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Hurricane Idalia threatening Florida, impacting Southwest flights

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:41:56 GMT

ST. LOUIS - The now-category four Hurricane Idalia is moving closer to Florida, and it's having some impacts at home. Organizations from the area are already preparing to help in its aftermath.Ten flights are cancelled right now and those are all Southwest flights heading into Florida. St. Louis Lambert International Airport was taking flights to Tampa, Jacksonville, and Orlando.The hurricane seen can be seen from the International Space Station.Idalia strengthed to a category three hurricane around 2:00 a.m. The system has now grown into a category four storm as people are bracing for it to make landfall. Hurricane Idalia is now turning roads into rivers in communities along Florida's gulf coast. The governor and FEMA officials told people along low-lying coastal areas to evacuate. Four St. Louis restaurants among USA Today’s ‘Top 100 budget eats’ There's been a lot of traffic jams leading up to Idalia's arrival. The National Hurricane Center warning of catastrophic impacts from...

Counterterrorism training continuing today in St. Charles County

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:41:56 GMT

ST. CHARLES COUNTY, Mo. - Trying to make sure first responders are ready in case the St. Louis region is targeted in a major attack is the goal of the multi-day counterterrorism training taking place this week in the area.The St. Charles Convention Center is where a lot of the classroom training for this project is taking place. It started Tuesday and continues through Thursday.The training is being put on by the 'Readiness Lab.' That's a St. Charles group which trains agencies for various emergency situations. Search for gunman after Ferguson police chief’s niece killed Here is a look at what this 3-day training covers:It addresses many areas including evacuation procedures, crisis messaging, counterterrorism measures, security protocols, mass care management, and medical response in emergencies.There are a lot of groups taking part in the training. They include the Department of Homeland Security, the DEA, the National Guard, local police, and fire departments.Washington Univers...

PETA protesting 'cruel treatment' of Anheuser-Busch Clydesdales

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:41:56 GMT

ST. LOUIS - PETA supporters will be outside the Budweiser Brew House in Ballpark Village during Wednesday afternoon's game. They're urging the beer maker to stop severing the tailbones of the Clydesdales.PETA is investigating Anheuser-Busch, saying the removal of the horses' tails leaves them unable to fend off disease-spreading insects. Four St. Louis restaurants among USA Today’s ‘Top 100 budget eats’ In a statement, PETA's Senior Vice President Kathy Guillermo said, "Budweiser has turned the Clydesdales into insect buffets, causing them extreme physical pain and stress. PETA is calling on Budweiser to back off and let the Clydesdales keep their tails."Anheuser-Busch responded to complaints from PETA back in February, explaining that the safety and wellbeing of the Clydesdales are top priorities and that they receive the highest level and quality of care.

St. Louis County Republican sues to stop firearm restriction ballot measures

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:41:56 GMT

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. - A St. Louis County Republican is suing to block possible statewide ballot measures that would allow St. Louis and St. Louis County to set their own firearms restrictions.According to our partners at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Paul Berry III said three initiative petitions submitted by 'Sensible Missouri' violate the U.S. and Missouri constitutions. He's asked the Secretary of State to reject them. Four St. Louis restaurants among USA Today’s ‘Top 100 budget eats’ Berry explained that he has proposed several revisions to the petitions' wording if they gain enough signatures. He also asked the state auditor to rewrite their fiscal estimates.A hearing date for the lawsuit has not been set.

Jay Ashcroft wins latest legal fight over restoration of abortion rights in Missouri

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:41:56 GMT

ST. LOUIS - Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft won his latest legal fight over a proposed ballot initiative to restore abortion rights in the state.According to our partners at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Columbia Attorney Jeffrey Basinger filed a lawsuit in August of last year alleging that Ashcroft was illegally refusing to process the initiative. Basinger wanted it on the November 2024 ballot. Search for gunman after Ferguson police chief’s niece killed Ashcroft said he would not begin certifying the proposed constitutional amendment until after the November 2022 election. In a unanimous decision, the Missouri Court of Appeals agreed with Ashcroft, saying ballot initiatives can only be processed during the election cycle during which they will be used.Basinger said he would appeal the decision.

Keeler: Will Deion Sanders fix CU Buffs football? Heck yeah, his mentor says. Here’s why. “Can’t fake winning. Can’t fake toughness.”

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:41:56 GMT

BOULDER — One question, Mickey Andrews. Just one. Is this thing gonna work?“He told me when they started their offseason program,” Andrews, one of Deion Sanders’ oldest and most beloved mentors, recalled by phone when I asked about the 2023 Buffs. “He told me, ‘Coach, there’s just not many guys out here that show they want to win bad enough.’“You can’t fake winning. It’s just like toughness. Can’t fake toughness. Either you’ve got it or you don’t.”Andrews thinks CU gets there under Coach Prime. Eventually.“I’m anxious to see how that bunch does,” the former Florida State defensive coordinator, 81 years young, continued.“You know (Sanders) is working his heinie off to make sure those guys represent Colorado in the right kind of way. And it hasn’t been that way lately.”The honeymoon either crashes to a halt Saturday or goes straight into orbit. The Coach Prime Era starts as a 20-point road dog at No. 17 TCU. This story could go in about 14 different directions, and anybody who t...

In better place mentally, Randy Gregory is ready to help Broncos defense reach new heights: “How can someone that big be that quick and strong?”

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:41:56 GMT

Randy Gregory has more to give. He doesn’t need to be reminded of that.The 30-year-old edge rusher knows he has never played a full season in his career and that a knee injury limited him to six games in 2022 after the Broncos gave him a five-year, $70 million contract.For Gregory to make good on Denver’s investment, he must win the battle within. Yes, Gregory’s physical health is essential to staying on the field and being the electrifying pass rusher who’s impressed teammates and head coach Sean Payton. But he knows the mental aspect will allow him to handle the ups and downs of an NFL season.Entering Year 2 in the Mile High City, Gregory believes he is in the right headspace to help a formidable defense reach another level.“Everyone is tied up on the physical, (but) the biggest thing for me this offseason was getting the mental (aspect) down,” Gregory said. “Being able to fight those little mental battles. You are going to have bad plays, (so) put them behind you and move o...

Coach Prime, Rams and Mines, oh my! How to plan perfect Colorado college football road trip for 2023, week by week.

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:41:56 GMT

If Coach Prime has you thinking that Boulder, and not Athens, Ga., is the epicenter of the college football universe, he might not be wrong.But the potential narratives around the Front Range run wilder than Ralphie at full tilt. Within 75 miles of downtown Denver, you can watch Deion Sanders in person (for a price), the defending Division II national runners-up and more live mascots per capita than an Animal Planet marathon.Heck, if you wanted to plan a road trip of just Front Range games between now and Thanksgiving, there’s something for just about everybody each and every week. Want to check out the reigning winner of the Harlon Hill Trophy, the Division II Heisman? Mines quarterback John Matocha is back slinging it in Golden. Dig trophy games? CSU is playing in two of them over back-to-back weekends.To that end, the Denver Post sports staff has laid out a planner for a drivable 2023 college football tour of Front Range games over the next few months — although with a couple of ...

Standoff with armed man comes to end after nearly 11 hours in Orange County

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:41:56 GMT

A nearly 11-hour standoff between Orange County authorities and an armed man in the parking lot of a strip mall finally came to an end Wednesday morning. Calls about the incident, located in the 1900 block of 17th Street, first came into the Santa Ana Police Department just after 4 p.m. Tuesday.Aerial footage from Sky5 showed the suspect, armed with a handgun in the parking lot, pacing back and forth, shouting at authorities who were barricaded behind their vehicles with guns drawn. The handgun appeared to be wrapped around the man's hand with a green cloth.A white pickup truck with an open driver's side door could be seen just behind police lines. It is unclear if the vehicle belongs to the suspect, but police were seen searching the vehicle at one point. A standoff in Santa Ana ends after nearly 11 hours on Aug. 30, 2023. (County News)A possibly armed man is seen during a standoff in Santa Ana on Aug. 29, 2023. (County News)An armed suspect, seen here, who has refused to surr...

Opinion: California infertility-treatment bill enables family dreams

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:41:56 GMT

My diagnosis with breast cancer at the age of 30 shattered my world. It challenged my sense of who I was and who I was becoming. I was young, newly married, healthy (I thought) and ambitious — in other words, thriving — and planning for the future. In fact, at the time of my diagnosis, my husband and I had just started thinking about trying for a baby.My breast cancer diagnosis was triple-negative invasive ductal carcinoma — a particularly fast-growing and aggressive type. On top of that, I carry a BRCA1 mutation, which puts me at very high risk for breast and ovarian cancer. This genetic legacy was why my father, as a young person, watched his mother die of breast cancer and witnessed his aunt and grandmother suffer through it.Our family-building hopes were put on hold as I stepped back from work and underwent 16 months of cancer treatment: 26 rounds of chemotherapy, four surgeries, six visits to the emergency room and hundreds of doctor appointments in between.Fo...