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Missouri Senate spends hours discussing diversity during budget debate

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:41:11 GMT

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- After nearly 12 hours of debate, the Missouri Senate passed a $50 billion budget early Wednesday morning. Members spent a majority of the time debating language that would prohibit state government for paying for staff, contractors, training or programs associated with diversity, equity, and inclusion. The provision was offered by Sen. Denny Hoskins, R-Warrensburg during discussion on the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education's (DESE) $10 billion budget. The amendment would have banned diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging initiatives in funding for public schools. "When we look at some of these programs that deal with diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging, I don't think they are right," Hoskins said. "I think we have some of these concepts that are going on in our state agencies right now, some of these woke concepts." Top Story: Mushroom hunter describes discovering body in the woods The House originally added the language to ever...

Three Kings Public House employee reacts to Wednesday's fire 

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:41:11 GMT

ST. LOUIS - Hours after Three Kings Public House server Isabella Torregrossa helped close the bar, St. Louis City and County firefighters fought a fire that engulfed the building. Torregrossa has worked at the Delmar Loop bar for about a year and left Tuesday at 10 p.m. after what she called a normal shift. On Wednesday morning, her roommate and coworker woke her up to tell her, “Our work is on fire.” “When me and my roommate came here, it was silent," Torregrossa said. "There was not a word; all you see is the smoke and the firetrucks. You see some of them fist-bumping each other like, 'OK, we got this figured out,' and then other times you saw them, and they just look disturbed.” This St. Louis restaurant has the best soul food in Missouri, food writers say There are apartments just above the bar, but no injuries were reported except a minor injury to one of the firefighters. Torregrossa said she was devastated and felt mostly bad for her coworkers. “It was just d...

Clarksville community prepares for potential flooding 

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:41:11 GMT

CLARKSVILLE, Mo. - Clarksville’s emergency management committee met Wednesday night to prepare for the possibility of flooding. River levels are expected to crest in the moderate flood zone for Clarksville, Missouri. Mayor Jo Anne Smiley said it’s too soon to know what impact potential flooding could have on Clarksville but added that it’s not too soon to prepare. One of the attendees at Wednesday’s meeting was Jerry Manfredonia. He moved from Hackensack, New Jersey, to Clarksville and has been impressed with the sense of community and the determination to battle floods. “The whole community comes together,” Manfredonia said.  This St. Louis restaurant has the best soul food in Missouri, food writers say Gary Cecil lives in an area of Clarksville where flooding has been a problem. He’s taking precautions in case there is flooding this spring. “I’ve got a generator,” Cecil said. “I’ve got a three-inch waste pump to pump water of the basement when that’s necessar...

Investigating the timeshare industry ahead of summer vacation season

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:41:11 GMT

ST. LOUIS - Joe Mason’s timeshare trouble in Branson, Missouri, started innocently enough.“When we first signed up for this, this isn’t a timeshare. We’re a vacation package, you know, a destination kind of package," Mason said. "We’re not a timeshare at all. They preached that to us 100 different times.”The Topeka, Kansas, resident is now fighting to get out of the deal.“You broke the contract with us. We want our money back. And they won’t listen to us," Mason said. "They won’t do anything about it. They’re just, keep paying us; you’re stuck in it. That’s it.”Stories like Mason’s are peppered throughout the latest Better Business Bureau investigation into timeshares and vacation clubs. Top Story: Mushroom hunter describes discovering body in the woods “We’re really seeing that consumers feel they’re pressured into contracts that they don’t quite understand," said Brian Edwards, a BBB investigator. "That they are signing up for these timeshares being told they are very easy to re...

Metro Transit explains how real time camera center helped catch suspect in attempted rapes

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:41:11 GMT

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. - The new security technology from Metro Transit played a major role in catching a suspect who is charged with attempting to rape and sexually assault two of their riders.The Metro Transit security team is scrolling, watching, and analyzing 900 camera feeds in front of them.In the last three months, Metro's “Real Time Camera System” has bolstered safety and security for riders on MetroLink, MetroBus, and Call-A-Ride. Top Story: Mushroom hunter describes discovering body in the woods "These are basically the eyes on the system,” said Kevin Scott, general manager of security for Bi-State Development. “By taking it and building it out in its own component in a real-life center, we're using that closed-circuit television in a proactive instead of a reactive format.”The new technology is already showing results. Last week, the cameras were used to identify a Cahokia Heights, Illinois, man who attempted to rape two women at MetroLink stations in downtown St. Louis....

Bonding through tragedy, families may be impacting safety laws

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:41:11 GMT

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. - Distracted drivers may soon face stiffer fines, on top of the lives they’re risking.The November 2021 fatal work zone crash on Telegraph over Interstate 270 has brought action from the impacted families. Missouri legislators are now listening, and the consequences could affect you every time you get behind the wheel.Kaitlyn Anderson was six months pregnant when she was struck and killed in the unprotected MoDOT work zone.Her mother, Tonya Musskopf, recently testified before a transportation infrastructure committee in Jefferson City. Top Story: Mushroom hunter describes discovering body in the woods “The sense of pride Kait had was something I’ll never forget," Musskopf said. "She was proud to work for the state of Missouri.”You can see it for yourself in a video of her daughter dancing during a work break. Then there’s a clip with her message to mom after her first MoDOT interview, when Kaitlyn said, “I love you too. Thank you and I know why I’m my mom’s ...

PHOTOS: Colorado Avalanche host Seattle Kraken in Game 5 of NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:41:11 GMT

The Colorado Avalanche take on the Seattle Kraken in Game 5 of the first round of the NHL Stanley Cup playoffs at Ball Arena in Denver on Wednesday, April 26, 2023.The teams enter Game 5 tied 2-2 in the series.Click here for more Avalanche news.

18-year-old male student, 14-year-old sister arrested at school in Riverside County

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:41:11 GMT

An 18-year-old high school student and his 14-year-old sister were arrested Wednesday at Ramona High School in Riverside, authorities announced.  According to the Riverside Police Department, the high school’s assigned resource officer was assisting staff with “some student unrest near the end of the lunch break,” at around 1 p.m., in which a fight had broken out between a couple of kids. The incident resulted in the school being put into a “lockout,” officials added.  Police said that one student, an 18-year-old male, refused to comply with directions from school administrators and the school’s resource officer. When the officer attempted to detain the student, he resisted.  “While addressing the situation, that student’s sister attacked the officer, which required a call for additional police officers to help take both students into custody,” police said in a social media post.  The 18-year-old was later booked into jail for resisting arrest, while his 14-year-...

Single family residence sells in Hayward for $1.8 million

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:41:11 GMT

4186 Mystic View Court – Google Street ViewA 3,133-square-foot house built in 2000 has changed hands. The spacious property located in the 4100 block of Mystic View Court in Hayward was sold on March 17, 2023, for $1,805,000, or $576 per square foot. The property features five bedrooms, three baths, a garage, and two parking spaces. It sits on a 0.3-acre lot.These nearby houses have also recently changed hands:A 3,705-square-foot home on the 28800 block of Bailey Ranch Road in Hayward sold in August 2022, for $1,950,000, a price per square foot of $526. The home has 7 bedrooms and 4 bathrooms.In October 2022, a 2,669-square-foot home on Bay Heights Road in Hayward sold for $1,838,000, a price per square foot of $689. The home has 4 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms.On Skyline Drive, Hayward, in August 2022, a 2,133-square-foot home was sold for $1,300,000, a price per square foot of $609. The home has 4 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms. 

Union City girl reported missing, last seen Tuesday

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:41:11 GMT

(KRON) -- Union City police are searching for a girl who has not been seen since Tuesday night. Jazmyn White, 15, was last spotted in the area of Starling Drive and Partridge Way at 8:35 p.m. Tuesday. She was wearing a black shirt, jeans and black slippers.White is described as a Black female who is 5 feet tall and weighs 140 pounds. She wears long black braids with pink in them.Anyone with information about White's whereabouts is asked to call 9-1-1 or their local police department.