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Original Power Ranger talks 30 years of hit kids show with NEWS10

Published Mon, 03 Mar 2025 16:40:48 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- It's been 30 years since the hit kids show the original "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers" hit the airwaves, and now, a new Netflix special is currently streaming.On Saturday, September 2, Walter Emanuel Jones, who played Zack Taylor, the original Black Ranger, will be at Heroes Hideout in Colonie Center from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. to meet with fans to sign autographs and take photos. Get the latest news, weather, sports and more delivered right to your inbox! The actor stopped by the NEWS10 studios on Friday to reminisce about what made the show a long standing success."The Power Rangers taught a lot of kids valuable lessons about how to grow up and what kind of person to be," he said. "I like to think, if you throw a rock in the water, it creates ripples. This show created positive ripples around the world in 40 countries."Jones will be joined by his costar from the Netflix special "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once & Always" Catherine Sutherland, who played ...

Alton stadium restrictions keeps fans on fence line, rooftops

Published Mon, 03 Mar 2025 16:40:48 GMT

ALTON, Ill. - High school football games on both sides of the Missouri River are under tight security after multiple fights inside schools earlier this week. In Alton, there are tight restrictions in place for the Redbirds' home opener.Cassie Corzine's son plays football and it's his first home game."I'm nervous about being at this game right now and for my son," Corzine said.Security surrounds the stadium, as additional Alton police officers and Madison County deputies are present. Additional security was put in place after multiple fights at Alton High School on Wednesday. Hundreds of flimsy stop signs failing across St. Louis "It's a damper on everything, but I do agree with the whole safety thing," Corzine said. "With everything that went down, it was pretty intense."Corzine is allowed inside Friday night's game, but not everyone is. The school restricted the game to the immediate family of players, band, cheerleaders, and staff members only."I wish other people could come wat...

Pattonville schools adjusts football game security after chaos

Published Mon, 03 Mar 2025 16:40:48 GMT

MARYLAND HEIGHTS, Mo. -- The Pattonville High School football team returned to its home field Friday, following a chaotic end to last week’s contest.  Students and families started running from the stands last week.  Administrators said a group of students was asked to leave but started running.  Police determined the rumors of gunfire were unfounded.   School district officials did not take the chaos lightly.  Earlier in the week, Superintendent Barry Nelson told FOX 2 the district would be implementing new safety protocols after evaluating whether any changes could reduce the possibility of more chaos.  Hundreds of flimsy stop signs failing across St. Louis Some of the changes include floodlights in the parking lot, moving the stadium security checkpoint in front of the ticketing gate, evaluating the positioning of security inside the stadium and issuing wristbands with colors corresponding to the team fans support.   “It’s good to have the heightened security measures, but I di...

First responders rescuing man and child from a Missouri bluff

Published Mon, 03 Mar 2025 16:40:48 GMT

DE SOTO, Mo. -- First responders are currently working to rescue a man and child from a bluff in Washington State Park. Crews are on the scene, going overland and on the Big River to try and rescue them. We're still working to learn more about the victim's conditions.

FOX 2 gets problem tree removed after 3-year ordeal

Published Mon, 03 Mar 2025 16:40:48 GMT

ST. LOUIS -- A west St. Louis Resident has been fighting for three years to get the St. Louis Forestry Department to cut down a city owned tree in front of her house on Waterman Street.The City inspected the tree in 2020 said it was dead and would be taken down in six to nine months. The tree is still standing three years later."I'm just disheartened and disappointed. I'm at a road block. I've talked to everyone that I can from the superintendent on up to the mayor's office and the buck just keeps getting passed," said Olivia Pruitt-Payne.Pruitt-Payne worries about the tree falling on her house in a storm. She’s had some real reminders of the dangers along the way."My son is hearing impaired and one day we were walking out the door and a tree fell behind him, and he didn’t know it. I heard it," said Pruitt-Payne.Pruitt-Payne told Elliott Davis that wasn't the only incident, "In the last severe windstorm, it hit the shingles right on the first landing. They came out and removed the t...

Scorching hot Denver sets record-high temp with 99 degree mark

Published Mon, 03 Mar 2025 16:40:48 GMT

September weather in Denver is off to a red hot, record breaking start.Denver hit a record high temperature at 2:57 p.m. Friday, Sept. 1, with a 99 degree reading at Denver International Airport, according to the National Weather Service.The previous record-high temp for the date, 98 degrees, was set in 2019. The forecast high for the city on Saturday is 96 degrees. The record-high temp for Denver on Sept. 2 is 100 degrees, also set in 2019.New Record high temperature for Denver today of 99 degrees. #cowx pic.twitter.com/Ax1m9IdGbw— NWS Boulder (@NWSBoulder) September 1, 2023 

LAPD investigating after woman is attacked at Union Station

Published Mon, 03 Mar 2025 16:40:48 GMT

The Los Angeles Police Department is investigating after a University of Southern California graduate student was viciously attacked at Union Station in downtown Los Angeles on Wednesday. Surveillance video from the metro train station showed a suspect attacking Anna S. from behind and hitting her over the head while she was waiting for her train to arrive around 5 p.m. The impact of the punch knocked her out and she didn’t know what happened to her. “Something struck me in the head,” Anna said. “I blacked out. I wasn’t sure what happened, if it happened just to me or to everybody around me. I was confused.”Several witnesses shared what happened and she reported the attack to an Amtrak police officer who was able to retrieve the surveillance and confirm that she was hit over the head.Anna, who lives an hour and a half away in Orange County and commutes to school using public transit, says she is unsure about whether she should continue using public transportation due to sa...

Thief escapes with $1,000 bottle of liquor during violent confrontation at Calabasas shop

Published Mon, 03 Mar 2025 16:40:48 GMT

Security video captured a thief escaping with a $1,000 bottle of liquor during a violent confrontation at a Calabasas liquor store.The theft took place on Thursday at Malibu Liquor and Wine on the 4900 block of Las Virgenes Road around 8:19 p.m., according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.Video shows after a brief confrontation with the store owners near the entrance, the suspect grabs a trashcan to prop himself up to reach above a display shelf.The man quickly grabs a box containing an expensive liquor, worth about $1,000, according to the store owner, before running towards the exit.As the suspect tries exiting the shop, one of the shop owners attempts to stop him while grabbing him. During the scuffle, the suspects drops the box of liquor on the ground. He quickly pulls out a knife from his pocket and brandishes it at the owner.Security video captured a thief escaping with a $1,000 bottle of liquor during a violent confrontation at a liquor store in Calabasas on Aug...

4 arrested after stealing thousands worth of merchandise, threatening to pepper spray employee

Published Mon, 03 Mar 2025 16:40:48 GMT

Four people were arrested by Los Angeles Police Department officers after they allegedly stole $5000 worth of merchandise from a store and threatened employees that confronted them.It happened Friday around 10:20 a.m. at a WSS Shoe Store on the 1600 block of W. 7th Street in the Westlake neighborhood.According to LAPD officials, two men and two teen girls entered the store and filled up bags with thousands worth of merchandise and began heading for the exit. Store security apparently confronted them as they were trying to leave, at which point one of the girls pulled out a can of pepper spray and threatened to use it if they were stopped.Photos shared by the Rampart division of the Los Angeles Police Department shows the thousands of dollars worth of merchandise stolen from a shoe store in Westlake on Sept. 1, 2023. (LAPD)Security let the thieves go on foot and then immediately contacted police.Dispatchers referred to the group as "assault suspect," LAPD officials said on X, the soc...

Marte delivers clutch hit as the Reds rally in 9th to beat the Cubs, earning a doubleheader split

Published Mon, 03 Mar 2025 16:40:48 GMT

CINCINNATI (AP) — Noelvi Marte’ s two-out single in the ninth drove in the winning run as the Cincinnati Reds rallied for a 3-2 win over the Chicago Cubs and a split of the Friday doubleheader between the playoff contenders.Nick Martini homered off Cubs closer Adbert Alzolay (2-5) with one out in the ninth to tie the game. Christian Encarnacion-Strand followed with a single. Pinch-runner Stuart Fairchild stole second, went to third on an errant throw by catcher Yan Gomes and then scored easily on Marte’s sharp hit up the middle.Chicago won the first game 6-2 with Cody Bellinger driving in three runs and rookie right-hander Jordan Wicks turning in another quality start.The Cubs began the late game in second place in the NL Central behind Milwaukee and holding onto the second NL wild card. The Reds were in third place in the division and battling the Giants, Diamondbacks and Marlins for the third and final wild-card slot.Bellinger, as he did in the first game, opened the s...