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Spire making several city park improvements today for 'Day of Good'

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:01:26 GMT

ST. LOUIS - Spire employees will also be making improvements to several St. Louis City parks for their 'Day of Good' effort.Crews will be re-painting facilities, tearing up and re-paving asphalt, clearing up brush, and re-soiling the area. Check your tickets! Numbers drawn for $1.73 billion Powerball jackpot They'll be at Penrose and Fairgrounds Park Thursday from 8:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., and at Carondelet Park Friday at the same time.

Glasgow Village, Missouri hosting 'Clean Up, Build Up' event this weekend

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:01:26 GMT

GLASGOW VILLAGE, Mo. - Glasgow Village is holding their 'Clean Up, Build Up' event this weekend.The goal is to clean up the community park while also improving public safety. Volunteers are needed Saturday to help remove overgrowth and debris around the park. Football coach shot in front of players at practice, St. Louis community shocked Other volunteers will help install motion cameras and ring doorbells while handing out free gun locks to locals. Volunteers can meet at the Village Community Center at 8:00 a.m. on Saturday.The event will run until 2:00 p.m.

Military memorial complex project moving forward in Grafton, Illinois

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:01:26 GMT

GRAFTON, Ill. - Planning for a major military memorial complex is moving forward in Grafton.City officials unveiled the $6 million project during their capital campaign kick-off Wednesday. The National Memorial of Military Ascent Complex will include a memorial plaza and an interactive military museum. Check your tickets! Numbers drawn for $1.73 billion Powerball jackpot Grafton Mayor Mike Morrow, who is a veteran, says over 17% of Grafton's population are also veterans. He also shared that the project is expected to take four years to complete.A donation website is now available.

New Mercy Go-Health Urgent Care opens today in St. Louis City

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:01:26 GMT

ST. LOUIS - The first Mercy Go-Health Urgent Care in St. Louis City opens Thursday.It's located at 4260 Hampton Village Plaza. Football coach shot in front of players at practice, St. Louis community shocked This is Mercy's 22nd urgent care location in the St. Louis region.

Domestic violence center expanding facility to allow pets

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:01:26 GMT

ST. LOUIS - St. Louis' largest domestic violence shelter is teaming up with several pet organizations to make it easier for survivors to leave abusive environments.The 'Women's Safe House' in St. Louis is expanding its facility to add an animal kennel. It'll provide veterinary care for the pets, but owners will still be responsible for their care. The new facility is expected to be completed by early 2024. Check your tickets! Numbers drawn for $1.73 billion Powerball jackpot The National Domestic Violence Hotline reports that it usually takes survivors seven attempts to leave an abusive relationship. Leaving a pet behind is often a huge decision since only 17% of domestic violence shelters allow animals.

Vacant house and trash bin fires in north St. Louis

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:01:26 GMT

ST. LOUIS - Firefighters were busy with a few calls just after midnight.Two vacant homes caught fire on Annie Malone Drive at Garfield Avenue in the Ville neighborhood of north St. Louis. The walls collapsed on one of the homes. The other had roof damage. Football coach shot in front of players at practice, St. Louis community shocked There were also some trash bin fires in the neighborhood. One was on Whittier Street at Aldine Avenue, about two blocks from the house fires.All the fires are considered suspicious. FOX 2 will update this story with more information as it becomes available.

House fire damages building in Walnut Park West neighborhood

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:01:26 GMT

ST. LOUIS - A fire damaged a house in the Walnut Park West neighborhood of north St. Louis.It started just after midnight on Thekla Avenue, near Park Lane. The fire was in the back of the house. Check your tickets! Numbers drawn for $1.73 billion Powerball jackpot Everyone who lives there got out safely.

Here’s how Colorado’s $500,000 TV rebate for “Coach Prime” show would work

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:01:26 GMT

The mix of hype and money that blooms in Deion Sanders’ wake — spread this year among the University of Colorado football team, Buff’s merchandise sales, Boulder restaurants and businesses, and the news media — would seem a straightforward win all around.But the economics behind the state’s planned rebates for season 2 of Amazon Prime’s “Coach Prime” mini-documentary series, whose producers have said they plan to spend $4.9 million in Colorado during filming, help to quantify some of it.That was the message last week when the Colorado Office of Film, Television and Media announced that “Coach Prime,” was already shooting here. (Season 1 debuted last year while Sanders was still coaching at Jackson State University in Mississippi.)The state office — part of the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade (COEDIT) — said the $4.9 million spend could result in $500,000 in rebates to SMAC Product...

CU Buffs vs. Stanford football: How to watch, storylines and staff predictions

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:01:26 GMT

Stanford (1-4, 0-3 Pac-12) at Colorado (4-2, 1-2)When/where: Friday, 8 p.m./Folsom FieldTV/Radio: ESPN/850 AM, 94.1 FMBetMGM Line: CU -11.5, 58.5 over/underWeather: Partly cloudy, with light winds and temperatures around 45 degrees at kickoff.Five storylinesTravis Hunter’s Return: CU coach Deion Sanders said Tuesday there’s a “serious chance” that Hunter, the Buffs’ star wideout/cornerback who suffered a lacerated liver during the Rocky Mountain Showdown on Sept. 16, could be back in the lineup Friday after missing the last three games. The sophomore returned to practice this week and his return would be a boost for a secondary that’s also dealt with recent injuries to safeties Shilo Sanders and Myles Slusher.The Downtrodden Cardinal: Stanford appeared in 10 straight bowl games from 2009-18, including winning the Rose Bowl twice, a victory in the Orange Bowl and six double-digit-win seasons. But the magic’s evaporated in Palo Alto, where the...

Disinformation Campaign on Democracy and Human Rights in Bangladesh - Setting the record straight.

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:01:26 GMT

A significant event took place yesterday at the European Parliament's ASP ASE-2 building in Brussels. The event, titled "Human Rights Situation and Democracy in Bangladesh: The Fight Against Disinformation and False Narratives” was hosted by MEP Maximilian Krah and the Study Circle London.Speakers from various backgrounds came together to debate the question of how to address the ongoing disinformation campaign against Bangladesh, that culminated in the runup to the JMR “Human rights situation in Bangladesh, notably the case of Odhikar” passed by the EP in September this year.Bangladesh, a country in South Asia, has been a subject of global concern regarding its human rights situation and democratic progress. The nation has experienced significant political turmoil and social unrest in recent years. The event at the European Parliament sought to engage in a constructive dialogue on these issues.The event featured an array of distinguished speakers and experts on Bangladesh, includin...