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Ahoy! Navy Week is celebrated around St. Louis region

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:40:53 GMT

ST. LOUIS - The USS St. Louis sailors and the Navy Band Great Lakes took the stage at Whiteside Middle School in Belleville Monday for "Navy Week."“This is Navy Week St. Louis, and we are coming out and performing as much as we can around the area of St. Louis," said Christopher Cornette, Lt. Commander for the U.S. Navy. "Trying to meet the people of St. Louis and let them meet us."Other members of the Navy Band Great Lakes stopped at the Humboldt Academy of Higher Learning in St. Louis and the Missouri Botanical Garden.The middle school students got acquainted with the accompanist and brass section of what Woodrow Wilson once called, “America’s Band.” Check the radar - Severe weather expected “It was great for our kids to hear all the wonderful music and to hear about all the jobs in the United States Navy and also the STEM jobs,” said Monica Laurent, principal of Whiteside Middle School. “It’s very important that we’re preparing our students for the STEM fields.”Meanwhile, at Si...

Family mourns siblings struck and killed on I-170 

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:40:53 GMT

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. - The Missouri State Highway Patrol continues to investigate the deaths of 39-year-old Crystal Bounds and 29-year-old Harvey McGee. The siblings were struck and killed early Saturday morning on northbound Interstate 170, just south of I-70.A patrol spokesperson said it appears the two siblings exited a vehicle and were on the interstate when they were struck. Bounds turned 29 years old on Friday.“You can never prepare for a tragedy like this when you lose two loved ones in one night,” said Howard Bounds, an uncle of the two siblings. Cherokee Street shooting: Police release images of suspects He said Crystal was a mother of three and a dedicated kindergarten teacher with St. Louis Public Schools before teaching in East St. Louis.McGee was a father of two and worked at the Renaissance Hotel near St. Louis Lambert International Airport. The families are planning a balloon release on the top lot in the rear of the hotel on Tuesday at 7 p.m.Howard said the grievi...

Prosecutors rethink working in St. Louis while trial crises remain

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:40:53 GMT

ST. LOUIS – FOX 2 has learned that at least one employee in the St. Louis Circuit Attorney’s Office, who resigned in frustration, has withdrawn that resignation. We’ve also learned about others who left are now thinking about returning.Those ripples started immediately following St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner’s announcement last that she’s resigning, effective June 1.It’s also important to keep in mind the families impacted by crime, who still fear justice for them, may already be lost.“I’m my son’s voice,” said Neekia Danfort, who wears her son Isaiah’s name on her arm and glasses. “Just to know he’s always with me.”“I don’t think you ever caught him really upset,” she said.Isaiah was killed January 2022 in the Carondelet neighborhood, by a suspect with an AR-type rifle. He was 25. Cherokee Street shooting: Police release images of suspects The accused shooter, Quinton Roberts, was supposed to go to trial this past April, when Danfort said the prosecutor did not show.“It’...

Overwhelming number of 911 calls during weekend crime spree in St. Louis

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:40:53 GMT

ST. LOUIS - FOX 2 obtained a new video of people openly carrying what appear to be assault-style rifles around 6:30 a.m. Monday in downtown St. Louis. It comes after nearly 20 people were shot and five killed in the city over the weekend, according to police. Police were so overwhelmed with calls that they couldn't answer them all. Passengers on a Gateway Arch Riverboat cruise were stranded on the boat on the Mississippi River Saturday night. They were afraid to go to their cars parked along the riverfront amid the chaos there: reckless driving, cars blocking traffic, and people firing guns. Police admitted they could not respond right away because of an avalanche of calls: 639 calls for service citywide in 12 hours from 3:00 p.m. Saturday to 3:00 a.m. Sunday; 173 calls were in District 4, which includes downtown; 55 of those calls were pending at the same time, according to police.  Cherokee Street shooting: Police release images of suspects “Even though we we...

Wife of fallen St. Louis officer encourages students to apply for Bohannon scholarship

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:40:53 GMT

ST. LOUIS – At a time when police departments are hit with staffing shortages and low morale, there’s a push to get more recruits on board.It’s coming from the family and friends of a St. Louis police officer who was killed in the line of duty.Alexis Bohannon is encouraging students to apply for the Officer Tamarris Bohannon Memorial Scholarship.“It’s part of our family’s way of giving back to the community,” Alexis said.The scholarship is intended for students pursuing a career in law enforcement, firefighting, criminal justice, social work, human services, and emergency medical services. Check the radar - Severe weather expected The foundation for the scholarship was established in 2021, the year following the death of the Officer Bohannon.Bohannon was shot and killed Aug. 30, 2020, while responding to a call from a home in the Tower Grove South neighborhood. He had been with the department for 3½ years, and left behind a wife and three children.Sgt. Donny Walters, the president...

Confusion and complications: Schools find difficulty in reporting restraints, seclusions

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:40:53 GMT

ST. LOUIS – A report listing school districts that may not be following the law, which the state claimed did not exist a day prior, has been released.The eight-page document lists 359 public school districts and charter schools that have allegedly not reported any type of physical restraint or forced isolation, known as seclusion, on a student this school year. The file was released under the Missouri Sunshine Law.Among those listed: St. Louis Public Schools. But FOX 2 has learned that's not totally accurate.George Sells, the director of communications and marketing for St. Louis Public Schools, said the district is in the process of reporting 11 cases of restraint and submitting reports to the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) has been slowed."In each case, parents of the students involved were notified by school officials in the time frame required by the new state law," Sells wrote in a statement. "Our reports to DESE have been slowed by complicatio...

Douglas County school board rejects agreement to settle claims that it violated Colorado open meetings law

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:40:53 GMT

The elected board overseeing the Douglas County School District rejected a settlement agreement that would have acknowledged several members violated Colorado’s open meetings law when they discussed replacing the former superintendent.The board voted 4-3 Monday evening to reject the agreement that would have settled claims made by state Rep. Bob Marshall. The Democratic lawmaker filed a lawsuit last year alleging the four members of the board’s conservative majority violated state statute by holding a series of private one-on-one meetings last year to discuss replacing former Superintendent Corey Wise.The lawsuit now heads toward trial, which may cost the district $500,000.“It sickens me to think we’re continuing to spend district dollars because we’re not willing to say, ‘Yeah, the way that went down is not how we should have done it,'” Director David Ray said.The agreement would have meant spending $66,000 to cover Marshall’s legal fees. I...

Hicks snaps slump with 1st homer as Yankees top A’s 7-2

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:40:53 GMT

By LARRY FLEISHER (Associated Press)NEW YORK (AP) — Aaron Hicks broke out of his season-long slump with a two-run homer and the New York Yankees went deep four times to beat the Oakland Athletics 7-2 on Monday night.Gleyber Torres hit a tiebreaking solo drive in the sixth inning against former Yankees lefty JP Sears (0-3). Oswaldo Cabrera and DJ LeMahieu launched two-run shots off Sears as New York (19-17) avoiding falling back to .500 for the second time in a week.Hicks doubled his season RBI total when he homered in the seventh for the first time since Sept. 23 against Boston — his second extra-base hit this year. He began the night batting .143 overall and was 0 for 19 at Yankee Stadium this season before connecting, making him the frequent target of boos.“Just feels good to get a hit, especially in that fashion,” Hicks said. “I feel like I’ve had a couple of at-bats where I’ve hit it hard, but I get out, so there’s nothing to show ...

A’s announcer Dallas Braden responds to his reaction to Glen Kuiper’s on-air racial epithet

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:40:53 GMT

As the fate of Athletics television play-by-play announcer Glen Kuiper hangs in the balance, broadcast partner Dallas Braden took to social media Monday to explain his initial reaction to a racial epithet uttered on live television.Braden has been criticized in some quarters for not showing a sense of shock or surprise when Kuiper, during a lead-in before an A’s television broadcast on NBC Sports California, described a “phenomenal” visit the two had taken to the Negro Leagues Museum in Kansas City and used an epithet in place of the word “negro.”In a tweet posted following the Athletics loss against the New York Yankees, Braden attempted to explain.“Several people have questioned my lack of response . . . I believe my silence has been misrepresented,” Braden said in the tweet.My thoughts: pic.twitter.com/D7jc67X7Pb— Dallas Braden (@DALLASBRADEN209) May 9, 2023Given the routine level of communication that occurs during a broadcast, Bra...

80 vehicles seized in Oakland sideshow Friday night: police

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:40:53 GMT

DUBLIN, Calif. (KRON) -- It was another wild scene on the streets of Oakland during illegal sideshows over the weekend. At least 250 vehicles took part in a sideshow Friday night, the Oakland Police Department said. In addition to the sideshow activity, officers also had to contend with life-threatening obstacles that included lasers, fireworks and a vehicle fire. Nearly 80 vehicles were seized and towed as a result, police said. T-Mobile closes flagship Union Square store "Illegal sideshow activity across the Bay Area had Oakland Police Department Officers working into the early morning hours on Saturday," said Oakland police in a social media post. "OPD Helicopter (ARGUS) was overhead when at least 250 vehicles took over the intersection of 10th and Oak Streets on May 5."The latest sideshow activity comes on the heels of a man being attacked and beaten last week during a sideshow. Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao says the city has a sideshow prevention plan in the works with the Alamed...