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Alton, Illinois officials want opinions on Piasa Park redevelopment

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:33:38 GMT

ALTON, Ill. - Leaders in Alton, Illinois also want opinions on changes coming to Piasa Park. They're planning to do new landscaping and add water retention ponds, coach bus parking, outdoor gathering areas, and a new Piasa bird observation deck. They're also going to construct a 4,500 square foot state-of-the-art visitor center. Top Stories: City of St. Louis suing Hyundai, Kia over surge in car thefts It'll include exhibit space, a gift shop, lecture facilities, and more. You can learn more about the plans during a meeting at 2:00 p.m. at Alton City Hall.

MetroLink expansion project survey deadline April 30

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:33:38 GMT

ST. LOUIS - MetroLink wants to hear what you think about their plans to expand in St. Louis City and north St. Louis County.One project is the Jefferson Alignment Expansion. The new route would run from Chippewa to the south, heading north on Jefferson to Natural Bridge and Fairgrounds Park. Top Stories: City of St. Louis suing Hyundai, Kia over surge in car thefts In north St. Louis County, four potential MetroLink expansion alternatives would extend light rail routes. You can fill out a survey on the proposed projects at GrowingMetroLink.com.They have until April 30 to respond.

U.S. Coast Guard of St. Louis hosting recruiting event today

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:33:38 GMT

ST. LOUIS - Expect some excitement on the Riverfront as the U.S. Coast Guard of St. Louis hosts a recruiting event for JROTC students and their families. Top Stories: City of St. Louis suing Hyundai, Kia over surge in car thefts It's Tuesday from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the St. Louis Service Base on 100 Arsenal Street. Visitors will be able to learn about the coast guard's missions, talk to service members, and see live waterfront response boat displays.

Meramec River flood management meeting taking place this evening

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:33:38 GMT

FENTON, Mo. - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is hosting a public meeting Tuesday night on flood management along the Meramec River.There have been several water rescues when the river spills out of its banks. You can learn about the river's flood risk, what measures are in place to prevent it, and ask questions. Trending: MoDOT closing westbound JB Bridge on Wednesday The meeting is at 5:30 p.m. at Fenton City Hall.

Ladue School District hosting Board of Education Candidate Forum tonight

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:33:38 GMT

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. - Ladue School District is having a Board of Education Candidate Forum Tuesday night. Trending: MoDOT closing westbound JB Bridge on Wednesday Five candidates filed for the three open positions. The forum starts at 6:00 p.m. at Ladue Horton Watkins High School.

Keeler: Why does Nikola Jokic keep winning NBA MVP awards while Joel Embiid doesn’t? The Joker shows up for a showdown.

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:33:38 GMT

When we finally caught up with Joel Embiid, he was sitting high up in Section 130 at Ball Arena Monday night, enthralled by the halftime show. Gotta admit, the dude looked a lot shorter in person.“I get a lot of grief for this,” laughed Bryce Margolis of Boulder, flashing his No. 21 76ers jersey proudly in the stands, repping Philly even when Embiid wasn’t. “They just give me the ‘MVP’ (expletive). You know how it goes. As a Philly fan, I think we’re looking for a ring and not the MVP trophy.”Yeah, well, good luck, pal. Especially with that last one. MVPs are for dudes, as my old pal Steve Addazio liked to say. And dudes show up.They show up on the road. They show up at sea level. They show up at altitude. They show up big where they’re loved. They show up even bigger where they’re despised.NBA TV showed up Monday night. The New York Times showed up. ESPN showed up. Nikola Jokic showed up, dropping yet another triple-double (25 points, 17 rebounds and 12 assists) for the hater...

Broncos Mailbag: Why sign Zach Allen instead of Dre’Mont Jones on defensive line?

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:33:38 GMT

Denver Post Broncos writer Parker Gabriel posts his Broncos Mailbag periodically during the offseason. Click here to submit a question.Parker, you wrote recently that the Broncos could have afforded to keep Dre’Mont Jones because the money they gave Zach Allen was similar. We know what Dre’Mont brought and his star was on the rise. We only know what we think we got in Zach Allen. As a Buckeye, I was saddened to see Dre’Mont go. Realizing the jury is out on Allen, I wonder what you think of this “trade-off”? Did we win, lose or draw?— Dan Rish, Albuquerque, N.M.Dan, thanks for kicking this thing off with a good question. Indeed, at the end of the day Jones and Allen ended up getting similar — although not identical — contracts.Allen did end up checking in at a slightly lower average annual value of $15.25 million compared to $17.18 million for Jones, but Allen got more guaranteed money at $32.5 million than Jones’ $30 million. Either way, they both...

Opinion: Wildlife crossings work for both drivers and animals

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:33:38 GMT

A deer stands paralyzed in the middle of a mountain highway, stunned by the lights and deafening roar of an 18-wheeler barreling toward it. At the last second, the deer leaps back into the forest.This time, the deer and the trucker avoid a fatal collision, but this stretch of Interstate 5 in southern Oregon is a known killing field for wildlife and dangerous for motorists. The highway cuts through a critical connection for wildlife moving between two mountain ranges and home to the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument, which is the only national monument specifically established for the protection of its rich biodiversity.In this country, according to Federal Highway Administration estimates, 1-2 million motor vehicles crash into large animals such as deer each year. “These wildlife-vehicle collisions cause approximately 200 human deaths, 26,000 injuries and at least $8 billion in property damage and other costs,” according to The Pew Trust. In Oregon alone, the Oregon Department of T...

Opinion: Congress doesn’t want to pay the debts it ran up? Just another day in Washington

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:33:38 GMT

Even if you look merely on the surface, there is something deeply shameful about the debate now dominating Washington.Through the years, members of Congress from both parties have happily chosen to spend more money than the government takes in, creating ever-increasing deficits funded by a growing ocean of public debt. Now, the bills are coming due, with the Congressional Budget Office reporting that America’s government will tack another $19 trillion in debt onto the $30 trillion we already owe. But remarkably enough, many of the same members of Congress who ran up the debt are now threatening not to pay unless they are granted certain policy concessions. In other words, they’re prepared to let the greatest country in the history of mankind renege on its debts. That sort of political hostage-taking is plainly shameful.But perhaps even more dispiriting is that this kind of behavior is not an outlier. Quite the opposite, it’s simply the latest illustration of what is a more perennial...

McManus: The law is on Trump’s tail, and he sounds pretty worried

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:33:38 GMT

Donald Trump is beginning to sound panicky.“WHY WON’T BRAGG DROP THIS CASE?” he wrote on his Truth Social account last week of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, who is investigating Trump’s alleged payment of hush money to a porn star. “… THIS IS NO LEGAL SYSTEM, THIS IS THE GESTAPO, THIS IS RUSSIA AND CHINA, BUT WORSE.”In a string of social media posts, the former president called Bragg, who is Black, “a degenerate psychopath” and an “animal.”Trump urged his supporters to “PROTEST, TAKE OUR NATION BACK!” and warned that indicting him could result in “death & destruction.”All that over an indictment that hasn’t been delivered, in a probe looking at whether Trump treated the $130,000 payment to Stormy Daniels as a business expense.There’s a baroque theory that Trump welcomes criminal prosecutions because every battle makes him a hero in the eyes of his followers.But he did...