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Truck hauling home stopped on I-64 near I-270

Published Mon, 03 Mar 2025 23:42:25 GMT

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. - A truck hauling a modular home has come to a stop on Interstate 64 near Interstate 270, prompting some traffic delays Wednesday just before rush hour. MoDOT reports the truck is stopped in the westbound lanes of Interstate 64 in Town & Country city limits. Two westbound lanes are closed, leading to lengthy traffic delays. Check the radar -- Storms expected Wednesday No injuries have been reported in this incident. Authorities have not yet disclosed what led up to the truck being stopped on the highway. There is a large police presence with officers aiming to move the truck and home and clear the highway. This is a developing story. FOX 2 will update as more information becomes available.

Two killed in motorcycle crash in Crawford County

Published Mon, 03 Mar 2025 23:42:25 GMT

CRAWFORD COUNTY, Mo. - Two people died from injuries suffered in a motorcycle crash Tuesday afternoon in Crawford County, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. MSHP reports that Steven Cook, 60, and Sharon Cook, 59, of Bland, Missouri, died in the crash. Next of kin has been notified. The crash happened around 3 p.m. Tuesday near Missouri Highways CC and 19. Check the radar -- Storms expected Wednesday Investigators say Steven was driving the motorcycle with Sharon as a passenger, and both were heading southbound on Highway 19. At some point, a woman driving a Subaru Outback was preparing to cross Highway 19 to Highway CC. MSHP reports that the motorcycle traveled into the path of the other vehicle and struck the left side of the Subaru. Close Thanks for signing up! Watch for us in your inbox. Subscribe Now Daily News ...

Broncos coach Sean Payton may have written first depth chart “in pencil,” but TEs among interesting listings

Published Mon, 03 Mar 2025 23:42:25 GMT

Broncos coach Sean Payton loathes the preseason depth chart, but it came out as required Wednesday.A couple of noteworthy listings: Adam Trautman is listed as the team’s top tight end, rookie receiver Marvin Mims, Jr. as the team’s top return man and Jonathan Harris is tabbed as a starting defensive lineman. A day after defensive coordinator Vance Joseph said the team will have packages for both safeties Caden Sterns and Kareem Jackson, they’re listed as co-starters at safety beside Justin Simmons.Payton used Trautman’s listing as a way of highlighting the fickle nature of printed depth charts. Essentially, he got listed first because he possesses an all-around skill set.“Adam’s the one guy out here where he does a good, solid job blocking, gives you some flexibility in the route tree,” Payton said, noting that Chris Manhertz’ specialty is blocking and Greg Dulcich is primarily a receiving threat in the passing game.That doesn’t mean that Trautman’s necessarily going to play more th...

Naked trail sexual predator suspect nabbed after chase in mountain foothills of Jefferson County west of Denver

Published Mon, 03 Mar 2025 23:42:25 GMT

Jefferson County Sheriff’s deputies have chased down, arrested and jailed a 20-year-old man suspected of being the sexual predator who, sometimes naked, exposed himself to female hikers on trails in the mountain foothills west of metro Denver.The deputies caught Glenn Braden, an Evergreen resident, in the dark Tuesday night, sheriff officials said Wednesday morning, following incidents near the Beaver Brook Trail at Stapleton Park where he is suspected of exposing himself and chasing lone hiker victims.A female hiker who encountered the suspect called 911 shortly before 6:15 p.m., saying she’d run away from a man wearing a gray T-shirt and green sweatpants who had approached her, exposed himself, and began masturbating, officials said in a news release.A few minutes later, the suspect confronted another lone female hiker and exposed himself, officials said, adding that the suspect tried to grab one of the two victims.Sheriff deputies and park rangers fanned out across the park and s...

LAPD IDs woman accused in violent dine-and-dash at South Los Angeles taco stand

Published Mon, 03 Mar 2025 23:42:25 GMT

The Los Angeles Police Department on Wednesday identified the woman they say assaulted a South Los Angeles taco vendor after refusing to pay for her food Sunday night.Renee Latrice Hines, 36, was the woman who went on a rampage against a worker at the taco stand at Grandee Avenue and 103rd Street in Watts at about 6:35 p.m., police said in a news release. According to police, Hines "punched and pepper sprayed the victim when the victim asked the suspect to pay for the tacos she had consumed." Video captures taco vendor violently attacked in South Los Angeles “When she finished spraying me, she started throwing everything and then she grabbed me and started to hit me,” victim Joanna Vasquez told KTLA. “She pulled my hair and then punched me in my shoulders. She punched me in the face. She unloaded on me and then let me go.”Hines also threw a taco stand sign at a bystander who recorded her leaving the stand and getting into her distinctive purple 2007 Lexus, police said.Anyone with ...

3 arrested in shooting death of man in Long Beach

Published Mon, 03 Mar 2025 23:42:25 GMT

Three people have been arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of a man in Long Beach earlier this summer.David Nevarez, 35, was shot multiple times and killed during a dispute on June 16, according to Long Beach police.During an investigation, Roland Barber, 40, was identified as a suspect in the killing. He had been arrested on June 29 in connection with a non-fatal shooting that occurred that day, police said.He was eventually charged in the killing of Nevarez and is being held on $3 million bail, according to Long Beach police.Last week, authorities arrested 35-year-old Maytte Barber and 59-year-old Edward Wayne Williams in connection with the incident. Police did not say if Roland Barber and Maytte Barber are related.Both were booked on suspicion of accessory to murder and are being held on $1 million bail, police said.Investigators don’t believe Nevarez and Roland Barber knew each other, but were involved in a dispute that escalated into a shooting, police said without ...

'Trust us. Believe in us," LAUSD superintendent tells parents ahead of new school year

Published Mon, 03 Mar 2025 23:42:25 GMT

“Trust us. Believe in us.”That was the broader message from Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent Alberto Carvalho, who appeared on KTLA 5 Morning News on Wednesday to discuss the district’s priorities for the upcoming school year.LAUSD is the nation’s second-largest public school district and serves more than 500,000 students. Classes resume on Monday, Aug. 14.“We’re dealing with three elements that are impacting the well-being of kids,” Carvalho said. “No. 1, academic performance continues to lag. We’re about six or seven years behind the appropriate grade level proficiency for students as a result of the [COVID-19] pandemic.”LAUSD Superintendent Alberto Carvalho (right) on KTLA 5 Morning News. Aug. 9, 2023. District-wide test results show proficiency in mathematics has fallen significantly since the start of the pandemic.In the 2018-19 school year, 33.5% of students met or exceeded standards. In 2021-2022, the most recent data available, the percentage dropped five p...

Starbucks to play 122 Taylor Swift playlist in stores: Report

Published Mon, 03 Mar 2025 23:42:25 GMT

Starbucks is brewing up something special for Swifties who may feel melancholy that the U.S. leg of The Eras Tour is wrapping up for 2023. Taylor Swift’s ‘Eras Tour’ could bring $320 million to Los Angeles economy, report says According to TMZ, the coffee giant is using this as a cause for celebration. They've rolled out a Swift playlist to use as a soundtrack inside its U.S. company-operated stores. The 122-song playlist is called "Starbucks Lovers" and it references the often mistaken line in her song "Blank Space." In the song, she sings "got a long list of ex-lovers," but fans thought she was saying "Starbucks lovers."Taylor Swift performs during the opener of her Eras tour in Glendale, Arizona, on March 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis, File)It's no secret that Starbucks is a Swiftie. When The Eras Tour kicked off in March, the company matched each of the "Karma" singer's albums, or her eras, with the most popular beverage at the time. "The Eras as Starbucks drinks," Starbu...

Robbie Robertson dies at 80; legendary songwriter and guitarist with The Band helped reshape American music

Published Mon, 03 Mar 2025 23:42:25 GMT

By Hillel Italie | Associated PressRobbie Robertson, The Band’s lead guitarist and songwriter who in such classics as “The Weight,” “Up on Cripple Creek” and “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down” mined and helped reshape American music, has died at 80.Robertson died surrounded by family, a statement from his manager said.From their years as Bob Dylan’s masterful backing group to their own stardom as embodiments of old-fashioned community and virtuosity, The Band profoundly influenced popular music in the 1960s and ’70s, first by literally amplifying Dylan’s polarizing transition from folk artist to rock star and then by absorbing the works of Dylan and Dylan’s influences as they fashioned a new sound immersed in the American past.The Canadian-born Robertson was a high school dropout and one-man melting pot — part-Jewish, part-Mohawk and Cayuga — who fell in love with the seemingly limitless sounds and byways of his adopted country and wrote out of a sen...

Utah man, suspected of threatening Biden, shot dead by FBI

Published Mon, 03 Mar 2025 23:42:25 GMT

By Lindsay Whitehurst and Sam Metz | Associated PressSALT LAKE CITY — A Utah man accused of making threats against President Joe Biden was shot and killed by FBI agents hours before the president was expected to land in the state Wednesday, authorities said.Special agents were trying to serve a warrant on the home of Craig Deleeuw Robertson in Provo, south of Salt Lake City, when the shooting happened at 6:15 a.m., the FBI said in a statement.Robertson posted online Monday that he had heard Biden was coming to Utah and he was planning to dig out a camouflage suit and “clean the dust off the m24 sniper rifle,” according to court documents.In another post, Robertson refers to himself as a “MAGA Trumper,” a reference to former President Donald Trump’s “Make America Great Again” slogan.The posts indicated he did appear to own a long-range sniper rifle and numerous other weapons, as well as camouflage gear known as a “ghillie suit,” i...