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East St. Louis whistleblower removed from housing authority board  

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:44:08 GMT

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. - Shonte Mueller was joined by family and supporters as she arrived at the East St. Louis City Hall Thursday night for a personnel hearing.  Following that hearing, she learned she had been removed from the East St. Louis Housing Authority board. “They voted to replace me due to the allegations I made against the ex-interim executive director for wrongdoing,” Mueller said.   St. Louis police warn of surge in carjackings and break-ins The You Paid For It Team outlined Mueller’s accusations that the former director steered contracts to relatives resulting in unnecessary and pricey up-charges.The previous director was removed but denied the allegations.   Mueller said after raising the allegations, her husband, who worked for the East St. Louis Police Department for 32 years, was terminated. Close Thanks for signing up! Watch for us in your inbox. Subscribe Now Daily News ...

MoDOT nearing construction start date on new I-55 lanes in Jefferson County

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:44:08 GMT

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Mo. - Early next year, MODOT is planning to break ground on a near $250 million project.The Interstate 55 Corridor Upgrades project will add a northbound and southbound lane in Jefferson County from Festus to Pevely.“Anyone who drives on Interstate-55 in Jefferson County should care about this project,” Justin Wolf, the I-55 project director, said. “Even people that live further south in Farmington and Park Hills. Anyone who travels this corridor should care about this.” St. Louis police warn of surge in carjackings and break-ins The lane upgrades will stretch eight miles from the Route Z interchange in Festus to the US 67 in Pevely. MoDOT will also be replacing 14 bridges and fixing 12 more during the three-year construction timeline.  “Hopefully it will alleviate a lot of ,” area resident Brett Herzog said.  Herzog and about 200 others attended a MoDOT meeting on the project in Festus on Thursday night.   Close Thanks for signing up! W...

Keeler: Why did Broncos take off? QB Russell Wilson found his inner Aaron Gordon.

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:44:08 GMT

Brock Huard, as Seattle as Starbucks and the Space Needle, knows Russell Wilson better than most. And he’s seen this version before.“Russ was immensely humbled last year and is buying into the system that first elevated his career in Seattle,” the Fox Sports football analyst and longtime radio host in the Pacific Northwest told me Thursday.“Not a lot of nine-time Pro Bowlers would check their ego at the door and revert back to a system that is more about others than their own stats. He is. And it’s because he knows the only way to build back his Hall-of-Fame resume is to get back to winning games.”Amen. Scoreboard first. Me second.Need me to set up our bell cow? No problemo, coach. Need me to roll up the sleeves and grind? Got it. Need me out of the way? All good. Need me to make magic late in the game? Awesome, won’t let you down. Whatever it takes.Scoreboard first. Me second.Big Russ has always tried to sound like Aaron Gordon, even if half of it left...

Pedestrian killed in crash with RTD train in Denver

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:44:08 GMT

A pedestrian was killed in a crash with a Regional Transportation District train in the 600 block of Mariposa Street on Thursday night, according to the Denver Police Department.The male pedestrian, whose age was not immediately available, was pronounced dead at the scene, according to Denver police.No injuries were reported by the train operator or customers aboard the train, RTD spokesperson Pauline Haberman said.HEADS UP: #DPD is investigating a fatal crash involving a pedestrian and a light rail train in the 600 block of Mariposa. The pedestrian was pronounced on scene. Expect delays in the area. Alternate routes advised. #Denver pic.twitter.com/bsZvFLS3Ba— Denver Police Dept. (@DenverPolice) November 17, 2023The crash was reported at 6:30 p.m. as a person trespassing on the tracks who “made contact” with an H Line train near the RTD train yard at Sixth Avenue and Mariposa Street, Haberman said.Related ArticlesTransportation | Bus rapid transit is co...

Stolen vehicle pursuit suspects taken into custody in downtown L.A.

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:44:08 GMT

Two stolen vehicle suspects were taken into custody after a nearly hour-long pursuit with L.A. police and the California Highway Patrol on Thursday night.  Officers with the Los Angeles Police Department initiated the pursuit sometime around 6 p.m. as the suspects were traveling on the eastbound 60 Freeway from Lorena Street.  LAPD pulled out of the chase while the suspects, who were being tracked from the air, were seen blacking out the vehicle’s headlights, traveling at a high rate of speed in moderate-to-heavy traffic and using the shoulder of the road to pass vehicles on several different SoCal freeways.  CHP ground units caught up to the vehicle in the area of El Monte, though the driver refused to pull over and eventually wound their way downtown.  When the highway patrol pulled back onto surface streets, the two suspects, along with a dog, got out of the truck near Olympic and Central and fled on foot.  The driver was quickly tackled and taken into custody as a...

San Francisco shuts down 'problematic' COVID test sites

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:44:08 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- An outdoor COVID-19 testing operator will cease all virus testing operations in San Francisco after the city took enforcement actions.For months, Gentech operated out of its characteristic green tents advertising COVID-19, flu, and RSV tests. "In addition to a lack of personal protective equipment and compliance with sanitation requirements, Gentech paid members of the public $5 in cash for every test taken," the City Attorney's Office wrote.Many of the tents popped up and operated near open-air drug markets. Cash payments appeared to facilitate illicit drug sales and activity, according to city officials.San Francisco Police Chief Bill Scott described the green COVID testing sites as "highly questionable." Chief Scott said, "Our officers worked with the DPH (Department of Public Health) to identify operators in violation of the city’s health order before citing them and seizing their property. Since Gentech has ceased operations, less money is being funneled...

Tense moments at outgoing Denver school board members' final meeting

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:44:08 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Outgoing board members for Denver Public Schools held their final meeting Thursday night, and there was some serious tension.It was a chance to put a bookend on their time governing the largest school district in Colorado, but it was not without controversy. FOX31 Newsletters: Sign up to get breaking news sent to your inbox This was a meeting attended by friends or family of the outgoing board members, but a group of parents who voted them out, couldn't get into the main room."Every two years, we do a celebration to honor those who are leaving," said Auon'tai Anderson, outgoing Board of Education member at large.He and other outgoing board members were met by family and friends."We were planning on sitting very peacefully in the back for the last board meeting of this board, and we were barred from coming in," DPS parent Heather Lamm said.Frustrated parents were not allowed into Denver Public Schools board chambers during the final board meeting for members who wer...

Auto thefts decline in the Denver metro, where task force is ramped up

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:44:08 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Wheat Ridge Police officers made an arrest after tracking down a stolen U-Haul.On Wednesday, a Wheat Ridge officer spotted a U-Haul that seemed out of place. Turns out it had been reported stolen that same morning. The truck was tracked into Denver and an arrest was made on the spot. FOX31 Newsletters: Sign up to get breaking news sent to your inbox The Colorado Metropolitan Auto Theft Task Force closed in to make the arrest. The task force is a full-time, multi-jurisdictional task force focused on auto theft. This arrest was just one example of how they track down some of these thieves after keeping an eye out for suspicious vehicles."Let's say we have an occupied stolen vehicle in one of those participating agencies at the time the team is working," said John Pickard, a task force commander with the Lakewood Police Department. "We can send out recourses and then we can go after those occupied stolen vehicles to try and apprehend those suspects with minimal risk t...

How to get sacked from government

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:44:08 GMT

Listen on Spotify Apple Music Google Play EN_Google_Podcasts_Badge Created with Sketch. Acast Amazon Music In the week U.K Home Secretary Suella Braverman was finally sacked, host Aggie Chambre asks what you actually have to do to get fired from the government — and what the calculations are for the leaders doing the firing. Neil Kinnock, the former Labour leader, rec...

Spain’s Pedro Sánchez to form new government as prime minister

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:44:08 GMT

Listen on Spotify Apple Music Google Play EN_Google_Podcasts_Badge Created with Sketch. Acast Amazon Music Ending months of political paralysis, we bring you up to speed on the turmoil in Spain that has left Pedro Sánchez clinging to power. The Socialist leader secured another term as Spain’s prime minister thanks to a controversial amnesty deal with Catalan separatists, which...