Daily Digest: Area middle schools win at CEG’s ‘What’s So Cool About Manufacturing’ video awards show

Also: HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL: Troy edges La Salle in Collar City thriller • HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL: La Salle Institute vs. Troy (PHOTO GALLERY)

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Tuesday, April 28, 2026

Happy Tuesday! Hope everyone is having a great week. Before you head out or enjoy that morning cup of coffee or tea, check out some of the top stories on our website. Be safe and enjoy the day. — Ron Rosner, Senior Editor e-edition                            obituaries Area middle schools win at CEG’s ‘What’s So Cool About Manufacturing’ video awards show An expanded What’s So Cool About Manufacturing® (WSCM) video competition awards ceremony recently returned to Proctors, with twice as many participating middle schools and Troy Middle School winning the Outstanding Creativity award. Read more → HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL: Troy edges La Salle in Collar City thriller TROY, N.Y. — In a game that felt more like late-May than late April, Troy held off La Salle Institute for a 5–4 victory Monday at Troy High School, surviving a late rally in a contest that reached a sound level of 90+ decibels and carried a playoff-like intensity throughout. Despite being out-hit 10–4, the […] Read more → HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL: La Salle Institute vs. Troy (PHOTO GALLERY) TROY, N.Y. — The Troy Flying Horses defeated the La Salle Institute Cadets, 5-4, in a high school softball game, on Monday, April 27, 2026, at Troy High School, in Troy, N.Y. (Mike Gwizdala – MediaNews Group). Read more → Pentagon can require reporters to be escorted during appeal process, judges rule The panel granted the government’s request to suspend an April 9 decision. Read more → Inside the world’s largest art heist when over $500M of paintings were stolen from a Boston museum Former FBI agent details how criminals pulled off the $500M Boston museum art heist Read more → Camera trap shows Sumatra orangutan using a canopy bridge to cross a public road in Indonesia Rapid development has been shrinking the jungle habitat of the critically endangered species. Read more → Baby on board: Paramedics help passenger give birth just before Delta flight lands The baby came two weeks ahead of schedule, and the plane 20 minutes early. Read more → ‘Dances With Wolves’ actor Nathan Chasing Horse sentenced to life in prison for sexual assault The sentencing wraps a yearslong effort to prosecute the former actor. Read more → Former Alabama tackle pleads guilty to defrauding investors using wigs to impersonate NFL players Luther Davis wore disguises on multiple video calls with investors in 2024. Read more → National parks brace for summer surge as Trump administration proposes more staff cuts There’s concern over the parks’ capacity for emergency response, protection of the landscape and maintenance. Read more → Iraq’s dominant bloc taps newcomer Ali al-Zaidi for prime minister after weeks of wrangling Al-Zaidi, a political newcomer, emerged as a compromise candidate. Read more →

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