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Former prosecutor won't be silenced in Kim Gardner case

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 12:13:46 GMT

ST. LOUIS – A former prosecutor in the St. Louis Circuit Attorney’s Office could be the most important witness in the upcoming trial against Kim Gardner. There’s also an attempt to silence her, which is very much out in the open.Natalia Ogurkiewicz came forward during arguments about what the St. Louis Circuit Attorney’s Office should have to turn over. Ogurkiewicz, a former violent crimes prosecutor, spoke out in court, essentially saying, “I’ll turn it over.” She immediately felt the heat.Outside the courtroom, Ogurkiewicz told the media, “This is an incredibly, incredibly uncomfortable exposed position for me to be in, but somebody has to do it in order for all of you to have all of the information that I feel that you need.”Ogurkiewicz spoke out after Tuesday’s four-plus hour hearing, as Gardner supporters sometimes shouted over her. Woman tracks stolen AirPods, but says St. Louis police can’t help “It’s important that the media tell the whole story!” said one man, armed with ...

Severe storms possible Thursday afternoon and evening

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 12:13:46 GMT

St. Louis weather from Meteorologist Angela Hutti:ST. LOUIS - Windy and warm to start Thursday. We are playing a waiting game for thunderstorms. Temperature highs will be in the upper 70s. While an isolated storm Thursday morning north of I-70 can't be rules out, the focus of Thursday’s weather will be in the afternoon and evening, when strong to severe storms are possible between 2:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. The main threats are large hail and damaging winds.  St. Louis radar: See a map of current weather here Some dry time overnight and cooler air begins to settle in. Wake up temps Friday are set in the 50s. It's going to be mostly cloudy, with a round of showers possible Friday. It'll also be cooler, with highs in the 60s. Colder temps settle in for the weekend. Highs will be in the 50s Saturday and Sunday. Overnight temps will dip into the 30s. Sunday morning will be the coldest morning, with freezing temps possible away from the metro area. Frost is possible again Monda...

Cardinals fans enjoy FOX 2's 'Weather Day' at Busch Stadium

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 12:13:46 GMT

ST. LOUIS - Cardinals fans flocked to Busch Stadium and Ballpark Village on Wednesday as the Redbirds hosted the Arizona Diamondbacks."I don't know, the air is different, right? I can't put a pin on it. But there's something about day baseball that just makes it worth it," said Brian Shipley, a Cardinals fan.Ahead of the game, meteorologists from FOX 2 and KPLR 11 were at the ballpark for Weather Day. They brought families down for some science activities."The weather balloon going up. That was my favorite part," said Rowen Sanders. Trending: Woman tracks stolen AirPods, but says St. Louis police can’t help "They exploded, and it went everywhere. I saw some people get wet," said Melody Treece, who was referring to the balloons.Science experiments like the soda pop in the bottle with mentos, the weather wizards creating fog on the field, a balloon launch, and Fredbird kept everyone entertained.The Weather Day at Ballpark Village was a hit with everyone, with winds that picked up as...

Missouri businesses learn from pandemic supply chain disruptions

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 12:13:46 GMT

ST. LOUIS – “The stresses that were put on the supply chain were extreme. It definitely was a giant stress test,” said Logan Cooper, senior regional traffic manager at OEC Group’s St. Louis bureau.Logistical nightmares Cooper and his colleagues navigated that don’t yet feel like distant dreams.“Containers coming into the West Coast. Trying to get them on the rail was a huge challenge. We had containers that sat for six months in some cases,” Cooper said.Cooper says the experience helped them better understand what worked, what didn’t, and what needed to change. A tall order, even for one of the leading cargo logistics providers from Asia to North America. Top Story: Former St. Louis prosecutor turned star witness says she won’t be silenced “One of the big things for us is what we call transloads. A container that’s coming to the Midwest, instead of using rail to get to the Midwest, which is going to be one of those choke points, we will transload it,” he said. “We will unload the ...

Keeler: Rudy Gobert vows Nuggets star Jamal Murray will “have to work” to put up 40 points on Minnesota again

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 12:13:46 GMT

Rudy Gobert tipped his cap. Then he tipped his hand.“I mean, I’m not going to lie, (he) had to work for what he got,” Minnesota’s center said of Jamal Murray’s 40-point night in Denver’s tense Game 2 victory over the Timberwolves late Wednesday. “If that’s what he’s going to get, he’s going to have to work.“First game (of the series), we thought that he didn’t have to work as much. (Game 2), he had to work. And we’re going to keep making him work. And we’re going to keep making (the Nuggets) work for anything they get and we’ll see how it goes.”I asked Gobert if late Wednesday night at Ball Arena felt a little like déjà vu all over again, at least where The Blue Arrow was concerned. The French shot-swatter had anchored the Utah defense at the NBA’s postseason COVID-19 bubble in 2020. Nuggets faithful know the rest of the story: Murray and then-Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell took turns landing haymakers in a series Denver would rally to win, 4-3, afte...

Colorado’s heavy snowfall toll: CDOT needs $45 million to patch plowing budget, repair roads

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 12:13:46 GMT

Colorado transportation leaders are poised Thursday to set aside $25 million for emergency road repairs and repaving on mountain highways torn up by one of the heaviest winter snowfall seasons on record.That request for road-repair money from the Colorado Department of Transportation — which will target trouble spots on U.S. 40 over Berthoud Pass and other routes — comes as it also asks for $19.6 million to plug its strained snow-plowing budget. And there’s still several weeks left before the winter storm season typically ends in the high country.“As of March 31, this is the fifth … most potent winter we’ve had in the last 50 years,” John Lorme, CDOT’s director of maintenance and operations, said Wednesday afternoon during a presentation to the Colorado Transportation Commission.Continuing snowfall since then could nudge this winter season to the fourth- or third-heaviest in that time frame in terms of statewide snowpack, he said.Commission ...

Denver weather: Cool and breezy, afternoon clouds expected across sunny blue skies

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 12:13:46 GMT

Cool and breezy weather will carry metro Denver through Thursday, with possible clouds floating across mostly sunny blue skies in the afternoon, according to the National Weather Service.The high temperature in Denver will be 51 degrees, weather service forecasters said. Clouds may reduce sunshine Thursday afternoon. Wind blowing at speeds up to 16 miles per hour will hit mostly dry grass. No significant rain was expected in Denver, forecasters said. On Thursday night, temperatures in Denver will drop below freezing.A red flag fire danger warning — due to dry air and soil with humidity as low as 10% and wind gusting at speeds up to 24 miles per hour — covers Colorado Springs, the southern Interstate 25 corridor, and the eastern plains. The dry air over the San Luis Valley and southern Front Range may lead to evaporation of light rain before it reaches the ground — what meteorologists call virga — with precipitation visible as gray streaks and possible sudden ...

Authorities shed more light on stabbing that preceded crash killed teen

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 12:13:46 GMT

A day after a 15-year-old boy was killed when a vehicle plowed into a group of teens near Westlake High School in Thousand Oaks, authorities in Simi Valley have released more information about a violent stabbing that took place in the city less than a hour earlier at the hands of the same suspect.Just after 2:40 p.m. Tuesday, Simi Valley police responded to a Walmart located at 255 W. Cochran St. for a report of an incident involving a customer.When they arrived on scene, the found an employee of the store had been pepper sprayed and stabbed by a man believed to be Austin Eis, a 24-year-old homeless man.Austin Eis is seen in this undated photo provided by the Ventura County Sheriff's Office.Witnesses told police that Eis entered the store, pepper sprayed the employee and then stabbed him several times with a large knife. He then turned his attention to a second employee, attacking her and then attempting to "drag her away." He was confronted by several other employees who tried to c...

Emerald Cup Solventless Judging 2023

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 12:13:46 GMT

The Emerald Cup is deep into its judging cycle for 2023 as organizers prepare for May’s Award ceremony and we’re back on the solventless team.We’ve had great access to the contest since 2018. This is my fifth year judging one of the hash categories. While the state has seen some upstart contests making waves in recent years, the two decades of consistently bringing the heat still had The Emerald Cup firmly cemented as the top dog.  Currently, the judges are meeting once a week to go over the various categories. Edible and flower judges have to stick to the most vigorous schedule. You can smoke all the hash in a day if you party hard enough, but between the hundreds of flower entries and the pace of your metabolism on edibles, it’s easy to understand why some of the categories are referred to as a full-time job. High Time’s Jon Cappetta noted on Twitter this past Sunday, it took him three weeks to finish all the flower samples. He also said it was a gauntlet that he was glad wa...

For the Record: The LA Weekly Record Store Day Roundup

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 12:13:46 GMT

For the Record: Saturday, April 22 will once again see the nation celebrating Record Store Day – an annual event which, since 2007, has offered up the opportunity to support independent record stores when they need it the most. It’s an often-stated fact that people don’t really buy physical media anymore, no matter how much retro value we place on vinyl records.But Record Store Day sees musicians – from the big leagues to the indie – putting out rare music, cool reissues, pictures discs, exclusive tracks and more, in order to give the stores a much-needed bump. It’s just a very cool thing, and this year is no different. There are a lot of great releases and we can’t cover them all, but here are some highlights…Poison Idea“The Badge” (45”, vinyl single)Portland punks Poison Idea formed in 1980, and they were known for a no-bullshit approach that straddled the line between punk and hardcore. They were also known for an anti-authority attitude, encompassed beautifully by the song “The ...