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Crews respond to fire at 'Sk8 Liborius' skate park

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:36:03 GMT

ST. LOUIS - St. Louis City firefighters battle a huge fire overnight at an old north city Catholic Church that was turned into an indoor skate park. The fire was so intense that the embers spread to a building two blocks away.What's left of the old St. Liborius Church is 'Sk8 Liborius,' on the Hogan and North Market streets, until the huge fire gutted the building overnight. Fire crews are still dousing the building with water hours now after the original fire started.Crews got the call around 10:45 p.m. The fire quickly grew into four alarms with many crews responding to the scene. St. Louis Fire Chief Dennis Jenkerson shared that it is a very large building and embers were blowing everywhere. 2nd Missouri man sentenced in death of woman who was caged, dismembered Jenkerson also said in addition to fighting the flames, crews were also dousing nearby buildings including newer homes to make sure the embers did not catch those structures on fire. Jenkerson told FOX 2 that the fire s...

Heat Advisory in effect Thursday and Friday, possible showers by weekend

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:36:03 GMT

St. Louis weather from Meteorologist Angela Hutti:ST. LOUIS - A Heat Advisory is in effect for Thursday and Friday as temperatures climb to near 100 in Missouri. Heat index values could be 105 to 110. Scattered storms in Illinois will cut down the heat a bit in areas east of St. Louis Clusters of strong to severe storms are expected to ride along the ridge of hot air Thursday. The ridge runners can be notoriously hard to pin down, but they are expected to drop out of Iowa into central and then southern Illinois. Storms may bring damaging winds, hail, and the possibility of tornadoes northeast of St. Louis.  St. Louis radar: See a map of current weather here We do this all again on Friday, but where storms hit the heat won’t be as high.  As we head into Saturday, a more widespread chance of showers and storms erodes the big heat. More comfortable Sunday, but with a chance of afternoon storms. 

St. Louis aldermen discussing Proposition S and red tape today

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:36:03 GMT

ST. LOUIS - St. Louis aldermen tackle a couple of key issues Thursday. A committee will discuss how to spend money from Proposition S. Voters approved the measure last August. It allows the city and schools to borrow $160 million to renovate St. Louis Public Schools without raising taxes. St. Louis man drowns at Johnson’s Shut-Ins State Park Also Thursday, a special committee will hear ideas on reducing rules for small businesses. The Institute of Justice will explain why they think red tape and regulations hinder small businesses.

Funeral for fallen firefighter Lloyd Ruediger taking place today

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:36:03 GMT

BERGER, Mo. - The funeral for fallen firefighter Lloyd Ruediger takes place Thursday. He died Monday after responding to a house fire the night before. He was 84 years old. 2nd Missouri man sentenced in death of woman who was caged, dismembered He served for 59 years in the New Haven-Berger Fire Department. His funeral is at 11:00 a.m. at St. Paul's Church in Berger.Governor Mike Parson ordered flags at half staff Thursday at fire houses across the state. Backstoppers is now assisting Ruediger's family.

Chicken tenders lead to conviction of ex-school food chief in bribery case

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:36:03 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — A man who oversaw food service for New York City schools was convicted Wednesday in a bribery case that picked apart how chicken tenders riddled with bone and bits of metal were served for months in the nation's biggest public school system.Former city Department of Education official Eric Goldstein and three men who founded a school food vendor — Blaine Iler, Michael Turley and Brian Twomey — were found guilty of bribery, conspiracy and other charges after a monthlong trial.Eric Goldstein, Chief Executive, Office of School Support Services, New York City Department of Education, speaks during a discussion with other school leaders and experts surrounding school nutrition in an event in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex, May 27, 2014. Goldstein, who oversaw food service for New York City schools, was convicted Wednesday, June 28, 2023, in a bribery case that picked apart how chicken tenders riddled with bone and bits of metal were s...

Bay Area travelers will join 5 million Californians on the move for July 4

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:36:03 GMT

Dominican University nursing student Marissa Colombo of Pacifica pumps exactly $40 of gas into her car at the Arco gas station in Mill Valley on Tuesday, June 27, 2023. Colombo said she used to put in $35 each time she stopped for fuel to stay within her budget but now has to spend $40 because fuel prices have risen. (Sherry LaVars/Marin Independent Journal)Drivers wait in line to get fuel the Arco gas station in Mill Valley on Tuesday, June 27, 2023. (Sherry LaVars/Marin Independent Journal)Kent and Katie Philpott of San Rafael fill up their car with fuel at the Valero gas station in San Rafael on Tuesday, June 27, 2023. The Philpotts say the are not traveling this 4th of July weekend and will probably be going to the Marin County Fair. (Sherry LaVars/Marin Independent Journal)Rick Manibusan of Vallejo removes the nozzle from his car after filling up with gas at a Chevron gas station in Novato on Tuesday, June 27, 2023. (Sherry LaVars/Marin Independent Journal)Show Caption of Expan...

Opinion: If lab leak led to COVID, there are truths we must not ignore

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:36:03 GMT

Since 2019 when COVID-19 emerged in China, scientists worldwide have been trying to ascertain the origin of the virus.The two major theories are a natural spillover from bats to an animal source and then to humans or a laboratory accident. A related question is whether the virus emerged from nature or was the result of human-made genetic manipulation.Until recently, although no animal intermediary between virus-carrying bats and humans has been identified, Chinese scientists and many of their Western counterparts, including prominent American researchers, argued that animals transmitted the virus to humans. They downplayed the lab leak theory and essentially dismissed the possibility that the virus was engineered rather than a creation of nature.In the past year as the pandemic wound down, the theory of an animal vector has been met with increasing skepticism. Many in the scientific community, as well as some in U.S. intelligence circles, do not buy the remarkable coincidence that t...

‘This needs to get out of our library’: New policy on explicit books, materials proposed in Temecula schools

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:36:03 GMT

“If there are minors in this audience,” Joseph Komrosky said. “I highly suggest you leave.”The Temecula school board president then read excerpts containing profanity, graphic descriptions of sex acts and vulgar references to women from the award-winning novel “Push” at the board’s Tuesday, June 27, meeting.RELATED: Temecula school board hires firm for $50,000 to find new superintendentWhen he was done, Komrosky said: “This is extremely evil. If you can’t see it for what it is, I don’t know what else to tell you. This needs to get out of our library.”Komrosky’s comments came during a discussion of a proposed change to Temecula Valley Unified School District policy that would bar “pornography, erotica, graphic descriptions of violence (including sexual violence), inappropriate vulgarity or profanity, or other obscene material” from the district’s “education program (and) all of its instructional materials.”While the board’s conservative majority supports the change to better shield c...

Barabak: Deceitful Kari Lake now will have to defend her lies in court

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:36:03 GMT

Ever since her clear and unequivocal loss in the race for Arizona governor, Kari Lake has traveled the country posing and strutting like a conquering hero.As a candidate, the former Fox TV anchorwoman was all in on former President Trump and his Big Lie about the 2020 election being stolen. Her brazen duplicity is probably what cost Lake the gubernatorial contest in November.But in characteristic fashion, she’s refused to acknowledge defeat, filing a lawsuit — since thrown out of court — and widely peddling false claims about voter fraud and other conspiratorial flimflam.Her actions are both amoral and unoriginal. Once Lake read from a TelePrompTer; now she parrots Trump.Happily, she lost her election bid.Now, she may face legal repercussions.Last week, a top election official in Arizona, Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer, filed a defamation lawsuit against his fellow Republican, saying Lake’s blatant lies have cost him friends and lifelong relationships. Her malicious incitem...

A new spin on an old crime: Arrests made in jukebox burglaries in Southern California

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:36:03 GMT

Today’s jukeboxes aren’t what they once were.No longer do you drop in a coin, press a couple of buttons and watch as a vinyl record is mechanically placed onto a turntable. Now, jukeboxes are wall-mounted digital devices where customers tap a touchscreen and feed money or a credit card into a machine — or use an app to select and pay for songs that are stored on a hard drive or the internet.But one thing hasn’t changed: Jukeboxes still hold money and therefore attract the attention of thieves.The El Patron restaurant in Riverside was one of several eateries with jukeboxes targeted by burglars during a multi-county crime spree early in 2023. In June, authorities arrested two men who they believe are responsible for some 28 break-ins of businesses. (Brian Rokos, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG) That became apparent when early this year, Riverside police detectives noticed a trend of restaurants, bars and even a golf course pro shop and veterinary hospital being burglarized, with jukebo...