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St. Louis Co. Council passes bill to ban standing, sitting or walking on roadways

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:29:50 GMT

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. - The St. Louis County Council passed a bill earlier this week that aims to change how pedestrians navigate the streets, specifically one that would make it illegal to stand, sit or walk on roadways in most cases. Bill No. 86, recently introduced by St. Louis County Councilman Ernie Trakas proposes the ban. After some back-and-forth discussions about the bill, the county council narrowly approved it Tuesday with a 4-3 vote. According to the bill, pedestrians would not be allowed to stand, sit or walk on roadways when a sidewalk is present. The bill does include some exceptions for first responders, a person legally helping with a car or health emergency or person getting on and off public transportation buses. New top prosecutor leaves high-powered law firm for public service This legislation is now on the desk of St. Louis County Executive Sam Page for consideration. It's unclear how soon it might take effect if signed into law. The bill also proposes, in si...

St. Louis CITY SC prepares for new rivalry with Sporting KC

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:29:50 GMT

ST. LOUIS - The hype comes down to Saturday's first-ever meeting between new MLS state rivals St. Louis City SC and Sporting Kansas City. Whether it's barbecue wars or the battles between the Royals and the Cardinals, Kansas City and St. Louis have always had some sort of friendly (or aggressive) beef.The rivalry between the pro soccer teams has already begun for the two sides.Sporting KC and Kansas City as a whole use the moniker "Soccer Capital of America" while St. Louis uses "America's First Soccer Capital." This alone has already created a clash between fans.The players and coaches involved have yet to feel it, but they are definitely ready to get a rivalry going. "The game's different. There's more contest, more fighting, trash talk. Of course it's different. I love those games," said CITY SC midfielder Celio Pompeu."Definitely, deep down in our hearts, we know what this means," said CITY SC head coach Bradley Carnell. "I think it's gonna be awesome," SKC forward Dániel Sallói...

The most common undergraduate degrees awarded in Missouri

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:29:50 GMT

For those who choose to attend college, deciding on where to study—and which field of study to pursue—can be impactful. Each year, about 3 million undergraduate degrees are granted and 2 million of them are bachelor's degrees. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, the top three degree programs for the period 2009-2010 through 2019-2020 were business, health programs, and social sciences/history, with psychology, biological/biomedical sciences, and engineering not far behind.Wage variation among fields can vary to an astounding degree. As reported by Stacker in March 2023, "On a national level, those who study nuclear engineering technologies or become technicians in that field have the highest median earnings three years after graduation at $107,804, followed by the fields of biomathematics, bioinformatics, and computational biology ($98,074)." This same report showed that, in some states, graduates in various liberal arts fields—such as English literature, musi...

Fuel tanker crash shuts down Colorado Highway 71 from Limon to Last Chance

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:29:50 GMT

A liquid tanker hauling ethanol rolled on Colorado Highway 71 on the Eastern Plains and a stretch of the roadway is shut down.The tanker spilled its “entire load” and 71 has been closed from Limon to Last Chance, the Colorado State Patrol said in a 12:43 p.m. Saturday tweet. Drivers should find an alternate route.The stretch of the north/south highway shutdown is about 37 miles. The cause of the crash is under investigation.Avoid Hwy 71 from Last Chance to Limon. Rollover fuel tanker currently spilling it's entire load. H71 will be closed soon if not already, find alternate route. S54— CSP Sterling (@CSP_Sterling) May 20, 2023This story will be updated.  

Video shows jumper parachute off Santa Ana apartment complex

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:29:50 GMT

Video taken early Saturday morning showed a dangerous stunt by an unidentified daredevil in Santa Ana.The video, which was purportedly taken by a security guard and shared with a local news company, shows a person standing atop a high-rise building in Santa Ana, jumping off the ledge and immediately deploying a parachute.The jumper can be seen floating away off screen, apparently landings in a nearby parking lot and getting away without any injury.It happened around 1 a.m. at an apartment building at 15 MacArthur Place, which is identified on Google maps as the Essex Skyline apartments.The person who recorded the video told County News that emergency services were not called out to the scene as it appeared the jumper was uninjured.It's unclear if the building has been the site of other base jumping activities, although many California landmarks have been known to attract other thrillseekers, including the Golden Gate Bridge and Yosemite National Park. Because of its status as a Nati...

2 Bay Area cities among most expensive in US for a slice of pizza: study

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:29:50 GMT

(KRON) -- Everybody loves pizza -- maybe. Well if you do, ever wonder where the cheapest and most expensive slice is in the country?Perhaps, unsurprisingly, you won't find the cheapest slices of pizza in the Bay Area. Two cities in the region ranked among the 10 for most expensive pizzas in the country, according to a recent study by Betting.com. San Jose ranked second and San Francisco fourth for the most expensive average slice of pizza, the study said. Average cost per slice: San Jose ($2.70) and San Francisco ($2.68). Bay Area city drops out of Top 10 in most-populous US cities Here's a list of the top 10 most expensive (along with average cost of a 14-inch Margherita pizza and cost per slice):Portland, OR ($21.67 | $2.71)San Jose, CA ($21.59 | $2.70)New York, NY ($21.48 | $2.69)San Francisco, CA ($21.47 | $2.68)Seattle, WA ($21.14 | $2.64)Fresno, CA ($21.05 | $2.63)Chicago, IL ($20.88 | $2.61)Los Angeles, CA ($19.99 | $2.50)Bakersfield, CA ($19.92 | $2.49)San Diego, CA ($19...

New York Yankees cut struggling OF Aaron Hicks

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:29:50 GMT

CINCINNATI (AP) — The New York Yankees cut struggling outfielder Aaron Hicks before Saturday’s game against the Cincinnati Reds.Hicks was designated for assignment to make room for outfielder Greg Allen, who was acquired in a trade with Boston on Friday.The 33-year-old Hicks is batting .188 with a homer and five RBIs in 28 games this season. He agreed to a $70 million, seven-year contract with New York in February 2019.Hicks broke into the majors with Minnesota in 2013. He was traded to New York in November 2015. He is a .230 hitter with 101 homers and 356 RBIs in 898 career games.Yankees manager Aaron Boone described his talk with Hicks as “quiet” and “somber.”“This is family,” Boone said. “You go through everything with these guys. Obviously, with Aaron, some ups and downs. He’s had some really good seasons. It wasn’t an easy conversation to have, but one we felt was necessary.”The Yankees traded minor league right-hander Diego Hernández and cash considerations to the Red So...

Man City wins English Premier League after Arsenal loses at Nottingham Forest

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:29:50 GMT

NOTTINGHAM, England (AP) — Arsenal’s end-of-season collapse is complete. Manchester City is the English Premier League champion once again.A 1-0 loss at Nottingham Forest capped a stunning implosion by Arsenal in a title race that came to an end on Saturday, with City holding an unassailable four-point lead and champion for a third straight year.It is City’s seventh league crown in a 12-year period during which the Abu Dhabi-owned club has changed the face of the English game with its wealth and dominance under Pep Guardiola.City’s latest title is the fifth in Guardiola’s seven years at the club and owes as much to its end-of-season streak of 11 straight victories as it does to a meltdown by Arsenal, just when a first league title since 2004 was in sight.Arsenal led by eight points on April 1 but has since won only two of eight games.A win at the City Ground likely would have delayed the inevitable but Taiwo Awoniyi’s 19th-minute goal brought an end to the ti...

NASCAR drivers facing unfamiliar venue with All-Star race at North Wilkesboro Speedway

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:29:50 GMT

NORTH WILKESBORO, N.C. (AP) — William Byron has driven past North Wilkesboro Speedway on his way to the Blue Ridge Mountains. So has Brad Keselowski and many other North Carolina-based NACAR drivers.Like most, they’d never been inside the track before this week. And none of the drivers on the NASCAR circuit have raced a Cup Series car here.That should make the All-Star race on Sunday night at the restored .625-mile track all the more interesting — and unpredictable — when 24 drivers vie for a $1 million first-place prize at the refurbished track.“I’m not gonna speculate on what type of racing that we’re gonna see,” Kevin Harvick said. ”… When you start speculating on something that’s never happened, you’re just asking for nothing but trouble. It’s going to be fun, but I don’t know what that means as far as how the race is going to be.”The last time the track hosted a Cup Series race was in 1996 when Jeff Gordon won.It has sat mostly dormant and unused for the better part...

PGA Live Updates | Co-leaders Scheffler, Hovland and Conners tee off at soggy PGA

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:29:50 GMT

PITTSFORD, N.Y. (AP) — Scottie Scheffler, Corey Conners and Viktor Hovland, the co-leaders of the PGA Championship, have teed off in the third round at Oak Hill.A persistent rain that soaked the East Course has prevented the rest of the field from gaining much if any ground on Scheffler, Conners and Hovland, who began the day at 5 under. They have a two-shot lead on Bryson DeChambeau, with a group of four players next at 2 under.The second round closed with only nine players under par. When the twosome teed off, there were only 10 at 1 under or better.Rory McIlroy and Adam Svensson each opened with a pair of birdies on their first five holes to move to 2 under. Justin Rose, meantime, fell back to even for the tournament with a bogey 5 on two.Course officials have at times had to squeegee puddles of water that gathered on several fairways.___The third round of the PGA Championship is underway at soggy Oak Hill, where wet conditions await a trio of co-leaders when they tee off later S...