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Illinois elected official apologizes after using homosexual slur at meeting

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:45:30 GMT

STOOKEY TOWNSHIP, Ill. – An elected official is apologizing for using a slur about sexual orientation during a public meeting in St. Clair County, Illinois.FOX 2 obtained an audio recording of the offensive comment from Stookey Township Trustee Dan Weaver.Weaver apologized during an interview with FOX 2 on Thursday.The comment came at this week’s meeting of the Stookey Twp. Board of Trustees. Weaver has frequently clashed with the board over township spending issues. St. Louis County prosecutor not licensed attorney, must resubmit 114 cases His comment during the meeting went beyond the pale as he clashed with the caretaker of the township’s two parks.“Me being a (slur), I’m not that way,” Weaver said during the meeting. “I’m not watching him in the park. I’m not watching him in the park. I’m not gay. I’m not homosexual. I’m none of the above.”Township Supervisor Mark Bagby issued a letter, signed by Weaver’s fellow trustees and the township assessor, calling for Weaver’s written ...

KTVI celebrates 70th birthday as a TV station

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:45:30 GMT

ST. LOUIS – KTVI is celebrating its 70th birthday as a television station. We began broadcasting on Aug. 10, 1953, as WTVI Channel 54. Two years later, we became KTVI. There was no Facebook in those days, but as we celebrated our 70th birthday as a station, we took to social media to ask our viewers to share their favorite on-air moments.As the late, great Dick Ford noted, it’s the people who make this place. And those people are responsible for some of your favorite memories.Viewer Alyssa commented: “growing up with FOX 2 and all things Tim Ezell.”From bears to breaking his nose on air, Tim’s definitely done it all and risked it all to make your mornings brighter.Dennis remembered the time Paul Schankman experienced a moment we’re sure he’d like to forget. We’ll certainly never look at llamas the same way again.Behind-the-scenes bloopers reveal a different side of our staff. Peter picked out Elliot Davis. His now iconic “You Paid for It” point and decades of pinpointing government ...

'Oppenheimer' stirs interest in St. Louis' involvement in Manhattan Project

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:45:30 GMT

ST. LOUIS – The film "Oppenheimer" is generating a lot of interest in the Manhattan Project and St. Louis' involvement in the development of the atomic bomb. This comes just one day after the 78th anniversary of the bombing of Nagasaki, Japan, signaling the end of World War II. A scientific and military breakthrough that wouldn’t have been possible without the St. Louis region."That kind of finely tuned nuclear work isn't possible unless you have a chemically pure sample to begin with, and that's what Mallinckrodt provided," Dr. Gwendolyn Verhoff said.Verhoff teaches history in St. Louis and wrote her dissertation on the history of refining uranium and Mallinckrodt's work."Mallinckrodt committed his Mallinckrodt Chemical Works to developing a process to bring that product start to finish and put it in government hands in a scaled-up way that would actually have it be arriving in a way that would be suitable for a mass production wartime effort," Verhoff said. St. Louis County pros...

Rockies lose to Dodgers, 2-1, as Daniel Bard walks in game-winning run

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:45:30 GMT

The Rockies’ margin for error is always razor thin. When they face the mighty Dodgers, it’s pretty much nonexistent.Exhibit A: an excruciating 2-1 loss to the Dodgers on Thursday night in Los Angeles.Reliever Daniel Bard, who’s struggled with walks much of the season, issued a bases-loaded walk to Max Muncy in the eighth inning to force in the go-ahead run.L.A.’s game-turning rally began when reliever Tommy Doyle issued an ill-advised leadoff walk to pinch-hitter David Peralta and then gave up a one-out single to Mookie Betts.Manager Bud Black turned to Bard, who promptly walked the dangerous Freddie Freeman to fill the bases. When shortstop Ezequiel Tovar made a sensational, over-the-shoulder catch in shallow left field to rob pinch-hitter Will Smith of a base hit, it looked as if the Rockies would escape. But Bard walked Muncy on five pitches.Entering the night, it was a foregone conclusion that a left-handed starter would dominate Thursday night’s ga...

Over 80 cats up for adoption, rescued from hoarder in Riverside County

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:45:30 GMT

Over 80 cats are available for adoption after being rescued from a possible hoarding incident in Eastvale.The felines were impounded by crew members after being found in an apartment by Department of Animal Services officials.The large group of cats were transported to the San Jacinto Valley Animal Campus where they received medical checkups and veterinary care.All the cats have been indoor apartment cats, so they are currently enjoying some extra space and sunshine at the DAS shelter in San Jacinto.  Due to being indoors most of the time, officials said the cats are enjoying the extra space and plenty of sunshine while being housed at the shelter.“Due to their living conditions, most of them are shy but they are healthy and ready for a new home,” said Kim Youngberg, assistant director of the Riverside County Department of Animal Services.  Over 80 cats up for adoption after being rescued from a hoarding situation at an Eastvale apartment. (Riverside County Depar...

Couple from Romania arrested for distraction theft in Riverside County

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:45:30 GMT

A man and a woman from Romania were arrested in Riverside County earlier this week for a distraction theft and investigators believe the suspects may have been involved in other similar robberies.  On Aug. 7, Riverside County deputies assigned to Eastvale’s Special Enforcement Team responded to the parking lot of a business located in the 5000 block Hamber Avenue on reports of the robbery, according to a RCSD news release. At the scene, deputies learned that an elderly victim had been lured into a conversation by the suspects, later identified as 27-year-old Petre Alexandru and 22-year-old Gratiela Stoian.  “During the interaction, the suspects distracted the victim and robbed him of jewelry he was wearing. The suspects fled the scene in a vehicle,” the release noted.  Investigators were able to identify the suspects’ vehicle and also learned that the couple was responsible for a similar theft in Vancouver, Canada.  Petre Alexandru, 27, and Gratiela Stoian, 22, seen h...

The pandemic was over, but nearly 2 million California students were still chronically absent. Why?

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:45:30 GMT

Skyline High School is tucked away in the Oakland hills, and physically getting students to the school has long been a challenge. But today — three years since the onset of the pandemic — the problem with attendance has gotten more complex.“We spent 12 years getting kids ready … (for working) a nine-to-five day, basically,” said Eric Shapiro, Skyline’s community schools manager, describing the pre-COVID pattern. “But you break people out of that, and you’re seeing it with adults too — we’re having such a hard time going back to work and adjusting to that whole mode.”Skyline is far from an outlier. A new analysis has found that one in four students across the country were chronically absent from school, defined as missing at least 10% — or 18 days or more — when California children returned to in-person classes for the 2021-22 academic year. That’s according to Stanford University professor Thomas Dee and The Associated Press, which dug into ...

Person shot in Berkeley Thursday afternoon

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:45:30 GMT

(KRON) -- The Berkeley Police Department responded to a shooting on Thursday afternoon, it confirmed to KRON4.Police responded to the 3200 block of Adeline Street at 2:26 p.m. after receiving a call from the victim. The victim had been shot in the leg, and they were transported to Highland Hospital for treatment. Concord student robbed at gunpoint on HS campus The suspect was seen running away from the scene. BPD has not reported an arrest. Police located physical evidence of the shooting. A BPD investigation is ongoing.

Paralluelo’s extra-time goal gives Spain a win over the Dutch and a Women’s World Cup semifinal spot

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:45:30 GMT

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Salma Paralluelo scored deep in extra time to give Spain a 2-1 win over Netherlands on Friday and send the sixth-ranked nation into the semifinals of the Women’s World Cup for the first time.The teenager struck in the 111th minute of a tight knockout match between European soccer heavyweights whose men’s teams already have storied World Cup histories.Netherlands lost the final to the United States in France four years ago, and now both teams have exited the tournament.The 19-year-old Paralluelo made her break down the left, pivoted momentarily and from a difficult angle launched a left-foot shot into the back of the net for the winner. “It’s important for everyone,” Paralluelo said. “We have succeeded. We have fought until the end. We have believed.”Netherlands defender Stefanie van der Gragt had turned from villain to hero in the last 10 minutes of regular time. She conceded a penalty for hand ball in the 81st minute which Mariona Caldente...

Mercury set WNBA record with 45 first-quarter points, hold off Sun 90-84

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:45:30 GMT

PHOENIX (AP) — Brittney Griner had 21 points and 10 rebounds, and the Phoenix Mercury set a WNBA record for points in a quarter with 45 in the first before holding off the short-handed Connecticut Sun down the stretch for a 90-84 win on Thursday night.Phoenix broke the record of 44 points in a quarter set earlier this season by New York to build a 21-point lead. But the Mercury only scored seven points in the second to have their lead trimmed to 52-48 at the break. The 38-point difference was the largest drop-off in points from one quarter to the next in WNBA history, according to ESPN Stats & Info.DeWanna Bonner, Connecticut’s leading scorer, left with a back injury early in the first quarter and did not return.Moriah Jefferson scored 17 points, and Diana Taurasi had 16 points and made four 3-pointers for Phoenix (9-20). Sophie Cunningham, who scored nine on three 3-pointers, reached 1,000 career points. Rebecca Allen scored a season-high 24 points and Alyssa Thomas had 2...