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Fallen Marine's family gets bill for I-70 memorial sign

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:15:54 GMT

WENTZVILLE, Mo. – FOX 2 has learned the state of Missouri honored Marine Corps hero, Jared Schmitz, with a new memorial sign on Interstate 70 in Wentzville, but then sent a bill for the sign to his family.Missouri lawmakers are now pushing to make this the last time it ever happens.Schmitz’s father is so grateful for the sign naming the overpass at I-70 and the David Hoekel Parkway after Jared.The Missouri Department of Transportation recently erected the signs on eastbound and westbound I-70, naming the overpass the Marine Lance Corporal Jared Schmitz Memorial Bridge. Top Story: When and where to expect storms Thursday near St. Louis The honor means the world to his family, but getting a bill from MoDOT was unforeseen.“We were a little shocked to get a bill in the mail for $3,200 to pay for our own signs,” Mark Schmitz said.His state representative and state senator, who presented the family with an official state proclamation at the sign dedication a few weeks ago, were a little...

Woman tracks stolen AirPods, but says St. Louis police can’t help

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:15:54 GMT

ST. LOUIS - Car windows were busted in and belongings were stolen while people were at a concert in downtown St. Louis, and even though officers could've tracked down the suspect afterward, they did not.Francesca Biundo said her SUV was in the parking lot across from the Enterprise Center Friday night when thieves smashed her backseat window and grabbed her purse, which had her AirPods in it."Helpless, scared, and really, really mad," Biundo said.Biundo said she's still finding pieces of shattered glass in her vehicle."Tons of glass. I've vacuumed three or four times," Biundo said.Biundo said 15 to 20 other vehicles were also targeted. Close Thanks for signing up! Watch for us in your inbox. Subscribe Now Breaking News SIGN UP NOW She called the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, who returned h...

New apartment complex approved in St. Charles County, despite opposition from residents

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:15:54 GMT

ST. CHARLES COUNTY, Mo. - The Dardenne Prairie Board of Aldermen approved a new apartment complex Wednesday despite strong concerns from residents.The new four-story apartment building will sit at the corner of Bryan and Feise roads. It will hold 190 apartments along with shops and restaurants. Funding for the project is coming from $68 million in bonds. Trending: Former prosecutor turned star witness says she won’t be silenced The Wentzville School District superintendent, Dr. Danielle Tormala, addressed the concerns at Wednesday's meeting over the 12-year abatement period. She said that after discussions with the developer, the district is supporting the development.“Our biggest concern from the school district was to protect that revenue as best we can," Tormala said. "So we have come to an agreement that will allow for some of that revenue to be contributed back to the district and also an agreement around conversations for any future developments, we will be at the table."

Supply chain lessons learned; preparing for the next disruption

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:15:54 GMT

ST. LOUIS – “The stresses that were put on the supply chain were extreme. It definitely was a giant stress test,” said Logan Cooper, senior regional traffic manager at OEC Group’s St. Louis bureau.Logistical nightmares Cooper and his colleagues navigated that don’t yet feel like distant dreams.“Containers coming into the West Coast. Trying to get them on the rail was a huge challenge. We had containers that sat for six months in some cases,” Cooper said.Cooper says the experience helped them better understand what worked, what didn’t, and what needed to change. A tall order, even for one of the leading cargo logistics providers from Asia to North America. Top Story: When and where to expect storms Thursday near St. Louis “One of the big things for us is what we call transloads. A container that’s coming to the Midwest, instead of using rail to get to the Midwest, which is going to be one of those choke points, we will transload it,” he said. “We will unload the cargo container, pu...

Stampede in Yemen at Ramadan charity event kills at least 78

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:15:54 GMT

By AHMED AL-HAJ and SAMY MAGDY (Associated Press)SANAA, Yemen (AP) — A crowd apparently spooked by gunfire and an electrical explosion stampeded at an event to distribute financial aid during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in Yemen’s capital late Wednesday, killing at least 78 people and injuring at least 73 others, according to witnesses and Houthi rebel officials.The tragedy was Yemen’s deadliest in years that was not related to the country’s long-running war, and came ahead of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of Ramadan later this week.Armed Houthis fired into the air in an attempt at crowd control, apparently striking an electrical wire and causing it to explode, according to two witnesses, Abdel-Rahman Ahmed and Yahia Mohsen. That sparked a panic, and people, including many women and children, began stampeding, they said.Video posted on social media showed dozens of bodies, some motionless, and others screaming as people tried to ...

Authorities shed more light on stabbing that preceded crash that took teen's life Ventura County

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:15:54 GMT

A day after a 15-year-old boy was killed when a vehicle plowed into a group of teens near Westlake High School in Thousand Oaks, authorities in Simi Valley have released more information about a violent stabbing that took place in the city less than a hour earlier at the hands of the same suspect.Just after 2:40 p.m. Tuesday, Simi Valley police responded to a Walmart located at 255 West Cochrane St., for a report of an incident involving a customer.When they arrived on scene, the found an employee of the store had been pepper sprayed and stabbed by a man believed to be Austin Eis, a 24-year-old homeless man.Austin Eis is seen in this undated photo provided by the Ventura County Sheriff's Office.Witnesses told police that Eis entered the store, pepper sprayed the employee and then stabbed him several times with a large knife. He then turned his attention to a second employee, attacking her and then attempting to "drag her away." He was confronted by several other employees who tried ...

Family speaks out after teen missing for months in L.A. County found safe

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:15:54 GMT

The family of a 16-year-old girl who had been missing since Jan. 1 and who was recently found safe and reunited with her mother, held a press conference Wednesday to thank the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department for their efforts in finding the teen.  Alinka Castaneda, 16, left her family’s home in Carson on New Year’s Day and was seen “entering an unknown vehicle” in the 23000 block of South Carodale Avenue at 5 a.m., officials with the sheriff’s department said.   Footage from a Ring doorbell camera captured an unidentified man walking toward Castaneda moments before she disappeared. While the teen’s family initially believed her disappearance may have been an attempt to run away, they later received several distressing calls from the 16-year-old, which prompted fears that she may have been a victim of sex trafficking. Moses Castillo, a retired LAPD detective and a private investigator who worked on the case, told NewsNation that there was at...

Police search for 12-year-old girl who disappeared in Ventura

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:15:54 GMT

Police are searching for a young girl who disappeared in Ventura on Wednesday.The missing child, 12-year-old Canela Hernandez, was last seen being dropped off at Anacapa Middle School around 8 a.m., according to the Ventura Police Department.The school is located at the corner of Mills and Telegraph Roads.Hernandez is described as a female standing 4 feet 8 inches, weighing 90 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes.She was last seen wearing a black sweatshirt and black jeans, police said.She has not been heard from since being dropped off at school, authorities said.Missing child, Canela Hernandez, 12, in a photo from the Ventura Police Department.Anyone who may have spotted Hernandez or knows of her whereabouts is asked to call Ventura police at 1-805-339-4312 or simply call 911.

Beau is Afraid Scares up an Overbearing Freudian Nightmare

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:15:54 GMT

A few years back, writer/director Ari Aster broke the horror mold with his films Hereditary and Midsommar, his Polanski-inspired sense of dread and interest in psychological nuance bolstering a genre that was subsisting on paranormal scares and torture porn. He employs those familiar tropes in his latest horror-comedy, Beau is Afraid, but instead of utilizing restraint, which is his strength, he flings us down a wormhole of Freudian anxiety, nightmarish surrealism, and extreme hyperbole.Although Aster’s tireless ambition is on display, his slow-burn style is nowhere to be found in the A24 release. Beau is a long, exhausting pilgrimage through one man’s shortcomings ripped straight out of a Philip Roth novel and filtered through Clive Barker’s imagination. It’s a fairy tale rendering of adult hell.A four-part episodic journey, the movie opens in a birth canal (yep, get ready) where our hero (sort of) Beau Wassermann (Joaquin Phoenix) sees the world for the first time and is immediate...

E-40, Kings say rapper’s Game 1 ejection was ‘unfortunate misunderstanding’

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:15:54 GMT

The Sacramento Kings and E-40 said the Bay Area rapper’s ejection from a playoff game over the weekend was the result of an “unfortunate misunderstanding.”E-40, an avid Warriors fan, was removed from his seat near the Warriors bench in the fourth quarter of Saturday’s loss to the Kings. A day later, the rapper, whose real name is Early Tywone Stevens Sr., alleged that his ejection was racially motivated, prompting the Kings to open an investigation into the incident.On Wednesday, the two released a joint statement that explained the incident was a mix-up between both parties.“After a series of thoughtful and transparent conversations, both parties agree that there was a miscommunication regarding the circumstances that occurred during the Kings vs. Warriors game on Saturday night,” the statement read. “Contrary to speculation, Mr. Earl ‘E-40’ Stevens did not stand excessively from his ticketed courtside seat; the outcome resulted...