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Major traffic backups after deadly crash on I-170 in Hazelwood

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 13:38:27 GMT

HAZELWOOD, Mo. - One person has died, and two others are hurt after a crash Thursday afternoon on Interstate 170 in Hazelwood. The crash happened around 3:30 p.m. in the southbound lanes of I-170 between Frost Avenue and Airport Road. Thieves target car washes, business owners band together to fight back Major traffic backups have been spotted around the area. Police are encouraging travelers to use alternate routes, if possible, as crews work to clear the scene. The Missouri State Highway Patrol is assisting with the investigation. This is a developing story. FOX 2 will update as more information becomes available. Check FOX 2's traffic map for real-time updates.

One shot just south of Downtown St. Louis

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 13:38:27 GMT

ST. LOUIS - One person was shot Thursday afternoon just south of Downtown St. Louis, prompting a large police response. The shooting happened around 4:20 p.m. in the 900 block of Lasalle Park Court in the LaSalle Park neighborhood. Thieves target car washes, business owners band together to fight back Investigators say the victim was shot in the groin and is currently conscious and breathing. Police say the victim is a male, but has not disclosed his age. This is a developing story. FOX 2 will update as more information becomes available.

Woman sentenced in crash that injured St. Charles County deputy

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 13:38:27 GMT

ST. CHARLES COUNTY, Mo. - A judge sentenced a woman to 23 years in prison in connection with a crash that injured a St. Charles County deputy last year. Tiffany Kanzler, 29, of Florissant, Missouri, was sentenced nearly two months after pleading guilty to second-degree assault of an officer and other felony charges. According to the St. Charles County Prosecuting Attorney's Office, on Jan. 5, 2022, authorities pulled over a vehicle around Interstate 70 and Fifth Street. When officers approached the vehicle, two people inside the car did not roll down their windows. Police tried to gain compliance from the two inside for nearly 25 minutes before asking them to leave their vehicle. Thieves target car washes, business owners band together to fight back Investigators say, after that, Kanzler said “I’m not playing this game." She proceeded to run into a St. Charles County police vehicle and strike a deputy at the scene. The deputy suffered serious injuries. Authorities eventually fou...

Denver school board schedules vote on whether to release video of closed-door meeting that violated law

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 13:38:27 GMT

Denver’s school board has scheduled a special meeting Friday to decide whether to release the video recording of its five-hour, closed-door meeting the day after the March shooting inside East High School.The announcement comes nearly a month after a judge ruled the private meeting violated Colorado law and ordered Denver Public Schools to publicly release the recording. That ruling was in response to a lawsuit filed by The Denver Post and other Colorado news organizations.“Finally our community can have some closure IF the Board votes to release this footage,” board Vice President Auon’tai Anderson said on Twitter on Thursday.In an emailed statement to The Denver Post, DPS spokesman Bill Good confirmed that the topic of the special meeting set for 10 a.m. Friday “will be to release the video of the executive session from March.” A half-hour discussion is scheduled.That board’s March 23 meeting took place the day after a student shot and wounded t...

New fire blazes in Mesa County following lightning strike near state park

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 13:38:27 GMT

Dry thunderstorms rolling across western Colorado Wednesday night and Thursday morning set the scene for nine new fire starts in Mesa County.While most of the starts were single trees or small, contained areas, the Beaver Tail Mesa fire has reached 60 acres and is continuing to grow as of 3 p.m., said Olivia Bruce, public affairs officer for the Bureau of Land Management.Related ArticlesColorado News | Summit County officials respond to wildfire near Frisco Colorado News | Colorado wildfires: Firefighters race to snuff flames before hot, dry weather hits Colorado News | Firefighters gain ground on Devil’s Thumb fire, while Spring Creek fire grows Colorado News | Devil’s Thumb fire, one of five in Colorado, burning on 95 acres Colorado News | Calm conditions stall Spring Creek fire’s growth ahead of red flag warning Located along the Interstate 70 corridor to the northeast of James M. Ro...

Is this California's $1 billion Powerball winner?

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 13:38:27 GMT

The lucky winner of the $1.08 billion Powerball jackpot may have been spotted Thursday morning at the downtown Los Angeles store where the ticket was sold.A woman wearing a black cap was seen darting from the store, hopping into a dark-colored BMW with tinted windows, and then driving away without speaking to reporters.“She came in here and she screamed ... She hugged people in the store and then she ran away,” said KTLA 5 News reporter Eric Spillman. “She claims that she has the winning Powerball jackpot ticket.”California Lottery officials have not yet released the winner’s name, but they are required to do so eventually.The possible Powerball winner darted from the store, hopped into a BMW, and then drove away without speaking to reporters on July 20, 2023. (KTLA)Wednesday's winning ticket was sold at Las Palmitas Mini Market on Wall Street.Nabor Herrera, the owner, was unaware that he had sold the jackpot ticket when he arrived to open for business early Thursday morning. He was...

What should you do after winning the lottery?

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 13:38:27 GMT

Now that we know a phenomenally lucky Southern California resident won the billion-dollar Powerball jackpot, what should this person do with his or her sudden mega-wealth?The best advice: Do nothing. At least for a while.There have been seemingly countless stories about lottery winners having their lives upended -- and not for the better -- by an influx of big bucks.Some blow through their fortunes with unwise spending. Others find themselves fending off requests from friends and family for a piece of the action.Many talk about how their lives took a turn for the worse by suddenly finding themselves among the one-percent crowd.It's so common, there's a name for it: Sudden Wealth Syndrome.The syndrome is characterized by simply being unprepared for riches, and behaving both irresponsibly and recklessly when dealing for the first time with piles of cash.Some years back I interviewed the California psychologists who came up with the notion of Sudden Wealth Syndrome. They advised lotter...

Former LASD deputy to plead guilty to conspiring to violate falsely imprisoned skateboarder’s civil rights 

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 13:38:27 GMT

A former deputy with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department has agreed to plead guilty to a felony charge of conspiring to violate the civil rights of a 23-year-old man at a Compton skatepark. Former LASD Compton Station Deputy Christopher Blair Hernandez agreed to plead guilty to one felony charge of conspiracy on Thursday. Hernandez and his then-partner Miguel Angel Vega were in uniform and on patrol in an LASD squad car near Wilson Park in Compton on April 13, 2020, when the incident occurred. “While on patrol, Hernandez and Vega saw two young Black males, one of who Hernandez believed was on probation, outside a skateboard park enclosed by a tall fence within Wilson Park,” the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California said in a statement. “Vega parked the SUV on the grass near the skatepark, after which Hernandez and Vega got out...and approached the individuals, whom they ordered to lift their shirts.” At this point, the victim of the false impriso...

California Science Center starts process to display Space Shuttle Endeavour vertically

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 13:38:27 GMT

A highly technical process began Thursday in Los Angeles to put NASA's retired Space Shuttle Endeavour on permanent display in the vertical launch position complete with an external tank and two solid rocket boosters.Workers used a crane to hoist the bottom segments of the boosters into the California Science Center's future Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center, which is currently under construction in Exposition Park. The segments, called aft skirts, had to be precisely positioned so that the entire assembly can be stacked properly. Officials say it will be the first time the procedure has been done outside of a NASA facility.The 20-story-tall display will stand atop a 1,800-ton (1,633-metric ton) concrete slab supported by six so-called base isolators to protect Endeavour from earthquakes. Endeavour was built as a replacement for the destroyed Space Shuttle Challenger and flew 25 missions between 1992 and 2011.Space Shuttle Endeavor at the California Science Center in Los Angeles. W...

New nighttime entertainment coming to Rivers of America at Disneyland

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 13:38:27 GMT

Disneyland guests will soon have a new way to enjoy the sounds of New Orleans-inspired jazz when they visit the theme park.The Jambalaya Jazz band, which typically performs during the day at New Orleans Square, will entertain parkgoers with lively tunes at night as they float down the Rivers of America on a New Orleans-inspired raft, Disneyland officials announced Thursday. ‘San Fransokyo Square’ at Disneyland Resort to open in August The band, along with special guest Queenie, will begin their nightly sets at 7:35 p.m. Guests are also encouraged to check the official Disneyland app for other performance times and updates.The new entertainment on Rivers of America comes after Disneyland paused its “Fantasmic!” show performances through at least Labor Day after a fire broke out during a show performance in April.This photo courtesy of Shawna Bell shows a fire during the “Fantasmic" show in the Tom Sawyer Island section of Disneyland resort in Anaheim on Saturday, April 22, 2023. (C...