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Gov. Mike Parson hosting final prayer breakfast today

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:29:49 GMT

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Governor Mike Parson hosts his final prayer breakfast for state lawmakers Thursday.The annual interfaith event is at 7:00 a.m. Thursday at the Capitol Plaza Hotel in Jefferson City. State lawmakers met for a prayer service Wednesday morning before the start of the 2024 legislative session. Missouri expecting two rounds of winter weather With more than a dozen legislators running for higher office, priorities like education reform, changes to the initiative petition process, and expanding access to childcare could face challenges in finding bipartisan approval.

Hearing scheduled for Thomas Kinworthy in murder of Ofc. Tamarris Bohannon

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:29:49 GMT

ST. LOUIS - The man charged in the death of St. Louis Police Officer Tamarris Bohannon has a scheduled court date for Thursday.Thomas Kinworthy faces murder and other charges. Officer Bohannon was shot and killed in 2020 while responding to a call at a home in south St. Louis. Police search for man missing from closed nursing home Kinworthy is scheduled for a hearing on Thursday. His trial is set to begin on January 16.

Fire damages home in St. Clair County, Illinois

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:29:49 GMT

ST. CLAIR COUNTY, Ill. - A house fire has been reported in St. Clair County, just outside of Collinsville.This is on Arlington Avenue. Smoke can still be seen billowing up as firefighters are working to get that fire put out completely. Missouri expecting two rounds of winter weather This fire started just before 4:00 a.m. The house is extremely damaged. There is no word on any injuries. Our Nissan Rogue Runner reporter, Nic Lopez, captured footage of the scene. FOX 2 will update this story with more information as it becomes available.

St. Louis County offering lead poison testing after cinnamon applesauce pouch recall

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:29:49 GMT

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. - Following the recent recall of certain cinnamon applesauce pouches linked to lead poisoning cases, the St. Louis County Department of Public Health is taking proactive measures to ensure the safety and health of residents.The recalled cinnamon applesauce products include Wanabana apple cinnamon fruit puree pouches, Schnucks-brand cinnamon-flavored applesauce pouches, and Weis-brand cinnamon applesauce pouches. Missouri expecting two rounds of winter weather All three county health centers are available for walk-in lead screenings. Testing will be billed to insurance and for those who are uninsured, screenings will cost 29 dollars.

Woman arrested for cutting man during fight, goes to laundromat for help

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:29:49 GMT

ST. LOUIS - A woman was arrested Thursday morning after police say she cut a man's hand during a fight at a home.It happened around 1:30 on Goodfellow Boulevard near Lena Avenue in the Walnut Park West neighborhood. Police search for man missing from closed nursing home The woman was still carrying a knife covered in blood when she showed up at a nearby laundromat, asking people to call 911. She went back to the home, where police arrested her.

Denver begins cleanup of Zuni Street encampment, transports migrants to shelters and housing

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:29:49 GMT

A fence enclosed the hundreds of tents lining the blocks around Zuni Street and Speer Boulevard on Wednesday morning as Denver police guarded the area and outreach workers helped the migrants who have been living there get ready to leave.The city of Denver on Wednesday began the process of shutting down the makeshift campsite that first popped up in October, busing the Venezuelan migrants who had subsisting on the streets to large shelter spaces or apartment units.People packed their belongings into big yellow trash bags, some taking their tents with them, others leaving them behind. Workers called it “organized chaos” as they figured out where to send everyone — though a tent that caught fire early Wednesday morning briefly paused that work.In October, the number of asylum seekers who came to Denver rose significantly, reaching a peak at the time of 3,000. But the numbers haven’t slowed, and as of Wednesday afternoon, 4,394 migrants were staying in city shel...

United submits first plans for 113 acres purchased near DIA

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:29:49 GMT

United Airlines wants to have the first facility on a 113-acre site it purchased near Denver International Airport up and running by fall 2027, according to plans submitted to the city.The company and ZGF Architects said in a “large development review” document submitted to Denver in late December that “an immediate need exists to establish a new simulator building, supporting approximately 12 full flight simulators” on the site northwest of Tower Road and 64th Avenue.It’s that building that the company hopes to have operational three-and-a-half years from now.United announced in August that it had paid $33 million to buy the undeveloped land from Denver-based L.C. Fulenwider Inc.United already trains pilots in Denver. Its existing flight training center is located on about 22 acres along Quebec Street in Central Park, near where Denver’s Stapleton Airport used to be. That campus is “the primary pilot training facility for United’s global operations” and trains 16,500 pilots annuall...

Colorado’s quiet killer: Alcohol ends more lives than overdoses, but there’s been no intervention

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:29:49 GMT

Colorado consistently has one of the worst rates of drinking-related death in the country, but alcohol hasn’t gotten nearly the attention devoted to other drugs. In this four-part series, The Denver Post investigated why so many Coloradans are dying from drinking, and what the state could do in an effort to reduce the number of people lost.By the most conservative measures, alcohol kills nearly as many Coloradans as drug overdoses. When counting deaths from chronic conditions caused and worsened by alcohol, drinking’s toll far exceeds that of illicit drugs.Deaths from drinking shot up since 2018, but during that time, Colorado didn’t take steps designed to change that trajectory, like raising alcohol taxes. The only major changes in liquor laws during that time expanded where residents could buy alcohol.The months-long investigation included interviews with dozens of experts, families that lost loved ones, people in recovery from alcohol addiction and groups trying...

Colorado alcohol deaths surged 60% in 4 years, but there’s been no public outcry or push to save lives

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:29:49 GMT

Fatal drug overdoses had been slowly rising for a decade, but when the number of Coloradans killed by fentanyl soared during the first two years of the pandemic, state leaders, law enforcement officials, public health managers — even ordinary people — called for drastic action.Hoping to stem the loss of life, lawmakers took the controversial step in 2022 of making it a felony to possess even a small amount of fentanyl, the synthetic opioid responsible for most of the state’s fatal overdoses.Schools and colleges began stocking the overdose-reversal medication naloxone. Families and friends of people killed by fentanyl rallied for more treatment resources. Nonprofits conducted educational campaigns about the dangers of counterfeit medications, advising “one pill can kill.”Colorado’s quiet killerAlcohol-related deaths in Colorado spiked during the pandemic, and the state ranks as one of the worst for deaths due to drinking. In this four-part series, ...

Turning skiers into soldiers: New exhibit tells the singular story of Colorado’s 10th Mountain Division

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:29:49 GMT

The saga of the 10th Mountain Division “ski troops” who trained for mountain warfare at Camp Hale near Leadville during World War II, and their subsequent combat heroism in northern Italy, has been told many times through movies and books.The Colorado Snowsports Museum in Vail has helped keep their memories alive for five decades with artifacts, dioramas, photos and films, in part because 10th Mountain veterans helped found dozens of U.S. ski areas after the war including Arapahoe Basin, Aspen and Vail. In fact, Camp Hale is only 10 miles south of Vail. Last year President Biden visited the site when he formally designated it the Camp Hale-Continental Divide National Monument.But there is still more to tell, and it is on display in a new 5,000-square-foot exhibition, which opened in November on Veterans Day, at the History Colorado Center in downtown Denver. “Winter Warriors: The 10th Mountain Division in World War II” is the first exhibit set in History Colo...