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Education Secretary Miguel Cardona's 'Back-to-School Bus Tour' coming to St. Louis today

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 17:03:53 GMT

ST. LOUIS - U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona brings his 'Back-to-School Bus Tour' to St. Louis Wednesday. He kicked off his week-long tour Tuesday in Topeka and Kansas City.Cardona will visit Compton-Drew Middle School in St. Louis on Wednesday morning. Along with him will be Congresswoman Cori Bush, the new superintendent of the St. Louis Public Schools, Keisha Scarlett, and Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra.Cardona says parents should be engaged in their children's education. Call for Help closure has East St. Louis mothers crying for aid "Communicate regularly and make sure that you're communicating the importance of having students come in regularly, let the parents know what you're doing to keep the students safe and then maintain those same protocols that you had at the height of the pandemic," Cardona expressed.On Wednesday afternoon, the officials will meet with students at Harris-Stowe State University to discuss the Biden Administra...

Hearing on challenge to Missouri abortion ban today

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 17:03:53 GMT

ST. LOUIS - A St. Louis judge will hear arguments Wednesday on a lawsuit against Missouri's abortion ban.More than a dozen faith leaders sued, claiming the abortion ban violates the separation of church and state. Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey has asked the judge to throw out the case. Chuck E. Cheese giving away free birthday parties Judge Jason Sengheiser has allowed cameras in the courtroom for Wednesday's hearing. It starts at 11:00 a.m.       

Chesterfield City Council approves downtown plan

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 17:03:53 GMT

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. - The Chesterfield City Council has approved a plan to create a "downtown" area where a defunct mall used to be.FOX 2's partners at the St Louis Post-Dispatch reported it was a unanimous decision. Call for Help closure has East St. Louis mothers crying for aid The mall at Clarkson Road and I-64 would be replaced by an apartment complex with 2,500 units, several businesses, and pedestrian walkways. The mall isn't expected to be demolished until late 2024.

Broncos Mailbag: The story behind Jaleel McLaughlin’s No. 38 and weighing impact of Denver’s 2019-20 draft classes

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 17:03:53 GMT

Denver Post Broncos writer Parker Gabriel posts his Broncos Mailbag periodically during the offseason. Click here to submit a question.What is the meaning of life? No football this past weekend! I’m going through withdrawal. What do I do, PG?— A Referee, GreeleyRef, luckily most of the desert is behind us, and ahead is a cool, glimmering football oasis. Didn’t you watch some college ball at least? Get your fix with some Big Ten slugfests or Colorado knocking off TCU? This week is obviously a huge one in the NFL — we’re off and running Thursday night with Detroit at Kansas City — and here on the Front Range we’ve got quite a weekend double with CU-Nebraska on Saturday in Boulder and Broncos-Raiders on Sunday at Empower Field. Get the living room or tailgate setup primed early. It’s going to be a fun one. And you know The Denver Post will be out in force at both games, so plenty of coverage coming your way right here.Being a retired U.S. Marine from Denver, living in San D...

Denver housing market takes hit of higher mortgage rates in August without cracking

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 17:03:53 GMT

Mortgage rates hit a 22-year high last month, surging to 7.5% on a 30-year loan before falling back to around 7% on news of slower-than-expected job gains this month.And while those higher mortgage rates weighed heavily on metro Denver’s housing market in August, they didn’t break it, according to a monthly update from the Denver Metro Association of Realtors.“The majority of sellers found themselves negotiating to get their homes under contract,” Nicole Rueth, a DMAR Market Trends Committee member and local mortgage professional, said in a video post accompanying the report.The number of home and condo sales fell 2% last month to 3,792 and for the year the sales count is down 16.1%. Sellers obtained 99.46% of the list price last month versus 99.89% in July. The median number of days listings took to find a buyer rose significantly, from 9 to 11, a 22% jump.Concerns over a tougher market ahead may have motivated some sellers to speed things up. New listings, ...

Couple reunited with cat 26 days after Alaska home collapsed into river

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 17:03:53 GMT

A pair of Alaska teachers needed good news after they lost nearly all their possessions when their house collapsed into a river swollen by a glacial outburst flood and their cat went missing.Elizabeth Wilkins was holding onto hope that if any animal would survive the house falling into the Mendenhall River on Aug. 5, it would be Leo, the couple’s resilient big-eyed, black-and-white cat who shows no fear of bears.“I knew that he’s pretty smart, and so I felt pretty confident that he would escape and be OK somewhere,” she said.That faith paid off 26 days after the flood when Tonya Mead posted a photo of Leo to the Juneau Community Collective Facebook page. Wilkins immediately knew it was Leo, the “COVID kitten” they rescued in 2020. She rushed to meet Mead. Delta flight returns to Atlanta after alleged diarrhea incident “I just started walking down the street calling for him, and he just ran out and was like, ‘Oh hey, here I am, you know, like, where have you been?’” she said.The ri...

Three-bedroom home sells in Fremont for $1.5 million

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 17:03:53 GMT

39485 Seascape Road – Google Street ViewThe property located in the 39400 block of Seascape Road in Fremont was sold on July 14, 2023. The $1,510,000 purchase price works out to $996 per square foot. The house, built in 1962, has an interior space of 1,516 square feet. The layout of this single-story house includes three bedrooms and two baths. In addition, the house includes a garage.Additional houses that have recently been purchased close by include:On Royal Palm Drive, Fremont, in July 2023, a 1,325-square-foot home was sold for $1,451,000, a price per square foot of $1,095. The home has 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms.In March 2023, a 1,900-square-foot home on Cleveland Place in Fremont sold for $1,600,000, a price per square foot of $842. The home has 5 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms.A 1,325-square-foot home on the 39600 block of Whitecap Way in Fremont sold in February 2023, for $1,280,000, a price per square foot of $966. The home has 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. 

Golden Gate Bridge nears last phase of quake upgrades

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 17:03:53 GMT

Golden Gate Bridge officials are preparing to launch the final and largest phase of a decades-long project to make the 85-year-old structure withstand stronger earthquakes.The Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District plans to select a construction contractor later this year to begin preliminary work on the estimated $880 million final phase. The project will upgrade the main span and the towers and allow the bridge to withstand a magnitude 8.3 quake, which would be comparable to the destructive 1906 San Francisco earthquake.“For us, we really are going through one of the most important undertakings on this bridge,” said district engineer Ewa Bauer-Furbush. “That’s the project for us.”The seismic retrofit project, which was launched in 1997, was prompted by the Loma Prieta earthquake in 1989. The 15-second, 6.9-magnitude quake caused major damage to bridges and highways, including the collapse of the top deck of the Bay Bridge and the Cypress Street viaduct in Oakland....

Boeing relocating 250 C-17 jobs out of California

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 17:03:53 GMT

Boeing is moving an estimated 250 C-17-related jobs in management, engineering, supply chain, finance and contracts from Long Beach to other regions of the country.The shift, the company said, is aimed at bringing the operations closer to Boeing suppliers and customers and “creating a synergy with other Boeing locations.”Lynette McKinnon, an executive at Boeing, wrote in an Aug. 29 memo to employees that the positions would be moved to a variety of cities, including San Antonio and Dallas, Texas, Mesa, Arizona, Oklahoma City, Warner Robbins, Georgia, and Fort Walton Beach, Florida.The relocation will be conducted in phases, McKinnon wrote, beginning in the third quarter of 2023 and running through early 2025.About 450 C-17 workers associated with the design, development, procurement and delivery of the aircraft’s flight deck modernization program will remain in Long Beach.“We’re trying to benefit not only Boeing but our employees as well,” Boeing Global Services spokesman Barry Edwa...

Gary Wright, singer-songwriter known for ‘Dream Weaver,’ dies at 80

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 17:03:53 GMT

Gary Wright, a singer-songwriter best known for the 1970s hits “Dream Weaver” and “Love Is Alive,” died this week at his home in Palos Verdes Estates. He was 80.Family members said Wright, who had Parkinson’s disease and Lewy body dementia for the past several years, was surrounded by loved ones in his final moments. Word of his death, on Monday, Sept. 4, quickly spread, with fans and fellow musicians sharing their memories on social media.The artist, who helped establish the synthesizer as a leading instrument in rock and pop music, released his “The Dream Weaver” solo album in 1975. The songs “Dream Weaver” and “Love is Alive” were multi-platinum hits.Prior to that, he was a founding member of the U.K.-based band Spooky Tooth.Wright’s career also included several notable collaborations with other musicians, including work he did with George Harrison of The Beatles, detailed in the 2014 memoir, “Dream Weaver: Music, Meditation, and My Friendship with George Harrison.”Fellow singer-...