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Addressing the fentanyl-driven overdose crisis in St. Louis

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:16:18 GMT

ST. LOUIS - There have been an alarming number of calls for drug overdoses in the St. Louis area in recent years. There’s a growing feeling that reversing course may go beyond "law and order."  Fentanyl continues to be a deadly driving force.  Users may be looking for cocaine or methamphetamine, but 90–95% of the time they’re also getting fentanyl mixed into it, according to St. Louis County Public Health Director, Dr. Kanika Cunningham.  While the number of drug overdoses is not necessarily climbing, it’s also not letting up. School bus driver on leave after Halloween candy cannabis scare An overdose call at the St. Louis City Jail on Thursday was the 40th for the St. Louis Fire Department in the past week. It was not fatal.  St. Louis City Police have had 19 overdose calls for service in the past week.St. Louis County Police reported 196 through the first 10 months of the year, compared to 235 over the same period last year.  It’s a welcome drop, but still hugely concerning. A r...

Local landscaping company hopes to uncover headstones in much-needed cemetery clean up

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:16:18 GMT

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. - There are several hundred headstones at the Washington Park Cemetery in North County that are easily visible and well-kept, but along the northside of the cemetery it’s a different story.   “A lot of those headstones have been buried,” Focal Pointe’s Dan Schaefer said.  For years, plants have overtaken the corner of the cemetery along Interstate 70, and what’s left can simply be described as a canopy of shrubs, hiding names and stories.    School bus driver on leave after Halloween candy cannabis scare “There’s one specific headstone that really affected me,” Schaefer told Fox 2. “It’s a five-year-old baby headstone that’s just buried within that mass.”Dan Schaefer with the landscaping company Focal Pointe estimates there are about 25 headstones buried underneath. Focal Pointe is helping clean up the cemetery Friday for its third annual fall community outreach cleanup. It all came together because of sign posted along the highway . “We saw the 'volunteers n...

St. Louis drivers sound off on reckless driving

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:16:18 GMT

ST. LOUIS - St. Louis drivers are frustrated not only over the number of crashes they see, but also over the amount of reckless driving they witness. The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department continues to look for the driver accused in a pedestrian crash near Crown Candy earlier this week. An elderly man was struck in broad daylight after the vehicle failed to stop. On Thursday, an April court date was set for a 2022 hit-and-run case that took the life of 17-year-old Mathew Nikolai. He was walking across Chippewa Street near Ted Drewes when he was struck and killed. Florida kidnapping victims rescued from downtown St. Louis hotel St. Louis resident Susan Fanter says she’s scared to cross a street, even if she uses the crosswalk and has the right of way.“You never know if they’re going to run the red light and if you’re going to get hit,” she said.  We’ve reported in the past on the city’s efforts to address traffic violence. Enforcement efforts from St. Louis police include the...

Keanna Rosenburgh charged as an adult in Denver bar shooting that injured five

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:16:18 GMT

The 17-year-old girl accused of shooting five people outside Dierks Bentley’s Whiskey Row in LoDo will be charged as an adult, the Denver District Attorney’s Office announced Thursday.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | Alamosa man shot, killed in confrontation with deputy Crime and Public Safety | Former U.S. Attorney John Walsh enters 2024 Denver district attorney’s race Crime and Public Safety | 52-year-old man arrested for murder, assault in Englewood shooting Crime and Public Safety | Man pleads guilty to lesser murder charge in 2021 Aurora shooting, carjacking spree Crime and Public Safety | Man arrested on suspicion of first-degree murder in Regis Motel shooting in Denver Keanna Rosenburgh is facing 28 charges, including seven counts of attempted murder and 15 counts of assault, in connection with the shooting in the 1900 block of Market Street on Sept. 16.Denver police allege Rosenbur...

Football: Colorado Buffaloes preparing for physical contest with Oregon State

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:16:18 GMT

By November, a lot of college football players are feeling the bumps and bruises they’ve accumulated over the previous three months of practices and games.There is a fine line, however, between trying to manage and minimize the wear and tear and getting prepared for the physicality of November football. That’s even more important for the Colorado Buffaloes (4-4, 1-4 Pac-12) as they prepare to face one of the most physical teams in the conference in No. 16 Oregon State (6-2, 3-2) on Saturday at Folsom Field (8 p.m., ESPN).“That is a tricky balance,” CU linebackers coach Andre Hart said this week. “In the pro game, they do it very well where you have thudding and you don’t take anybody to the ground. … But, it’s very tricky, because you get to a point, you play so many games, you play so many snaps, guys are banged up. You want to make sure they get to the game so we can have a successful game.“So, you have to monitor that but then playing a team like (Oregon State), when you have you...

CU Buffs notes: Trevor Woods embracing switch to linebacker

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:16:18 GMT

When Colorado head coach Deion Sanders came up with the idea of moving safety Trevor Woods to linebacker, Woods didn’t flinch.“Nah, it was (just) do whatever,” Woods said. “Whatever keeps me on the field, whatever helps us.”And, really, there wasn’t a choice. The Buffaloes (4-4, 1-4 Pac-12) needed some help at linebacker and Woods jumped out as the man that could fill that role.“It was more of like a dime package thing at first,” Woods said. “But then, it was working really well and they were just like, ‘Hey, get in Trevor,’ because something happened (at practice). It happened just like that two days before the game.”Related Articles Welcome to Denver’s Rivalry Weekend: Bronze Boot, Gold Pan, Commander in Chief trophies all up for grabs. Records go out the window when Centennial State pride is on the line. Kiszla: Sorry, Coach Prime. But the real football miracle worker in Colorado is Troy Calhoun. Keeler: Deion Sanders’ son Shi...

Video captures moments before elderly man was murdered inside Garden Grove home

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:16:18 GMT

The family of an elderly man who was killed by a transient inside his Garden Grove apartment on Wednesday night is speaking out about the tragic incident.Chuong Pham, 87, was killed after being attacked by Mario Brancato, a 26-year-old homeless man, inside his apartment on the 9900 block of Central Avenue at around 7:30 p.m., according to the Garden Grove Police Department.Surveillance video from Pham's Ring doorbell camera captures the moment Brancato somehow made it inside Chuong’s home where he stayed for over an hour. It’s unclear what the two were speaking about, but footage captures the two conversing near the front door for some time.Chuong, who had moved to the U.S. from Vietnam in 1996, had lived at the El Centrico apartment complex for over 20 years.His sons recalled the moment they received an alert on their phones of the intruder inside their father’s home.A Ring doorbell camera captured the moments before a homeless man allegedly murdered Chuong Pham inside his Garden G...

Caltrans project brings weekend shutdown of I-680 from Pleasanton to Sunol

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:16:18 GMT

A stretch of southbound Interstate 680 between Pleasanton and Sunol will be closed this weekend for a Caltrans project, the agency said.A crew will be replacing a portion of deteriorating roadway with new pavement between the I-680 connector with Interstate 580 and state Highway 84 in Sunol. The closure goes into effect at 9 p.m. Friday and will remain in effect until 4 a.m. Monday.The closures will be rescheduled if the weather turns sour or other unanticipated developments occur, the agency said. They added that the full weekend closure will allow workers to avoid three months of night-time road closures to do the work.Motorists in central Contra Costa County are urged to take Hwy 4 west to westbound Interstate 80 to southbound I-880 or westbound Hwy 24 to I-880. Motorists in the Tri-Valley can take westbound I-580 to state Hwy 238 to southbound I-880 or eastbound I-580 to Hwy 84 to southbound I-680.

Wizards’ new uniforms honor local, lesser-known monuments

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:16:18 GMT

The 2023-24 City Edition uniforms for the Washington Wizards. (Courtesy Washington Wizards)The District is well-known for housing a myriad of federal structures, but the city’s earliest and perhaps least-known monuments, known as Boundary Stones, are the inspiration behind the latest City Edition uniforms for the Washington Wizards.The 2023-24 uniforms unveiled Wednesday pay homage to the 40 stone markers set in place by President George Washington to designate the border of the nation’s capital. Nearly all of the original boundary stones still exist today with the first being laid on April 15, 1791, in Alexandria, Virginia.Rebecca Winn, senior vice president of Wizards’ marketing, told WTOP that the team wanted to highlight something that’s unique to the city.“Only Washington, D.C. can own this particular story and so there’s a lot to tell,” she said. “We also wanted to highlight some of the work that Benjamin Banneker has done as well.R...

Storm Ciarán whips western Europe, blowing record winds in France and leaving millions without power

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:16:18 GMT

PARIS (AP) — Record-breaking winds in France and across much of western Europe left at least seven people dead and injured others as Storm Ciarán swept through the continent Thursday. The storm devastated homes, causing travel mayhem and cut power to a vast number of people.Winds of more than 190 kph (118 mph) slammed the northern tip of France’s Atlantic coast, uprooting trees and blowing out windows. Huge waves slammed into French ports and shorelines, as wind flattened street signs and ripped off roofing. Felled trees blocked roads around western France.A truck driver was killed when his vehicle was hit by a tree in northern France’s inland Aisne region, Transport Minister Clement Beaune said. Meanwhile, a 70-year-old man in the port city of Le Havre, Normandy, died in a fall from his balcony. Local media outlet FranceBleu quoted a prosecutor as saying it appeared the man was closing his shutters against the wind when he fell. At least 16 people were injured in France, seven of t...