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Fire damages East St. Louis High School hours before graduation

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

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. - A late night fire at East St. Louis High School left damage as students get ready to graduate Wednesday night.A school official told FOX 2 Wednesday morning that the graduation ceremonies should not be impacted by the fire, where two storage sheds built by students caught ablaze. The area where the fire happened is the Career Technical Training Building at East St. Louis Senior High School. That's where students learn about vocational trades. St. Louis County man charged after crashing truck near the White House The Belleville News Democrat reported that the East St. Louis Fire Department received a call about the fire just after 10:45 p.m. The assistant Chief of The Department Edward Wayne told the News Democrat that it took crews about 20 minutes to put out the flames and that sprinklers kept the fire from going any further past the outside wall.Most of the damage is contained to the outside part of the building.Wednesday night's graduation is is scheduled...

Amazon workers seeking safety audit today

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

ST. LOUIS - Worker safety at Amazon warehouses will be addressed at the company's annual shareholder's meeting Wednesday. It's being held online this year.A worker at the Amazon warehouse in St. Peters plans to offer a resolution, asking for an independent safety audit of worker conditions. St. Louis County man charged after crashing truck near the White House Workers at the St. Peters warehouse went on strike last Black Friday, seeking better working conditions and more pay.

Ribbon cutting for Centennial Greenway expansion today

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

ST. CHARLES COUNTY, Mo. - There's a ribbon cutting Wednesday for a new stretch of the Centennial Greenway.It's a 1.8-mile extension of the walking and biking paths along old Highway 94 in St. Charles County. Win a trip to Margaritaville Lake Resort at Lake of the Ozarks The new trail from Schaefer Park will make it possible to walk or run from the St. Peters Rec-Plex to the Katy Trail.

Job fair for part-time concessions workers at Busch Stadium today

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

ST. LOUIS - The company that runs the concession stands at Busch Stadium is also looking for workers Wednesday.Delaware North Sport Service is hosting a hiring event for part-time game day positions at Busch Stadium. They include cooks, dishwashers, and people to help stock the stadium concession stands. They even need an accountant. Win a trip to Margaritaville Lake Resort at Lake of the Ozarks The job fair is from 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Their office is to the left of Gate Six at Busch Stadium.

Construction workers job fair taking place today

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

ST. LOUIS - The construction industry is looking for workers Wednesday. A shortage of laborers and tradesmen is delaying projects across the country.SLATE, The St. Louis Agency on Training and Employment - is hosting the hiring event Wednesday. St. Louis County man charged after crashing truck near the White House It's from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at Sumner High School.

Don’t want to hit Casa Bonita right away? Hang at this brewery patio and watch the madness.

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

With thousands of people anticipating Casa Bonita’s grand reopening, fans seeking to experience the revitalized Lakewood restaurant should expect a wait. Lucky for locals, there’s a brewery in the same shopping complex that’s already preparing to accommodate the masses.WestFax Brewing Co., at 6733 W. Colfax Ave. in Lakewood, has been Casa Bonita’s neighbor since opening in the Lamar Station Plaza in 2016. Jackie Martuscello, the brewery’s marketing and sales manager, said she knows the date the eatertainment venue plans open its doors, but she can’t say thanks to a host of nondisclosure agreements she signed.What she and WestFax can do, however, is serve craft beer to people who want to gawk at the esteemed pink palace, famous for its indoor waterfall, cliff divers and sopapillas, as they speculate about what’s to come. Casa Bonita isn’t even open yet and WestFax has seen a bump in business form people stopping by to take pictures, Martuscello said.“Every day last week, as Casa Boni...

The best Colorado summer festivals 2023: Your guide to live music, craft beer, food, dance and more

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

When the temperatures start to climb and the snow (mostly) melts from Colorado’s majestic mountains, our great state comes alive with color: vibrant blue skies dotted with fluffy white clouds, verdant green meadows, wildflowers in nearly every hue imaginable, rocky red cliffs, sapphire-blue alpine lakes and dark green pines.Many of the Centennial State’s best summer festivals take advantage of this vivid natural palette, using it as the backdrop for live music, wine, yoga, craft beer, food, dance, theater, visual art, outdoor recreation and other joyous activities that bring people together. Below we share a list of the can’t-miss summer festivals that promise fun times around the state.Music, art and live performances are meant to boost everyone’s creativity at Planet V, a Memorial Day weekend fest at Camp V near Naturita. (Photo provided by Camp V)MayMay 26-29Planet V. Stargazing, fire art, glamping, live performances, silent discos, musical meditation sessions and other cre...

Undefeated DU women’s lacrosse not satisfied with Cinderella ride to first Final Four: Pioneers “love the doubters, and we love proving them wrong”

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

As the Nuggets waded through a sea of disrespect to get into their first NBA Finals, the DU women’s lacrosse team did the same en route to their first berth in the NCAA Division I Final Four.The Pioneers, like the Nuggets, are the Rocky Mountain team everybody refused to give the proper due… until the Pios went out and grabbed it for themselves with a 5-4 upset of defending champion North Carolina in the Elite Eight last week in Chapel Hill.Now in the Final Four as the nation’s last undefeated team left, No. 5 DU takes on No. 1 Northwestern on Friday at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, N.C., with a spot in the national title game on the line.Lacrosse’s East Coast old guard might argue DU’s Cinderella story has to end there. But the Pioneers are determined to match the 2015 feat of the DU men as the first western women’s lacrosse program to win a national title, despite not garnering much respect in the Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches As...

Rockies Mailbag: What’s Charlie Blackmon’s future? Who will televise Rox games in 2024?

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

Denver Post sports writer Patrick Saunders with the latest installment of his Rockies Mailbag.Pose a Rockies — or MLB — related question for the Rockies Mailbag.Where do you see Charlie Blackmon next year?— Mark Newton, Grand JunctionMark, I honestly don’t know but don’t think he’ll be playing for the Rockies.As I’m sure you’re aware, Blackmon is in the final year of his six-year, $108 million contract. If he was having a great year, I could see Colorado trading him to a contending team this summer, as long as Blackmon was open to it. But right now, Blackmon is not producing at a high enough level to draw much trade interest.Blackmon has not said that he’s thinking about retirement, but he’ll turn 37 on July 1, and he and his wife, Ashley, have two young kids, so retirement is certainly a possibility.When I asked Blackmon in January if this was his final season, he said: “I think about everything, but I don’t really w...

Opinion: Tuberville should worry less about Colorado’s “abortion tourism” and more about Alabama’s abysmal outcomes for women and children

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

If Tommy Tuberville, aka “Coach,” wants to prevent members of the U.S. military from having abortions in Colorado, he’ll have to become a constituent and vote here against our safe-haven abortion policies. Until then, the senator from Alabama will just have to live with the fact that he can’t control the reproductive choices of women in the U.S. military.But Tuberville is prepared to die on this hill. Citing his disgust at the Department of Defense’s “abortion tourism,” Tuberville has been refusing for months to allow the U.S. Senate to process more than 200 promotions of Pentagon leaders both civilian and enlisted.Alabama should be barred from future consideration of base expansions by the Department of Defense for this stunt. If members of the U.S. military aren’t trusted by a state’s leaders to make their own family planning and health care decisions, then the federal government should not trust those states with hosting our m...