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Pete Buttigieg to visit Metro East, announce major funding for MetroLink

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:59:59 GMT

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. - Tens of millions in funding to improve infrastructure is headed to the St. Louis area's MetroLink system. The Federal Transit Administration announced plans Monday to award nearly $28 million to Bi-State Development, which operates the MetroLink. The money is meant to help St. Louis recover from major flood damage to its MetroLink services last year. Overnight carjacking attempt in St. Louis foiled by disconnected battery The award is part of nearly $102 million in funding from President Joe Biden's bipartisan infrastructure law.  U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg will be in the Metro East to announce the award Monday evening. He will join U.S. Senator Dick Durbin and Congresswoman Nikki Budzinski at a MetroLink management facility in East St. Louis. Buttigieg and Illinois state officials will also take a tour of the MetroLink light rail management facility.

Ameren Missouri crews continue around-the-clock power restoration efforts after weekend storms

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:59:59 GMT

WOODSON TERRACE, Mo. – Yet another round of strong storms swept through the region this weekend, which has meant more around-the-clock activity for Ameren Missouri as they continue to restore power across the metro area.“July this year has been very significant for us. It’s been kind of record-breaking,” Jason Woodard, director of the Gateway Division at Ameren Missouri, said. “We haven’t had outages like this, and I haven’t seen outages like this, in quite some time. Maybe like 10 years.”A week of dangerous heat led up to Saturday’s strong storms but thankfully temperatures are now more tolerable to the hard-working crews.“Our crews, you know, last week was extremely hot with the temperatures we had and with the heat index. This week moving into it, it’s cooler, which is a relief for our guys,” Woodard said. “They’re not quite as fatigued and able to not be as hot throughout the day, and have to take as many breaks.” Overnight carjacking attempt in St. Louis foiled by disconnecte...

Broncos in familiar spot at wide receiver after Tim Patrick goes down, K.J. Hamler waived

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:59:59 GMT

Sean Payton may be doing business as the Broncos head coach in a much different way than Nathaniel Hackett did a year ago, but Monday delivered a dark bout of deja vu.Payton heads into the meat of the second week of training camp with an identical question to one Hackett faced almost exactly a year ago.What is Denver going to do at wide receiver without Tim Patrick and KJ Hamler?For a second straight summer, the Broncos have questions at wide receiver due to a run of injuries — and, in this case, also an illness with Hamler.For a second straight summer, Patrick’s season could over before it began. He suffered an apparent left Achilles injury during a 7-on-7 drill Monday. If Patrick’s Monday medical imaging confirms a tear as as the Broncos fear, he will miss the entire 2023 season.On Wednesday, Patrick hits the one-year anniversary of tearing his right ACL in Denver’s fifth training camp practice. Instead of clearing hurdles and marching back toward helping Denver on the...

Opinion: 50 years later, the story is the same

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:59:59 GMT

When I read the Salt Lake Tribune editorial on July 2, my heart sank. A Utah man with severe mental illness had died in a poorly regulated care home, with a mere $8,000 fine levied against the managers.The editorial was fierce: “It doesn’t seem to matter how horrible the care … how many of these residents live in filth and squalor … the responsible authorities apparently make little to no effort to whip the homes into shape or, failing that, shut them.”In 1976, my disabled brother, Mike Trimble, died in just such a care home, in Denver. I’ve spent a decade researching his life and death for my book, “The Mike File,” and I know well the details and politics of his death.Mike left home after turning 14 when his diagnosis — “paranoid schizophrenia, capable of violence” — shattered our family. A court committed him to the Colorado State Hospital in 1957. He never lived at home again.When mental hospitals emptied their wards a decade later, Mike was mainstreamed back to Denve...

Kiszla vs. Gabriel: Is there a legit No. 1 passing target in Broncos’ snakebit receiving corps?

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:59:59 GMT

Kiz: What does that snake have against the Broncos, and why does it keep taking a bite out of the team’s receiving corps? Without contact, Tim Patrick went down in a heap Monday during training camp and it didn’t look good, with fear of an Achilles injury. That’s four years in a row that injury has taken a serious bite out of a wide receiver room that’s the highest-paid in the NFL. For all that money, do the Broncos have a legit No. 1 passing target for quarterback Russell Wilson?Gabriel: They might in Jerry Jeudy, who is not on the list of players who have been knocked out for an entire season but who has missed time in his career with ankle issues (six games in 2021, almost three full games in 2022). But we’ve yet to see the 2020 first-round draft pick really put it together. The finishing kick last year (523 yards and five touchdowns over the final five games) was enticing enough that the Broncos picked up his fifth-year option for 2024 at a guaranteed $12...

‘That’s all I wanted’: How U.S. soccer stars had the support to thrive as moms

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:59:59 GMT

Kevin Baxter | Los Angeles Times (TNS)The little girl didn’t care that her mother had just lost an important game.She didn’t care about the league table, the Golden Boot race or the San Diego Wave’s long winless streak either. None of that matters when you’re 3 years old.“She wants to kick the ball around, she wants to score a goal with mommy and wants to wave to the fans,” Alex Morgan said of her postgame routine with daughter Charlie, one that has added important perspective to an unparalleled career now in its twilight. “I have to forget about everything that’s happened and just enjoy being mom because I know that this isn’t going to last forever.”Morgan and fellow national team starters Crystal Dunn and Julie Ertz have given birth since the U.S. won its last World Cup four years ago, giving this summer’s roster a record three soccer moms. And all three said motherhood has changed the way they view the game as they chase another title this summer in New Ze...

Bears keep taking dips in Los Angeles area pools (video)

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:59:59 GMT

For the third time in less than a week, a Los Angeles area resident captured video of a bear in their pool.Ed Afsharian shared video with KTLA, which showed another instance of the growing trend of bears trying to beat the heat by taking a dip in a backyard pool.The video shows a mother bear and a cub playfully swimming around in a pool at a home in the foothills of La Cañada Flintridge, about 15 miles north of downtown L.A. Just last week, a similar video in the same city showed a mother bear and a cub splashing around in a hot tub. A mother bear and her cub were seen splashing around in a backyard pool in La Canada on July 31, 2023. (Ed Afsharian)While both videos feature a mother bear and a cub, and both were taken in La Cañada, it's unclear if it's the same bear and cub as seen in Monday's video. Nearby in the city of Burbank, another bear was seen cooling off in a hot tub in a backyard last Friday. Video shared by the Burbank Police Department showed the bear sitting upright in...

Even in a heatwave, are most offices too chilly?

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:59:59 GMT

The current heatwave in Southern California and across the country has placed enormous stress on power grids -- and on workplace cooling systems.This raises an interesting question: Do we overcool offices?If your workplace is like mine, it's common to see some employees -- mostly women -- wearing sweaters or covering themselves with blankets even though outside temperatures may be in triple digits.What's up with that?Jacking up the AC is actually something that goes back decades, to when air conditioning became standard in most office buildings in the 1950s.Salvatore Basile, author of "Cool: How Air Conditioning Changed Everything," says building owners tended to "overcool" offices just to show they could do it."One building exhibitor published an advertisement stating that people got sick after spending time in his air conditioning, just to prove how cold his building was," he told CNN.The tendency to overcool has persisted over the years, with one common explanation being that thi...

Corona High School students restore classic Jeep for family who lost father 

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:59:59 GMT

Students at Corona High School recently took on a vehicle restoration project that served as a fun opportunity to work on a classic car for a deserving family. Shane Porter, a retired Fire Captain from Norco, purchased a 1969 Jeepster Commando to restore with his sons, Michael and Tim, but sadly passed away in 2022 before he had the chance to do so. After hearing of the story, Corona High School Automotive Technology teacher Bob Mauger decided to take on the project with his students with the end goal of returning the Jeep to the Porter family. According to a school press release, the students performed engine work, fixed electrical issues, repaired the cooling system, sealed the transmission and transfer case, completed rust repair and gave the car a new paint job throughout the past school year. (Corona-Norco Unified School District)According to a school press release, the students performed engine work, fixed electrical issues, repaired the cooling system, sealed the transmi...

Kristie Jo Harmon Killed in Wrong-Way Collision on U.S. 50 [Churchill County, NV]

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:59:59 GMT

79-Year-Old Woman Fatally Struck in Wrong-Way Accident near Coleman RoadCHURCHILL COUNTY, NV (July 31, 2023) – Friday afternoon, Kristie Jo Harmon was killed in a wrong-way collision on U.S. 50.Police responded to the scene around 1:00 p.m., near Coleman Road.Investigators say the driver of a gold 2006 Toyota Avalon was heading east on the highway. Meanwhile, a gray 2022 Ram 2500 was heading west in front of a white 2016 Ford F-250.For reasons unknown, the Avalon then veered across the center divider into oncoming lanes of traffic. There, the left side of the Avalon struck the rear of the Ram 2500.The Avalon then came to rest facing east in the westbound lanes while the F-250 came to rest facing west in the westbound lanes.Medics arrived and transported an occupant from inside the Avalon, 79-year-old Harmon to a nearby hospital where she later died. Crews also took the Avalon driver, an adult male, to a nearby hospital in critical condition.At this time, an active investigatio...