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St. Louis County Council proposing budget cuts today

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 02:02:52 GMT

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. - St. Louis County has been dealing with a major budget deficit that's been eroding the reserve funds for quite some time.St. Louis County Council members have unveiled a proposal to tackle the county's projected $27 million budget deficit. The council has put forth a plan to cut $14 million, targeting various county offices and departments.Let's take a closer look at the specifics:The legislation would cut the budgets of five key offices by 10%. Reductions from the County Executive's Office, the County Counselor's Office, the Department of Revenue, the Department of Administration, and the Public Administrator's Office would save nearly $4 million. There would be a 5% reduction in the prosecuting attorney's office and public works department budgets.The council is also proposing a restriction on the purchase of new vehicles for the office. The health department would face the most substantial cut of $8.2 million.No cuts are on the horizon for the police depart...

Kiener Plaza Hanukah Menorah lighting taking place Thursday night

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 02:02:52 GMT

ST. LOUIS - One of the tallest menorahs in the country will be lit in downtown St. Louis Thursday night. It was installed on Tuesday.The 29-foot menorah is the tallest menorah west of the Mississippi. It will be lit on Thursday night, the first night of Hanukah, at 6:00 p.m. in Kiener Plaza. Woman struck by car outside Ted Drewes and hospitalized The Chabad of Greater St. Louis is responsible for organizing the Kiener Plaza Hanukah Menorah. Regional Director Rabbi Yosef Landa says this year's celebration is the best antidote for the Jewish community during this tough time.

GOP Sen. Denny Hoskins wants to require all ballots to be hand counted

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 02:02:52 GMT

ST. LOUIS - A candidate for the top election official position in Missouri wants to mandate hand-counted ballots.FOX 2's partners at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported that State Senator Denny Hoskins of Warrensburg filed a bill for the 2024 legislative session to do so.A 2022 law made paper ballots the official ballots of the state but still allowed them to be fed into a machine to be counted. The Hoskins proposal would repeal that law, which could result in an election taking weeks or months to determine. Man makes dash for it as city tries towing car with expired tags He says, "As long as we have the manpower to do it, there will not be issues."Hoskins is one of six GOP candidates running for Missouri Secretary of State. One of his competitors, State Representative Adam Schwadron of St. Charles, says there are concerns about election security, but hand-counting ballots would be problematic in larger counties

Police investigating two deadly East St. Louis shootings

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 02:02:52 GMT

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. - Illinois State Police are investigating the shooting deaths of two people in East Saint Louis.Police went out to a scene on 14th Street and found a woman shot to death. A little while later, police went to 15th Street, where someone also shot and killed a man. Woman struck by car outside Ted Drewes and hospitalized The police think the shootings could be related. If you know anything about these crimes, you're urged to call the police. FOX 2 will update this story with more information as it becomes available.

Rockies Mailbag: Trading prospects for pitching, grading the roster

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 02:02:52 GMT

Denver Post sports writer Patrick Saunders with the latest installment of his Rockies Mailbag.Pose a Rockies- or MLB-related question for the Rockies Mailbag.Are the Rockies looking to sell off some outfield/corner infield prospects for MLB-ready pitching?— Andrew, Fort LuptonAndrew, greetings from the MLB winter meetings from the Opryland Hotel and Convention Center in Nashville. If you’ve never been here, it’s a pretty amazing place: an indoor tourist city under a steel-and-glass roof with a fake river and Christmas lights. Think of the movie “The Truman Show.”But I digress.General manager Bill Schmidt told me Monday that he’s open to trading both established players and prospects in exchange for pitching. Whether that happens or not remains a huge question mark. As far as corner players go, the club could dangle outfielders Sean Bouchard and Hunter Goodman, and perhaps DH/first baseman Elehuris Montero. The problem is, to get an MLB-ready pitch...

Hit-and-run driver sought after leaving pedestrian to die in Carson

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 02:02:52 GMT

Authorities are searching for a hit-and-run driver who fled the scene after fatally striking a pedestrian in Carson Tuesday night.The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department received calls of a man down in the street at the intersection of East 213th Street and Selwyn Avenue around 11:40 p.m.Authorities investigate a fatal hit-and-run crash in Carson on Dec. 5, 2023. (OnScene.TV)Arriving deputies found a non-responsive man suffering from head trauma. The man was later pronounced dead at the scene. The unidentified victim, whose body was covered by a green sheriff's department canopy, was described only as a man. Investigators at the scene confirmed he was the victim of a hit-and-run crash and authorities are searching for the driver. Thousands of Southern Californians targeted in ATM skimming theft No description of the suspect or the vehicle involved in the crash has been released. Investigators are searching for any witnesses or surveillance video that may help with the investi...

Redondo Beach school closed after 2nd lockdown in 2 days

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 02:02:52 GMT

Redondo Union High School will be closed Wednesday after a student reportedly brought a gun onto the campus Tuesday, one day after another student was arrested for doing the same thing.The school went on lockdown Tuesday morning when authorities received a report of a weapon on campus sometime before 9:30 a.m., based on a message apparently sent to parents by school officials. At about 10:45 a.m., the Redondo Beach Police Department announced on social media that a lockdown at the school had been lifted and the campus was "secured.""A person has been detained and no other people are outstanding," police said.That person was later identified by the RBPD as a 15-year-old 10th-grader.The gun was never fired, and no injuries were reported. Redondo Beach student had gun, high-capacity magazine at school, police say The Tuesday incident comes just one day after a student, a different 15-year-old 10th-grader, was arrested for allegedly possessing a gun with a high-capacity magazine on ca...

Parents of 9-year-old Chiefs fan wearing headdress threaten to sue Deadspin

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 02:02:52 GMT

(NewsNation) —  The parents of a 9-year-old Kansas City Chiefs fan threatened to sue the sports website Deadspin following the publication of an article that accused their son of racial insensitivity. The article alleged that their son, Holden Armenta, exhibited racist behavior by painting his face black and red and wearing a Native American headdress to a football game.In a letter obtained by NewsNation, Holden's parents, Shannon and Raul Armenta, hired Clare Locke LLP to demand a retraction and threaten further action against the author Carron J. Phillips, Deadspin, G/O Media, and Great Hill Partners."These Articles, posts on X, and photos about Holden and his parents must be retracted immediately. It is not enough to quietly remove a tweet from X or disable the article from Deadspin’s website. You must publish your retractions and issue an apology to my clients with the same prominence and fanfare with which you defamed them," the letter says.Clare Locke is al...

‘Monster Hunter Now’ begins Fulminations of Frost season Nov. 7

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 02:02:52 GMT

Since its release, “Monster Hunter Now” has become one of my go-to mobile games along with “Marvel Snap” and “Pokemon Go.” The title nails the action-oriented nature of the gameplay while compressing it into battles that last less than three minutes.It’s the first Niantic titles other than “Pokemon Go” that has the stickiness that’s needed for a mobile game to survive long term. Now, the title enters its latest phase with a new season called Fulminations in the Frost. As part of the new content drop, Niantic is release four new monsters to the mix: Zinogre, Banbaro, Barioth and Radobaan.To help players out, Niantic is also adding two new weapons: the Lance and the Dual Blades. The former has the extended reach for creatures that seem to be just out of rush after attacking while the Dual Blades focuses on close-in encounters. Along with the new monsters, players should expect new armor sets and weapons. In addition to the n...

Goldberg: Backlash to anti-Israel protests threatens free speech

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 02:02:52 GMT

If you want to understand the wrenching generational rift over Israel among many left-leaning American Jews, the documentary “Israelism,” which came out this year, is a good place to start.Much of it centers on the political evolution of Simone Zimmerman, who was raised to be a staunch Zionist, began questioning her beliefs even as she defended Israel at the UC Berkeley, and was transformed by her encounter with the harrowing reality of the Palestinian occupation. Zimmerman went on to co-found IfNotNow, an anti-occupation Jewish group that has been at the forefront of many protests against Israel’s war in the Gaza Strip. The filmmakers, Erin Axelman and Sam Eilertsen, are part of the same generation as Zimmerman, and Axelman told me, “We’re telling Simone’s story as a way of partly telling our story.”But in November, when progressive Jewish students at the University of Pennsylvania tried to screen the film, the university denied them permission, reportedly citing fear of a “potenti...