.
On September 26th, the entire British army confronted the militia at the courthouse. Davie and his men were outnumbered almost 10 to 1 when he told the militia to...
The Obama administration recently proposed a major plan to begin oil drilling operations off the coast of Georgia.
Megan Desrosiers, from the One Hundred Miles conservation organization, recently commented,“Pollution from everyday oil leaks and spills and from noise stemming from the drilling impact the commercial and recreational offshore fishing industry and endangered wildlife, such as the North Atlantic right whale, which visits Georgia...
Mercer County is rallying its citizens to clean up the streets, highways, and parks of the region. They will be launching a historic 40-day litter cleanup campaign starting on Friday, March 20th and going to April 30th.
They will be calling the regional blitz, “Love Where You Live — Keep Mercer Clean”. It will asking citizens to adopt a location, highway, or street...