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Reborn Ringling Bros. circus to leap on tour—minus animals

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:35:14 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus has been reimagined and reborn without animals as a high-octane family event with highwire tricks, soaring trapeze artists and bicycles leaping on trampolines. Feld Entertainment, which owns the “Greatest Show on Earth,” revealed to The Associated Press what audiences can expect during the show's upcoming 2023 North American tour kicking off this fall. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! The show is a complete rethink of a modern circus. Feld Entertainment has been working on everything from how to integrate clowns, the branding and the merchandise over the past four years. The 75 performers from 18 countries will include performers on a triangular high wire 25 feet off the ground, crisscrossing flying trapeze artists, a spinning double wheel powered by acrobats and BMX trail bikes, unicycle riders and skateboarders doing flips and tricks.The tour kicks off in Bo...

LIVE: St. Charles police make announcement in woman's disappearance

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:35:14 GMT

ST. CHARLES, Mo. – An emotional plea from the father of a missing St. Charles woman, as the search for her intensifies.Jacquelyn “Jacque” Elizabeth Mitchell has been missing for nearly a week.The St. Charles Police Department is planning an announcement at 3 p.m. Tuesday to update on the investigation into Mitchell's disappearance. “If anybody knows about Jacque and has her, would you please let her come home to her mother and father,” said James Mitchell, Jacque’s father. “This is hard. And we are looking, Jacque, we are really looking, and we are not going to stop.” Close Thanks for signing up! Watch for us in your inbox. Subscribe Now Breaking News SIGN UP NOW There was a break in the case over the weekend, as Mitchell’s cousin found her Nissan Sentra abandoned at an apartment complex in Maryland H...

Cahokia Walmart store to close in April

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:35:14 GMT

CAHOKIA, Ill. -- The Walmart on Camp Jackson Road in Cahokia is expected to close on Friday, April 21, 2023. A representative from the company says that the store was not meeting the company's financial expectations.A statement from Walmart says that there is no one reason to close the store. It is based on several factors, including historic and current financial performance. The company says that the decision to close the store is not a reflection on Cahokia store leadership and the hard work of all employees. Top story: Family makes public plea after missing woman’s car found abandoned The pharmacy will also close on April, 21. The staff will be working with customers to get prescriptions transferred to another location.“We are grateful to the customers who have given us the privilege of serving them at our Cahokia location. We look forward to serving them at our other stores in the surrounding communities and on walmart.com," states Walmart Corporate Communications Director ...

4 Hands opening pop-up location at Kiener Plaza during Cardinals season

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:35:14 GMT

ST. LOUIS - Next week, 4 Hands Brewing Company will open a pop-up location in downtown St. Louis for the duration of Cardinals season.Chris Trunk, the company's director of hospitality, said the brewery will bring its shipping container bar to Keiner Plaza on March 31, the day after the Cardinals' home opener. From there, the pop-up bar will be open Thursday through Sunday, from 12 p.m. until 5 p.m., serving beer from two draft towers, as well as several canned beverages and seltzers.Trunk said 4 Hands will have food truck partners nearby during lunch hours.

Cardinals option SP candidates Hudson, Liberatore to minors

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:35:14 GMT

ST. LOUIS - The St. Louis Cardinals are getting closer and closer to forming the Opening Day roster, and two candidates in a crowded pool of pitchers will not start the season with the big-league club.The Cardinals have optioned pitchers Dakota Hudson and Matthew Liberatore to the Triple-A affiliate Memphis Redbirds. Top story: Family makes public plea after missing woman’s car found abandoned Hudson and Liberatore both started several spring games and were given extended looks for a possible rotation spot. Hudson struggled with a 6.23 ERA and 2.42 WHIP over 8.2 innings. Liberatore fared better with two wins, a 1.80 ERA and 9 strikeouts over 10 innings, but the Cardinals opted for more seasoning. Cardinals manager Oli Marmol noted earlier this month that the Cardinals would be forced to make some "tough decisions" in building the 2023 pitching staff. Sending down a former 16-game winner and a top-team pitching prospect are among the first of many expected. The latest arrangemen...

Two St. Louis lotto players hit $211K jackpot; 1 ticket unclaimed

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:35:14 GMT

ST. LOUIS -- Two players hit the $211,000 Show Me Cash jackpot on March 8, 2023. One of the players just claimed their $105,500 prize at the lottery's St. Louis regional office. The other ticket remains unclaimed.The winner who already claimed the ticket purchased it at the QuikTrip on Lemay Ferry Road. The other ticket was sold at the Midwest Petroleum station on Manchester Road in Ballwin. Trending: St. Louis rage -- Chicago’s thin-crust pizza featured in the New York Times Both tickets matched all five numbers that night. The chances of that happening are around 1 in 575,757. It is not clear what the chances are of two players hitting the jackpot on the same night. The winners are splitting the jackpot.The Missouri Lottery advises signing a winning ticket and putting it in a safe place. Any prize over $600 must be claimed at a Missouri Lottery regional office.

Copper Mountain Ski Resort: Half-pipe where Illinois teens on spring break were killed sledding was off-limits

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:35:14 GMT

The half-pipe at Colorado’s Copper Mountain Ski Resort where two sledding teens on spring break from Illinois were killed was off limits, company officials told the Denver Post on Tuesday, declaring safety to be their company’s top priority.Summit County authorities were investigating the deaths.The teens, aged 17 and 18, were sledding together on a single device down the constructed tubular half-pipe Sunday evening when they launched off a snowbank into the air, then landed hard on hard ice below the half-pipe, according to a statement from Summit County Sheriff’s deputies who went to the scene. The two received immediate medical attention but could not be revived and were pronounced dead.On Tuesday, resort and county officials declined to name the teens who died in what Sheriff Jaime FitzSimon called “a tragic incident,” citing a desire to show respect for privacy.“Safety is the top priority at Copper Mountain, and guests are required to observe all p...

Former Brussels journalist 'reluctant' to leave Ukraine after mercy trip

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:35:14 GMT

A former national newspaper journalist has admitted he was reluctant to leave Ukraine after a humanitarian aid trip to the war torn nation, writes Martin Banks.Chris White, who is 80, joined other volunteers in a recent UK-based mercy mission to the country where they delivered assorted items, including toys and sweets for young children.But he says that when it came to returning to his home in Belgium his only thought was to stay in Ukraine to provide further help.He said: “I wanted nothing more than to stay in Ukraine. I had an overwhelming desire to help.”White added, “I left with a deep emptiness in my heart for the people of Ukraine. I will never forget the joy on children’s faces as they were shown into the room at a care home to be handed sweets and biscuits. The adults visibly shared my emotion as kids who lost their homes – and in some cases family members – to the violence of war realised what was happening.”White, formerly of the Daily Mail in the UK, and a small group of...

California bill could ban the sale of Skittles, Hot Tamales, and more

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:35:14 GMT

A bill being considered by California lawmakers could ban the sale of Skittles, Hot Tamales candy, Dubble Bubble Twist Gum, and other food items that contain chemicals linked to cancer and other health issues.Introduced by Assemblyman Jesse Gabriel (D-Woodland Hills), AB 418 proposes that California stop manufacturing, selling or distributing foods that contain Red Dye No. 3, Titanium Dioxide, Potassium Bromate, Brominated Vegetable Oil, or Propyl Paraben. California bill would require schools to notify parents if their child identifies as transgender Each of these chemicals can cause significant health problems like increased risk of cancer, damage to the immune system and behavioral issues in children, Gabriel's office said in a news release.While many Californians won’t recognize these chemicals by name, they can be found in popular food and drink items. For example, according to experts, titanium dioxide can be found in cupcakes, trail mix and ice cream. Propyl paraben can be ...

Willis Reed, leader on Knicks' 2 title teams, dies at 80

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:35:14 GMT

Willis Reed, who dramatically emerged from the locker room minutes before Game 7 of the 1970 NBA Finals to spark the New York Knicks to their first championship and create one of sports’ most enduring examples of playing through pain, died Tuesday. He was 80.Reed's death was announced by the National Basketball Retired Players Association, which confirmed it through his family. The cause was not released, but Reed had been in poor health recently and was unable to travel to New York when the Knicks honored the 50th anniversary of their 1973 NBA championship team during their game against New Orleans on Feb. 25.Nicknamed “The Captain,” Reed was the undersized center and emotional leader on the Knicks’ two NBA championship teams, with a soft shooting touch from the outside and a toughness to tussle with the era’s superstar big men on the inside.His accomplishments — seven All-Star selections, two NBA Finals MVP awards among them — would have warranted Hall of Fame induc...