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Funeral today for former Lambert Airport director Leonard Griggs

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:26:21 GMT

ST. LOUIS - Tuesday is the funeral for Col. Leonard Griggs, the former director of St. Louis Lambert International Airport.Griggs led the airport for more than 21 years. The former Air Force colonel died last month at age 92. The 7 St. Louis restaurants visited by Guy Fieri on ‘Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives’ Visitation is from 11:00 a.m. to noon at the Kriegshauser Mortuary West Chapel on Olive Boulevard in Olivette. The funeral starts at noon.He'll be buried with full military honors at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery. The funeral procession will pass by the airport before heading to the cemetery.

Holiday lighting at Vets Village today

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:26:21 GMT

ST. LOUIS - The Tiny Home Village for military veterans facing housing instability gets holiday lights Tuesday.It opened last month on four acres in the Jeff Vanderlou neighborhood of north St. Louis. The Veterans Community Project will be lit in red, white, and blue at a ceremony at 5:30 p.m. The 7 St. Louis restaurants visited by Guy Fieri on ‘Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives’ There will also be caroling, cookies, and hot chocolate.

C.A. Gabe Gore giving 6-month progress report today

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:26:21 GMT

ST. LOUIS - A progress report is coming out this Tuesday on how things have been going in the St. Louis Circuit Attorney's Office.St. Louis Circuit Attorney Gabe Gore took office a little more than six months ago. Governor Mike Parson appointed him to replace Kim Gardner, who resigned in May. Suspect shot and killed after firing shots outside O’Fallon City Hall The governor said Gore would be able to turn around the "mismanagement and turmoil" left behind. Gore has not yet said if he will run for the job full-time next year.

Rollover crash into parked car in south St. Louis

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:26:21 GMT

ST. LOUIS - A driver crashed into a parked car overnight in the Lindenwood Park neighborhood of south St. Louis.That was just after 1:00 a.m. on Jamieson Avenue at Pernod Avenue. The driver's car flipped over. The 7 St. Louis restaurants visited by Guy Fieri on ‘Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives’ So far, there have been no reports of injuries. FOX 2 will update this story with more information as it becomes available.

Driver injured after rollover crash in Mehlville

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:26:21 GMT

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. - A driver was injured in a rollover crash overnight in Mehlville.That crash happened just before 1:30 a.m. on Telegraph Road. The car hit a tree just outside St. Luke's United Methodist Church. Suspect shot and killed after firing shots outside O’Fallon City Hall The driver had to be cut from the wreckage.

Lower mortgage rates not enough to overcome November slowdown in metro Denver home sales

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:26:21 GMT

Lower mortgage rates motivated some buyers to get busy last month, but it wasn’t enough to prevent the seasonal slowdown seen this time of year in metro Denver’s housing market, according to a monthly update from the Denver Metro Association of Realtors.Buyers closed on 2,664 homes and condos last month, a 15.9% drop from the 3,169 homes sold in October. November closings were down 14% year-over-year and through the first 11 months of 2023, with the overall sales volume is down by nearly a fifth.Properties took longer to sell last month, with the median number of days a listing spent on the market shooting up from 16 in October to 22 in November. A year ago, the median was 21 days.There were 6,684 active listings available to buyers at the end of November, which is down 10.7% from October’s 7,482 and up 6.9% from the inventory available a year earlier. At the current pace of sales, the market has about 2.5 months of supply of listings.In one of the bigger declines ...

European Commission: Bulgaria will decide where the revenues from the tax for the transfer of Russian gas on its territory will be directed

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:26:21 GMT

"The European Commission has been notified of Bulgaria's recent gas supply measures. We are in contact with Bulgaria and other affected countries to assess and discuss the possible repercussions of this measure," a spokesperson for the Community Executive said in response to questions related to the tax for the transfer of Russian gas through Bulgaria, writes Cristian Gerhasim. According to a new law, published this month in the Official Gazette of Bulgaria and which entered into force immediately, a fee of 20 leva (€10) is introduced for each megawatt hour of gas coming from Russia. It is equivalent to approximately 20% of the reference price for natural gas at the Amsterdam Stock Exchange. Regarding the question of where the revenues from this tax will be directed, the answer was: "This is a national measure, the decision is the competence of the Sofia authorities." The spokesperson specified that the EU sanctions approved so far foresee measures against coal and oil imports from ...

Opinion: Newsom deserves credit for doing what few Democrats will

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:26:21 GMT

The Interruption Fest — otherwise known as the much-ballyhooed red vs. blue debate between Gov. Gavin Newsom and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis — is mercifully over. It was admittedly my longest stretch watching Fox News for any reason, and the only time in my life that I tuned into Sean Hannity, one of the media’s top conspiracy theorists.The deck was stacked against Newsom from the outset, with Hannity acting more like a prosecuting attorney than a neutral moderator. Predictably, nearly every question he posed was intended to make Florida look good in relation to California, essentially tossing soft balls to DeSantis. Both DeSantis and Hannity were talking over Newsom on countless occasions, sometimes both at the same time.Many people asked why Newsom would place himself in the lion’s den, agreeing to a session that was for all practical purposes him debating both DeSantis and Hannity. Pundits are bleating that it is because he wants to position himself for a presidential r...

Disneyland shuts 35 rides after nearby earthquake ‘shook things up’

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:26:21 GMT

A minor earthquake near Disneyland forced the closure of dozens of rides and left visitors with little to do while employees conducted mandatory safety protocols before reopening the attractions at the Anaheim theme park.An earthquake in Fullerton on Monday, Dec. 4 centered about 2 miles north of Disneyland forced the temporary closure of at least 35 rides.“Felt like it was right under our table at Jolly Holiday,” wrote Shanna Fogelman on Instagram. “Shook things up more than you would think.”The 3.5-magnitude quake at 8:10 p.m. on Monday was centered near Chapman and Raymond Avenues in Fullerton, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. A smaller aftershock struck around 8:30 p.m.No initial damage was reported at Disneyland or Disney California Adventure.“Damage is very unlikely but guests will be inconvenienced while rides are inspected,” MiceChat posted to Instagram. View this post on InstagramA post shared by MiceChat (@micechat)By 9 p.m. Monday night, the vast majority of the ...

French: It’s time to fix America’s most dangerous law

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:26:21 GMT

There is a land mine embedded in the United States Code, one that Donald Trump, if reelected president, could use to destroy our republic. But it’s not too late for Congress to defuse the mine now and protect America.I’m talking about the Insurrection Act, a federal law that permits the president to deploy military troops in American communities to effectively act as a domestic police force under his direct command. In theory, there is a need for a well-drafted law that permits the use of federal troops in extreme circumstances to maintain order and protect the rule of law. The Insurrection Act, which dates back to 1792 but has since been amended, is not, however, well-drafted. And its flaws would give Trump enormous latitude to wield the staggering power of the state against his domestic political enemies.These flaws are especially relevant because Trump and his allies are keenly aware of the act’s provisions and have long expressed interest in its use. Trump has publicly regretted...