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Missouri governor denies clemency for man facing execution today

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:40:10 GMT

ST. LOUIS - Missouri Gov. Mike Parson on Monday declined clemency for a man who faces execution Tuesday evening for killing two jailers in an ill-fated effort to free someone else from a county jail.Michael Tisius, 42, would be the third person in Missouri, and the 12th person nationally, to be executed in 2023. He's accused of killing officers Leon Egley and Jason Acton in June 2000.“It’s despicable that two dedicated public servants were murdered in a failed attempt to help another criminal evade the law,” Parson, a Republican, said in a statement. "The state of Missouri will carry out Mr. Tisius’s sentences according to the Court’s order and deliver justice.”Tisius has at least one pending court appeal. His appeals and his clemency request have focused on several issues. Among them: Tisius was just 19 at the time of the killings; he had been neglected as a child; and a juror at his 2010 resentencing may have been illiterate — in violation of Missouri law.The U.S. Supreme Court on...

Route 159 in Belleville, Illinois, temporarily closed today for water main installations

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:40:10 GMT

BELLEVILLE, Ill. - Some big upgrades are also coming to downtown Belleville this summer.Illinois Route 159 from Washington Street to A Street closes Tuesday while Illinois American Water installs new water mains beneath the square. The water lines under the fountain are 75 years old and overdue for replacement. Person dragged onto front lawn, killed during home invasion on Sunday morning The work is expected to be completed by September 1.

Construction on Zumbhel Bridge and sidewalk happening today

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:40:10 GMT

ST. CHARLES COUNTY, Mo. - Construction is underway on one of the busiest streets in St. Charles.The $5.6 million dollar project will upgrade the bridge and the storm drains that have been falling apart for nearly 40 years. Larger, concrete culverts will replace old metal pipes. Free Trip Tuesday heads to Giant City State Park with Shawnee Forest Country! Crews will also replace the Zumbehl Bridge and sidewalk. The project runs through August.

St. Louis Department of Health offering free emergency contraception kits today

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:40:10 GMT

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. - Free emergency contraception kits are now available for anyone who wants one.The St. Louis County Public Health Department is handing them out. Each kit contains the plan b pill. They're free to anyone who asks. You won't have to give your personal information. Free Trip Tuesday heads to Giant City State Park with Shawnee Forest Country! The kits are available at the John C. Murphy Health Center in Berkley, the North Central Community Health Center in Jennings, and the South County Health Center in Sunset Hills. All three facilities are open from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Shriner Biking Fundraiser continuing today

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:40:10 GMT

ST. LOUIS - Members of Shriner's Children Hospital on Bicycles and not those tiny cars are heading out Tuesday morning to continue a cross-country journey.They're traveling from Long Beach, California to the Statue of Liberty, to Washington D.C. They made a stop in St. Louis Monday night. Person dragged onto front lawn, killed during home invasion on Sunday morning It's all to raise money for kids and families struggling to pay or without insurance for medical issues.

Mizzou student involved in hazing and disabling freshman sentenced today

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:40:10 GMT

ST. LOUIS - One of the Mizzou fraternity members who was involved in a hazing incident that severely disabled another student is being sentenced Tuesday.Alec Wetzler pleaded guilty to giving liquor to a minor and buying liquor as a minor - both misdemeanors. Prosecutors said he was one of the members of phi Gamma Delta who ordered freshman Danny Santulli to drink an entire liter of vodka through a tube. Santulli became unresponsive. Free Trip Tuesday heads to Giant City State Park with Shawnee Forest Country! His family shared his blood alcohol level was nearly six times the legal limit. He was eventually taken to the ICU, but is now unable to walk, talk, or see.

Broncos Mailbag: How patient will Sean Payton be with Russell Wilson?

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:40:10 GMT

Denver Post Broncos writer Parker Gabriel posts his Broncos Mailbag periodically during the offseason. Click here to submit a question.The Broncos could conceivably enter Chiefs Week 6 with a 5-0 record. Do you believe, as I do, that less than that and certainly a losing record will mean a change at quarterback. I also believe yanking Russell Wilson for the first time will also be for the last time. What are your thoughts on Sean Payton’s patience level, (or lack thereof), at QB?— A Referee, GreeleyRef just ruled the ball out of bounds off of Nikola Jokic. Again.To your question, stripes, a 5-0 start for the Broncos is conceivable since it’s June and no games have been played yet. Getting to that point means ending a long losing streak against the Raiders, winning at Miami and knocking off a Jets team that won in Denver last year and has Aaron Rodgers now, plus winning at Chicago and at home against Washington.Do I think that at 3-2 they’re going to bench Russell W...

Nuggets vs. Heat: Three keys to Game 3 of NBA Finals 2023 as series shifts to Miami

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:40:10 GMT

MIAMI — As a series shifts, it feels as if the tectonic plates have as well.The Nuggets are finally losers of a home playoff game, vulnerable for the first time this postseason after three 2-0 series leads.Now a team that finished 19-22 on the road during the regular season faces a best-of-five series with three of the games in Miami. In order to win the franchise’s first NBA Finals, the Nuggets must crack the road code, like they did in Los Angeles.Here are three keys to winning Game 3 vs. the Heat on Wednesday (6:30 p.m. MT, ABC) at Kaseya Center.Bam Adebayo (13) of the Miami Heat slam dunks over Michael Porter Jr. (1) of the Denver Nuggets and gets fouled on the play in the fourth quarter during Game 2 of the NBA Finals at Ball Arena in Denver on June 04, 2023. (Photo by Andy Cross/The Denver Post)1. M.P.J., Make Perimeter Jumpers: Michael Porter Jr. was stellar on the glass, on defense and on decision-making in Game 1, so his poor shooting night didn’t matter. ...

Mom fatally shot by neighbor after dispute over playing children, Florida sheriff says

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:40:10 GMT

OCALA, Fla. (AP) — A Florida mother was fatally shot through the front door of her neighbor’s home while her 9-year-old son stood next to her, a violent culmination of what police said was a 2½-year feud.Ajike Owens, 35, was fatally shot after going to the Ocala apartment of her neighbor, who earlier had yelled at Owens’ children as they played nearby and threw a pair of skates that hit one of them, Marion County Sheriff Billy Woods said at a news conference Monday.Deputies responding to a trespassing call at the apartment Friday night found Owens suffering from gunshot wounds. The mother of four was taken to a nearby hospital, where she died. Ocala is about 70 miles (110 kilometers) northwest of Orlando.“I wish our shooter would have called us instead of taking actions into her own hands,” Woods said. “I wish Ms. Owens would have called us in the hopes we could have never gotten to the point at which we are here today.”Since January 2021, Woods said, deputies responded at leas...

WATCH: Ukraine accuses Russia of destroying major dam, warns of ecological disaster

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:40:10 GMT

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The wall of a major dam in a part of southern Ukraine that Moscow controls collapsed Tuesday after a reported explosion, sending water gushing downriver and prompting dire warnings of ecological disaster as officials from both sides in the war ordered residents to evacuate.Ukraine accused Russian forces of blowing up the dam and hydroelectric power station, while Russian officials blamed Ukrainian military strikes in the contested area.The fallout could have broad consequences: Flooding homes, streets and businesses downstream; depleting water levels upstream that help cool Europe’s largest nuclear power plant; and draining supplies of drinking water to the south in Crimea, which Russia illegally annexed.The dam break added a complex new element to Russia’s ongoing war in Ukraine, now in its 16th month. Ukrainian forces were widely seen to be moving forward with a long-anticipated counteroffensive in patches along more than 1000 kilometers (6...