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St. Louis City winter operations starting today through March 31

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:56:35 GMT

ST. LOUIS - With winter upon us, the city of St. Louis is launching its winter operations program on Friday to help the homeless find places to stay and get out of the cold.Although it's not snowing, Friday morning's cold rain is certainly a sign of things to come this winter in the area. City officials say if you're in need of shelter this winter, call 211 for a referral to a shelter. However, if you don't have a phone, you can come to the Centenary United Methodist Church on Pine during cold weather to get a referral for a place to stay.Here is a breakdown of the number of city-funded beds for the homeless:City officials say the 744 beds are available year-round. That is a 23% increase over the situation in 2022. There are just over 100 additional overflow beds that are available during inclement weather.AmeriCorps is also providing 40 beds when the temperature drops below 20 degrees. Tow truck operator killed in Illinois served as volunteer firefighter It's known just how dange...

Clayton murder suspect's bond hearing today

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:56:35 GMT

ST. LOUIS - The man charged with a murder in Clayton two weeks ago has a bond reduction hearing scheduled for Friday.The Major Case Squad of Greater St. Louis arrested 18-year-old Trenell Johnson in the death of 41-year-old Joshua Harris. According to court documents, Harris was shot after he confronted Johnson, who was allegedly breaking into cars. Tow truck operator killed in Illinois served as volunteer firefighter Johnson had been out on bond for other car theft charges in St. Louis County. He was arrested after a large manhunt.Johnson faces second-degree murder and armed criminal action charges.

Schnucks Ladue Crossing Hanukkah celebration

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:56:35 GMT

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. - Schnucks at Ladue Crossing is celebrating with singing, storytelling, and other activities for kids.Children who stop by will receive Hanukkah gelt - chocolate gold coins. It's happening December 5 from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. at Schnucks on Ladue Road. Tow truck operator killed in Illinois served as volunteer firefighter Later on FOX 2 News in the Morning at 8, Rabbi Miller and Steve Turner of Schnucks join us to share more about what to expect from this celebration

Former St. Louis Lambert Airport Police Chief Paul Mason dies at age 76

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:56:35 GMT

ST. LOUIS - Former St. Louis Lambert International Airport Police Chief Paul Mason has died.He retired in 2014 after 26 years on the job - 17 as chief. The former military police officer also served as the personal security officer for the late St. Louis Rams owner, Georgia Frontiere. The ‘center’ of Missouri isn’t too far from Jefferson City Visitation for Chief Mason is next Thursday, and the funeral is next Friday. He'll be buried with full military honors at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery.Chief Paul Mason was 76 years old.

Comic Katie Bowman isn’t afraid to make crowds squirm

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:56:35 GMT

Katie Bowman is quick to describe herself as a “neuro-divergent nightmare,” despite bringing laughs to countless audiences in hundreds of stand-up sets in the last decade.“I don’t think it’s a negative thing,” said Bowman, a 36-year-old Denver comedian and visual artist who makes an impression with a bright shock of red hair and oversized glasses. “Some people hate it, but it resonates with people who have ADHD, like me, or cognitive disorders. All the crazies, underdogs, outcasts and losers — bring them to me. I picture the people in the audience as friends at a party, and I want them to feel welcome and heard.”The poster for Katie Bowman’s Dec. 2 album recording. (Provided by Katie Bowman)Bowman and her loopy, bawdy, intensely personal humor, which features practiced jokes and improvised asides, just returned from a national tour where she performed what will become her first stand-up album.Dubbed “Neurodivergent Ni...

A primer on Love Has Won, the Colorado cult featured in HBO’s new docu-series

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:56:35 GMT

“What’s a cult? People not believing what’s mainstream, which is God is a man and you find him in a church that wants money?”That’s a quote from a member of an organization called Love Has Won in a new HBO docu-series, entitled “Love Has Won: The Cult of Mother God.” The group is, by most accounts, a cult that grabbed headlines in April 2021 after the mummified remains of its leader, Amy Carlson, known as Mother God, were found in a sleeping bag wrapped in Christmas lights near Crestone, Colorado.But that was hardly the first time Love Has Won ended up in the news. Over the course of a decade-plus, the group gained exposure by spreading its message by live-streaming on platforms such as YouTube and Facebook. In 2020, Love Has Won fled Hawaii under police escort after Carlson’s claims to be the deity Pele sparked outrage among locals.HBO’s docu-series chronicles the life and death of Carlson through interviews with current and former members, footage from the group’s exte...

Colorado investigates “unprecedented” scheme by drivers paid to transport Medicaid patients hundreds of miles a day

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:56:35 GMT

The patients began to flock to metro Denver methadone clinics in mid to late summer, five or six to a car. Most were users of illicit opioids, including fentanyl. Many were homeless.And all were from Pueblo or other parts of southern Colorado, driven up Interstate 25 by independent transportation contractors who suddenly had flooded the state’s Medicaid system.As clinics scrambled to process the patients, some told The Denver Post that they thought it was odd so many were coming from outside of metro Denver — especially while clinics were open and waiting in southern Colorado. Providers at the methadone facilities, which are tightly regulated and highly stigmatized, made note of the vehicles dropping off these new patients: new SUVs with temporary tags, driven by men who often spoke accented English and who all had enrolled in a lucrative program that paid them to drive patients to the doctor.The drivers billed Medicaid for every mile they drove, on a per-patient basis. The mo...

At Holy Family, football team finds inspiration in mother’s battle with leukemia: “I couldn’t do it without all of them”

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:56:35 GMT

Three weeks after undergoing a bone marrow transplant, Crystal Gabriel sat in a car behind the end zone at Holy Family, armed with a cowbell and ready to cheer with all the energy she had.Crystal, the wife of Tigers head coach Mike D. Gabriel and the mom of star senior tailback/safety Dominic Gabriel, had been battling leukemia since the spring. But nothing was going to keep her from her Tigers — even if that meant watching every home game from a car with her window slightly cracked to emphatically ring her cowbell.“Just being there at the game, and being able to watch from wherever I could, was such a blessing because I didn’t know if I would be well enough to even attend the games,” Crystal recalled.“That first game was emotional. There were tears in my eyes as the players walked into the stadium holding hands and with a bagpiper playing Amazing Grace. I was crying almost the whole game, just because I was so happy to be there.”The Gabriel family pose...

Nuggets Podcast: Jamal Murray returns, Reggie Jackson and DeAndre Jordan toast Clippers and the definitive NBA center draft

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:56:35 GMT

In the latest edition of the Nuggets Ink podcast, host Matt Schubert and beat writer Bennett Durando catch up with the Nuggets riding a three-game winning streak heading into the weekend. Among the topics discussed:Is Matt back on the Suns bandwagon after writing them off one game into the season as they look to capture the first NBA in season tournament championship? Matt and Bennett discuss where things stand with the Nuggets on the outside looking in.Reggie Jackson and DeAndre Jordan had themselves an evening against their former team in Los Angeles. What does the performance say about this team? And where does that win stand among this era’s best?Jamal Murray returned after a monthlong injury on Wednesday night, immediately tweaked his ankle, then hit a 40-footer not long after that. What are the takeaways from his first game back? And what can fans look forward to as he strives to regain his form?The fellas engage in an NBA centers draft. Who knows ball… an editor, ...

Opinion: Colorado’s trolls are looking for Commies and Nazis in all the wrong places

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:56:35 GMT

“You’re nothing but a God hating. America hating, commie loving, evil woman” is just a banjo away from being a country music song.I received this insightful Twitter critique of my last column exposing the lunacy of the Colorado Republican Party. I’d written about how the state GOP somehow managed to shed even more credibility by inviting failed Arizona gubernatorial candidate and avid conspiracy theorist Kari Lake to headline a fundraising dinner. A few days before that, Chairman Dave Williams promoted an interview he did with self-proclaimed white nationalist and islamophobe Laura Loomer. What columnist could pass that up?Among the two dozen or so outraged Twitter responses to the column, there were the usual Nazi references, sexist mansplain, RINO blah, blah, blah. Few showed any creativity. One called me a Satanist, a first. Also, someone misspelled the word “imbecile.”As I flew off to Ethiopia — stay tuned for more on that trip next week — I thought to myself, ...