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St. Louis Board of Alderman likely to approve water rate hikes Friday morning

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:00 GMT

ST. LOUIS - The St. Louis City Board of Aldermen is poised to give final approval Friday to one of the largest city water bill increases in recent history.The board will meet at City Hall around 10 a.m. and expects to give final approval to a plan supported by a 12-2 vote last week. Before the initial vote last week, FOX 2 captured video inside a city water treatment. We captured leaking pipe and broken pumps. Woman charged with ramming, shooting thieves who stole sister’s car Curt Skouby, the city's public utilities director, tells us his department has been dipping heavily into its reserves to help keep things running. In fact, he says his reserves have dwindled from 33 million all the way down to two million. The proposed plan would increase water bills in the city by $30 a quarter come early next year.If approved, the first increase of 15 dollars would come next month, then another $15 increase would go into effect in January. Proponents of the bill say it will help with repai...

Elderly man set on fire after dispute in Red Bud, Illinois; suspect charged

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:00 GMT

RED BUD, Ill. - One man is behind bars on felony charges after he allegedly set an elderly man on fire in Red Bud, Illinois over a property dispute. Shawn Porter, 48, has been charged with aggravated battery, obstructing justice and resisting a peace officer in the investigation. Police say Porter has an extensive criminal history and was on parole at the time of the incident. Woman charged with ramming, shooting thieves who stole sister’s car The Red Bud Police Department says the dispute unfolded Wednesday evening. During the dispute, Porter reportedly poured an unknown combustible fluid onto the victim, a 76-year-old man. The victim was hospitalized in serious condition with second-degree and third-degree burns. After the dispute, Porter was engaged in a standoff with police at his home. Porter was alleged to take a hostage, which he released. He later barricaded himself in the home, and it took police several hours to deescalate the situation and arrest him. Porter was transp...

School bus drivers wanted in St. Louis, hiring fair set for Friday

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:00 GMT

ST. LOUIS - The company that provides buses for St. Louis Public Schools will host a hiring fair for bus drivers on Friday.The district replaced the First Student bus company with Missouri Central last year in wake of school bus driver shortages. Missouri Central is giving adults the chance to drive a school bus on Friday and acquire training to potentially join its fleet of school bus drivers. Woman charged with ramming, shooting thieves who stole sister’s car Organizers are making it a family-friendly event with a barbecue, music, clowns and sketch artists also on site. Anyone interested in the hiring fair can visit from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday at the Missouri Central School Bus Training Center at 6520 Manchester Avenue.

Parkway School District holds police training session on intruder situations

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:00 GMT

CHESTERFIELD, Mo. - The Parkway School District will conduct an intruder training exercise Friday at Parkway Central Middle School.The Chesterfield Police Department, the Monarch Fire Protection District and other agencies will participate in the training. Officials tell FOX 2 that many training sessions will be held around the St. Louis area this summer. Woman charged with ramming, shooting thieves who stole sister’s car The training comes after the deadly shooting at Central Visual and Performing Arts High School in St. Louis last October. One student and one teacher were killed, and several others were hurt in that shooting. Police say the training offers important information on how to respond in the case of a school shooting.

Ask Amy: Troubling encounters create social discomfort

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:00 GMT

Dear Readers: Like you, I’m often curious about what happens to the advice I offer once it leaves my desk, and so I’ve asked readers to send in “updates” to let all of us know how my advice was received, if it was followed, and how things turned out.The responses have flowed in, and I’m interested and often gratified to learn what impact this experience has had on readers.This year I celebrate my 20th year of writing this column. Publishing these updates reminds me that we have been through a lot over these past decades. Some of these updates read like postcards from old friends, and I’m happy to share them.To refresh all of our memories, I’m running the original Q&A, followed by the update.Dear Amy: My husband and I have become friends with another couple and have gotten together with them several times, either at one another’s homes or by going out.Each time, over the course of the evening, the wife begins trying to pick a fight with her husband. She speaks to him in a b...

Ukraine spy chief accuses Russia of 'mining' cooling pond at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:00 GMT

Ukraine's military intelligence chief accused Russia on Tuesday (20 June) of "mining" the cooling pond used to keep the reactors cool at the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in Ukraine's south.The vast six-reactor complex, Europe's biggest nuclear plant, has been under occupation since shortly after Moscow's forces invaded in February last year."Most terrifying is that the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant was additionally mined during that time... namely the cooling pond was mined," Kyrylo Budanov, head of the GUR agency, said on television, without providing evidence for his assertion.The two sides have accused each other of shelling the plant and its environs, and international efforts to establish a demilitarised zone around the complex have failed so far.

The 10 most expensive homes reported sold in Los Gatos in the week of May 29

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:00 GMT

A house in Los Gatos that sold for $4.4 million tops the list of the most expensive residential real estate sales in Los Gatos in the past week.In total, 13 residential real estate sales were recorded in the area during the past week, with an average price of $2.6 million, $1,381 per square foot.The prices in the list below concern real estate sales where the title was recorded during the week of May 29 even if the property may have been sold earlier.10. $2.2 million, detached house in the 100 block of Loma Alta AvenueThe sale of the single family residence in the 100 block of Loma Alta Avenue in Los Gatos has been finalized. The price was $2,150,000, and the new owners took over the house in May. The house was built in 1954 and has a living area of 996 square feet. The price per square foot was $2,159. The house features two bedrooms and two bathrooms.Loma Alta Avenue9. $2.2 million, single-family house in the 100 block of Forest Hill DriveThe 1,573 square-foot single-family reside...

On the Ground in Ukraine

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:00 GMT

This week, Russia accused Ukraine of striking a bridge that connects mainland Ukraine with the Crimean Peninsula. This is amid the emerging counteroffensive by Ukraine attempting to push back Russian troops. This week on Deconstructed, Ryan Grim is joined by Amed Khan, who has 20 years of experience funding and implementing humanitarian relief. Khan is currently based in Ukraine, where he has been seeing the war’s destruction firsthand. Grim and Khan discuss the recent developments in the war and Khan’s experiences working in Ukraine.Transcript coming soon.The post On the Ground in Ukraine appeared first on The Intercept.

Apogee Enterprises: Fiscal Q1 Earnings Snapshot

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:00 GMT

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Apogee Enterprises Inc. (APOG) on Friday reported fiscal first-quarter earnings of $23.6 million.On a per-share basis, the Minneapolis-based company said it had net income of $1.05.The glass products company posted revenue of $361.7 million in the period.Apogee Enterprises expects full-year earnings to be $4.15 to $4.45 per share.Apogee Enterprises shares have decreased nearly 2% since the beginning of the year. The stock has risen 16% in the last 12 months._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on APOG at https://www.zacks.com/ap/APOGSource

‘Will seriously hurt the District’: DC leaders react to restrictions in federal spending bill

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:00 GMT

The House Appropriations Committee received a joint letter from D.C. government officials on Thursday outlining how budget restrictions in a federal spending bill “do not make the District safer, nor do they make sound fiscal sense.”D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, Attorney General Brian Schwalb and D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson, specifically targeted the “riders” — limits on funding that change established policy — proposed in the appropriations bill for financial services and general government.The Republican-led subcommittee’s proposed bill includes long-standing federal budget restrictions on District issues like using local funds to help low-income people access abortion services, supporting D.C. needle exchange programs and creating a legal market for recreational marijuana sales.D.C. leaders said the continued marijuana regulation restriction “is actually encouraging an underground illegal market at a time when possession and use are alread...