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Short-term rental reforms subject of bills before St. Louis Board of Aldermen

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:31:14 GMT

ST. LOUIS – Last weekend's downtown shooting is the latest instance where a space not intended for large crowds became the epicenter of violence. One south St. Louis resident channeled his frustrations into a campaign for short-term rental reform.Violence at short-term rental properties has been a growing issue across our region. Now, two bills aimed to add new rules and regulations set for discussion Tuesday morning are expected to see large crowds voicing their frustrations."We don't have the same safety, we don’t have the same confidence, we don’t know who our neighbor will be night for night,” said Steve Pona, a Southwest Gardens resident.Pona and his wife have hit the tipping point, with seven problem rentals, including parking and loud parties. Close Thanks for signing up! Watch for us in your inbox. Subscribe Now Daily News ...

Missouri family finds relative 10 hours after hearing she died

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:31:14 GMT

CUBA, Mo. – The Ferguson family in Cuba, Missouri, recently got a dreaded knock at the door from sheriff’s deputies with news that a relative was killed in a car crash.It happened after a hit-and-run crash on Route 3 near Interstate 55 in St. Clair County.“…Sheriff’s deputies at our door at 5:17 a.m. (on) May 22, telling us that our daughter was dead,” Mae Ferguson said. “They sent that body out of SLU Hospital to the city medical examiner’s office with a toe tag reading Danika Ferguson.”For the next 10 hours, Mae and Charlie Ferguson said they arranged for organ donation, made funeral plans, and told their grandkids, who they were watching because their daughter was relocating to Steeleville. Close Thanks for signing up! Watch for us in your inbox. Subscribe Now Daily News SIGN UP NOW Meanwhile, ano...

Family seeks help in finding family heirloom stuffed animal

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:31:14 GMT

DES PERES, Mo. – The Sugar Creek Park in Des Peres has brought many happy memories to the Deckerts, but that changed this past weekend.Denise Deckert and her grandchildren were playing at the park on Saturday with her grandson’s stuffed animal. A 1985 original Velveteen Rabbit stuffed animal."It was nowhere to be found,” Denise said.They lost the rabbit on June 17. When they realized they got home without the rabbit, they went back to look for it but it was gone. The rabbit was originally Denise Deckert’s son’s, which she bought in the late 1980s. Since then, it’s been passed down to her grandson."He keeps it with him through everything,” she said. “He sleeps with it, takes it everywhere, which is why we ended up at the park." What to know about Missouri's gun laws Denise has put up posters around the park with a photo of the bunny asking anyone for help. She’s also contacted city hall and the parks department."I promised him that I would try to find it," she said.Denise is now ho...

Rockwell Beer Garden hosts 'Smart in The Park' trivia night tonight

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:31:14 GMT

ST. LOUIS - You can test your knowledge with some trivia Tuesday night.'Smart in The Park' will be at Rockwell Beer Garden. Kid's trivia starts at 6:30 p.m. All kids get a prize. Hearing on short-term rental regulations today All age trivia starts at 7:00 p.m. The winning team gets free beer.

Chestnut Health Services hosting open house today in Maryville, Illinois

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:31:14 GMT

MARYVILLE, Ill. - Chestnut Health Systems is holding an open house this evening to show off their new services.The Behavioral Health Center in Maryville, Illinois opened 30 years ago. Over the decades, they've completed two expansion projects adding more patient beds. Hearing on short-term rental regulations today Now they've added psychiatric services, a crisis residential unit, substance use detox center, and primary health care. They plan to open a pharmacy in Maryville soon.

Kareem Jackson’s belief in Broncos coach Sean Payton inspired decision to return

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:31:14 GMT

Broncos safety Kareem Jackson has played for four different head coaches during his NFL career. Sean Payton is unlike anyone he has been around.Jackson came away impressed by Payton’s meticulous coaching style and how he taught the game during the Broncos’ OTAs and minicamp. While Jackson watched the former New Orleans Saints coach implement his game plan during Denver’s offseason program, the 13-year veteran realized he’s never worked with a football mind like Payton.“It’s no disrespect to any of my other coaches,” Jackson said. “(Payton’s) attention to detail (and) the way he’s teaching everybody…the younger guys (might) not understand it now. I know later on they will appreciate it. Some of the things that he’s doing now, I haven’t experienced.”For Jackson, that only reinforced his decision to return to Denver. The 35-year-old defensive back said the lure of unfinished business and the opportunity to play for Payton were the reasons he returned to Denver.“...

What we know about the missing Titanic-bound tourist submarine

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:31:14 GMT

A search is underway for a deep-sea vessel that went missing with five people aboard after it dived toward the deteriorating wreck site of the Titanic ocean liner.The U.S. Coast Guard is leading the search for the small craft, named Titan, in the North Atlantic Ocean. The remote area is where the Titanic struck an iceberg and sank in 1912, killing all but about 700 of the roughly 2,200 passengers and crew.This was OceanGate Expeditions' third annual voyage to chronicle the deterioration of Titanic since 2021. The sunken ship is about 2.4 miles (3.8 kilometers) below the surface.This undated photo provided by OceanGate Expeditions in June 2021 shows the company's Titan submersible. On Monday, June 19, 2023, a rescue operation was underway deep in the Atlantic Ocean in search of the technologically advanced submersible vessel carrying five people to document the wreckage of the Titanic, the iconic ocean liner that sank more than a century earlier. (OceanGate Expeditions via AP, F...

Opinion: Democrats, GOP prove they don’t care about what voters want

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:31:14 GMT

This week, it was reported that a group of leading Democratic strategists and former officials — including President Joe Biden’s former chief of staff — met recently with anti-Trump Republicans to hatch a plan to “subvert” a third option for the 2024 presidential race from the group No Labels, which I lead.To be clear, this was not a meeting about how to beat No Labels on the merits (which we would welcome). Rather, it was a meeting about how to find and exploit legal technicalities, silence supporters interested in our approach and raise money for a campaign against us.This collusion between leading members of the two parties is, in truth, not all that surprising. It proves what many of us have been saying for years: that instead of working together to solve actual problems, these leaders and operatives are aligned only when it comes to protecting their duopoly in a bitterly polarized country.But Americans want to see more choices. A record number of voters are now abandoning the t...

Opinion: In the global struggle with populism, elections are a salve

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:31:14 GMT

As Donald Trump’s star rises again even with multiple criminal indictments looming, many observers fear that anti-establishment populism in America is no longer just a flirtation, but a feature of our democratic system.More generally, it has become common to think that democracies anywhere — with their open public spheres, majoritarian institutions and propensity for a frustrating incrementalism — have fueled the rise of populist leaders and demagogues. Examples of the success of “strongmen” leaders abound in Brazil, Hungary, India, Italy, Turkey, El Salvador and the United States.But it is equally possible that the very attributes of democracy that have invigorated populism are also those that will ultimately moderate its spread. Democracies’ transparent public spheres expose populists’ corruption, and the separations of power in a democracy tend to hold populists responsible for failures of governance.New evidence suggests that elections — the hallmark of democracy itself — may be...

Summer warning: Prolonged breath holds can cause shallow water blackouts

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:31:14 GMT

The story of her husband’s tragic death isn’t easy to tell, but Michelle Brislen knows the dangers of shallow water blackouts are an important message to share – especially as summer break gets underway.“It was definitely part of my healing process. It still is,” Brislen, a San Clemente High School marine science teacher, said of sharing how her husband, Drew, died while he was out diving alone off Laguna Beach in 2011. “I felt it was so urgent, and I still feel that way. It’s so important.”That’s why Brislen visited to speak to the San Clemente Junior Lifeguards camp, to teach them of the dangers of shallow water blackouts, also known as underwater hypoxic blackouts, a silent killer of even the most experienced pool and ocean swimmers.Michelle Brislen, a marine science teacher at San Clemente High School, spoke to a group of junior lifeguards on June 15, 2023. (Photo by Laylan Connelly, SCNG/Orange County Register) “I don’t want to scare the kids,” Brislen said on a recent day...