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Fire damages 3 vacant houses in north St. Louis, crews investigating

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:46:00 GMT

ST. LOUIS - An intense overnight fire guts a vacant home in north St. Louis and threatens two other buildings on both sides of the one that caught fire.Luckily, no injuries have been reported. Crews arrived to find no one in the home where the fire started and firefighters stayed outside of the vacant home where the fire was because of safety concerns.Firefighters got the call right around 2:00 a.m. The fire happened on the 5000 of Kensington, just off North Kingshighway, in the Lewis Park neighborhood of north St. Louis.Besides getting the main fire out, one of the additional priorities for firefighters was to try and keep the flames from spreading to two other vacant homes that were very close to the one that was burning. They kept the flames away from one of the other empty homes. The other one also sustained some damage. Argument over ex-girlfriend leads to fight, shooting at Black Jack apartment FOX 2 spoke with Battalion Chief Mike Kilingsworth about what crews were up again...

First woman-owned 'Sugarfire Smokehouse' opening today in Florissant

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:46:00 GMT

FLORISSANT, Mo. - 'Sugarfire Smokehouse' is opening a new restaurant in Florissant and it's their first woman-owned location.It's located at 1290 North Highway 67, near UMSL. It's the 14th Sugarfire restaurant and the first one in north county. Parallels between a 1994 St. Louis plane crash and recent Japan airline tragedy Owner and founder Charlie Downs says the Florissant restaurant is "a culmination of all the hard work and dedication that each of these women has put into our business for nearly a decade." A portion of the proceeds from opening day will be donated to 'Hogs for the Cause,' a non-profit that works to fight pediatric brain cancer and support families that are receiving ongoing cancer treatment.

Police: 32-year-old missing since New Year's Eve

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:46:00 GMT

WARRENTON, Mo. - Police need help finding a missing man from Warrenton who could be in danger.Police say Aron Schmidt was last seen in Warrenton on New Year's Eve. He was last seen wearing a blue t-shirt, light blue jeans, and no shoes. Parallels between a 1994 St. Louis plane crash and recent Japan airline tragedy Aron is 32 years old, 5'6, and weighs 200 lbs. with brown hair and brown eyes. Warrenton police say anyone with information should call them at FOX 2 will update this story with more information as it becomes available.

2024 Missouri legislature opens today

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:46:00 GMT

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - The new session of the Missouri legislature opens Wednesday.There's a legislative prayer service Wednesday morning in Jefferson City before the session begins. Some of the issues in this election year are whether to approve sports betting. Argument over ex-girlfriend leads to fight, shooting at Black Jack apartment Republicans also want to make it harder to change the constitution through ballot initiatives. That's how marijuana was legalized.There are petitions now to make abortion legal in Missouri. Other issues are expanding charter schools and child care.

Daniel Riley court hearing taking place today

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:46:00 GMT

ST. LOUIS - The man charged with hitting Janae Edmondson has another court date set for Wednesday morning.Daniel Riley faces five charges in the crash at 11th Street and St. Charles. He pleaded not guilty. Argument over ex-girlfriend leads to fight, shooting at Black Jack apartment A counsel status hearing is set for Wednesday. Riley is scheduled to go on trial on April 4.          

Colorado House Republican leader Mike Lynch joins Lauren Boebert in bid for Buck’s seat in Congress

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:46:00 GMT

Colorado House Minority Leader Mike Lynch on Wednesday will officially toss his cowboy hat into the ring for the congressional seat being vacated by U.S. Rep. Ken Buck.The second-term state representative and former U.S. Army officer is one of the highest-ranking elected Republicans in Colorado. He joins a crowded field for a rare open seat in Congress — a fray also joined last week by U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert, a Republican who’s seeking to switch districts.The 4th Congressional District covers much of the Eastern Plains and curves around most of metro Denver, though it includes nearly all of Douglas County to the south. It’s the most staunchly Republican congressional district in the state.Related ArticlesPolitics | Gun owners and conservative groups file lawsuit against Colorado’s new ghost-gun law Politics | A timeline of what’s happened since Colorado’s first legal recreational marijuana sales began Politics | ...

Klay Thompson shares conversation with Kerr that ‘changed my whole mindset’

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:46:00 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO — Klay Thompson shared a contemplative moment about his up-and-down season after the Warriors’ win against the Orlando Magic on Tuesday night.Amid on-court chemistry issues team leaders say is contributing to their inconsistencies this year, Thompson and coach Steve Kerr sat down to discuss the 33-year-old veteran’s sour mood on the bench and put his career, and his role on this team, into perspective.“That helped me relax a lot. Sometimes I forget just how successful and how lucky I’ve been to be part of championship teams and all-star games and gold medals,” Thompson said. “And when you want to get back to that level so badly, you can get in your own way rather than forcing it.”Thompson has been benched in crunch time twice this year due to poor shot selection and a hyper-focus on getting back to his old self that dates back to last year in his first full season since returning from ACL and Achilles injuries. Kerr, Step...

Man dies after crawling inside engine of San Francisco-bound Delta jet at Salt Lake City airport

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:46:00 GMT

By Pete Muntean and Lauren Koenig | CNNPolice in Utah are investigating the death of a man who crawled into the engine of a Delta Air Lines jet on the ground at Salt Lake City International Airport late Monday.The airport says the 30-year-old man got onto the secure ramp area of the airport through a terminal emergency exit, “ran to the south end of the airport’s west runway where deicing operations were underway and crawled into an aircraft engine that was not running.”Emergency responders found the man “unconscious and were not able to revive him,” the airport said. “It is unclear at this time what injuries caused the man’s death.”The man has been identified as Kyler Efinger, a resident of Park City, Utah, according to the Salt Lake City Police Department.Efinger had a boarding pass for a flight to Denver, the department said.Delta Air Lines says Flight 2348 — an Airbus A220 about to depart for San Francisco — then returned to the gate, where all 95 passengers deplaned. The flight...

New Year’s Eve bomb a dud on Santa Cruz County beach

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:46:00 GMT

PAJARO DUNES — The Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office bomb squad kicked into gear over the weekend after a potentially life-threatening rusty lump of metal washed ashore.Leading up to the New Year’s Eve day discovery, the Pajaro Dunes, as with much of the Santa Cruz County coast, were pounded with high surf and rains in the past week. Short-term evacuation warnings for the area were issued Thursday morning and again on Friday night.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | Driver who rammed Rose Parade barriers had previous arrests, mental health issues, officials say Crime and Public Safety | Former newspaper columnist sues California sheriff’s department over son’s jail suicide Crime and Public Safety | Capitola woman’s boyfriend arrested after human remains found in East Bay park Crime and Public Safety | Disaster avoided at Rose Parade after driver smashes through barrier Crime and Public Safety | S...

How ‘Boys in the Boat’ star Callum Turner tackled the film’s Olympian challenge

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:46:00 GMT

When Joe Rantz was four years old, his mother died. While Rantz was still a teen, his father and stepmother, viewing him as one extra mouth to feed, abandoned him at the start of the Great Depression. But Rantz persevered, living in an unfinished house and making his way through high school and to the University of Washington, where he studied engineering. Needing money for his tuition, Rantz learned he could earn enough and gain a place to live if he could make the school’s crew team. Although he’d never rowed before, Rantz made the team and was a crucial member of an underdog squad that not only won national titles but also earned a gold medal in Berlin at the 1936 Olympics – stunning Adolf Hitler and the world. The story, which is based on Daniel James Brown’s nonfiction bestseller of the same name, provides the basis for George Clooney’s latest film, “The Boys in the Boat,” a story of American grit and perseverance against overwhelming odds, which goes wide in theaters on Decemb...