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African-American schoolhouse at Faust Park restored, reopening this weekend

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:24:48 GMT

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. - After months of restoration efforts, Missouri’s oldest African-American one-room schoolhouse is set to reopen to visitors this weekend. African Schoolhouse #4 is the only known surviving log African-American school in St. LouisCounty. It stands at the Faust Park Historic Village in Chesterfield. Trending: Missouri’s top barbecue joint is in St. Louis, according to Yelp Built in 1893 by a group of Black farmers, the schoolhouse was originally located off Wild Horse Creek Road. The schoolhouse remained in use through the 1950s and was later donated to St. Louis County Parks staff for preservation efforts. In 2021, the schoolhouse was moved to its current location in Faust Park. Through hard work and determination from several people, it was painstakingly taken apart, piece by piece, but recently back together and restored. An African-American pastor in a white church helped with those efforts. “When you have a Black pastor, every month is Black history month...

Winning $1M Powerball ticket sold at St. Louis County Schnucks

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:24:48 GMT

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. - One Powerball player recently won a $1 million prize from a ticket purchased at a St. Louis County Schnucks. The winning ticket was purchased from the Schnucks store at 10275 Clayton Road near Ladue city limits and Interstate 64. Trending: Missouri’s top barbecue joint is in St. Louis, according to Yelp Missouri Lottery says the ticket was for the Feb. 22 drawing. The lucky winner matched all dive white-ball numbers for that drawing: 11, 19, 39, 44 and 65. The Powerball number was 7. Missouri Lottery did not disclose whether the winner has claimed the prize. Four players in Missouri have won $1 million prizes this year with the matching white-ball numbers in Powerball drawings. One player doubled their prize with the addition of Power Play.Lottery officials say only one person usually matches all five-white Powerball numbers, without the winning Powerball number, per 11 million entries.

Broncos signing WR Marquez Callaway, another former New Orleans player, to one-year deal, sources say

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:24:48 GMT

Another day, another former Sean Payton player from New Orleans joining the coach in Denver.Related ArticlesDenver Broncos | Breaking down Broncos by position between free agency and April’s NFL Draft Denver Broncos | How Sean Payton convinced Samaje Perine to join Broncos, embrace backfield partnership with Javonte Williams Denver Broncos | Broncos WR KJ Hamler facing lengthy absence after tearing muscle while training on his own, source says Denver Broncos | Free agency winners and losers for Broncos after heavy duty opening 10 days Denver Broncos | Broncos Mailbag: Where will Denver turn in remaining free agent pool and NFL Draft for more help? The Broncos signed wide receiver Marquez Callaway to a one-year deal Friday, multiple sources confirmed to The Post.Callaway, a fourth-year player, had his best season with the Saints in 2021 when he started 11 games and caught 46 passes (84 targets) for...

Transgender activist and United Airlines flight attendant Kayleigh Scott found dead in Colorado

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:24:48 GMT

A transgender United Airlines flight attendant celebrated after she appeared in a 2020 company Trans Day of Visibility commercial has died at age 25 by suicide in her Colorado home, authorities confirmed Friday.Police found the body of Kayleigh Scott in the house where she was living in Englewood, south of Denver, early Monday, Arapahoe County Coroner senior medical investigator Shannon Sanamo said. She committed suicide, Sanamo said.Scott in 2021 emerged as a high-profile transgender activist.A final post on her Facebook page referred to taking “final breaths,” apologized “to everyone I let down” and declared: “To those that I love, I am sorry I could not be stronger.” The post also addressed “Brianna,” apparently a reference to the transgender British teenager Brianna Ghey, who in February was murdered in a case under investigation as a hate crime.In the United Airlines commercial titled “United – Kayleigh’s Story,” Scott declared “I am trans and I am proud...

Denver Post staff predictions for 2023 MLB season: Rockies record, division winners, World Series champion and more

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:24:48 GMT

Picks from The Denver Post for the 2023 Major League Baseball season.Patrick Saunders, Rockies beat reporterDivision winners: NL: Padres, Brewers, Braves; AL: Astros, Guardians, YankeesWild cards: NL: Dodgers, Mets, Phillies; AL: Blue Jays, Rays, MarinersAL pennant winner: YankeesNL pennant winner: BravesWorld Series winner: Yankees in 6Rockies record/finish: 71-91, fifth in NL WestRockies MVP: RF Kris BryantCy Youngs: NL: RHP Corbin Burnes, Brewers; AL: RHP Gerrit Cole, YankeesRookies of the Year: NL: LF Corbin Carroll, Diamondbacks; AL: 3B Gunnar Henderson, OriolesMVPs: NL: OF Juan Soto, Padres; AL: RHP/DH Shohei Ohtani, AngelsKyle Newman, beat reporterDivision winners: NL: Dodgers, Brewers, Mets; AL: Astros, Guardians, YankeesWild cards: NL: Braves, Cardinals, Padres; AL: Blue Jays, Rays, MarinersAL pennant winner: YankeesNL pennant winner: MetsWorld Series winner: Mets in 7Rockies record/finish: 69-93, fifth in NL WestRockies MVP: 2B Ryan McMahonCy Youngs: NL: RHP Justin Verland...

U.S. bishops’ new guidelines aim to limit trans health care

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:24:48 GMT

By DEEPA BHARATH (Associated Press)United States Catholic bishops have issued guidelines that seek to stop Catholic hospitals from providing gender transition care, a move LGBTQ advocates say could harm the physical and emotional health of transgender people within the church.The 14-page doctrinal note, titled “Moral Limits to the Technological Manipulation of the Human Body,” sets forth guidelines for changing a person’s sex, specifically with youth. The document, issued Monday, says Catholic hospitals “must not perform interventions, whether surgical or chemical, that aim to transform the sexual characteristics of a human body into those of the opposite sex, or take part in the development of such procedures.” Transgender Catholics have received a mixed response across the U.S. church. Some have found acceptance in specific parishes and rejection in certain dioceses, including those that bar church personnel from using trans people’s preferred g...

Rideshare driver killed in Lynwood was father of 2, Marine veteran

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:24:48 GMT

The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department is looking for two men accused of killing a rideshare driver and taking his vehicle in Lynwood early Friday morning.The driver was shot in the upper torso at around 1:30 a.m. in the 2800 block of Imperial Highway, the LASD said in a news release. His wife identified him as 38-year-old Marine veteran Aaron Orozco, a father of two young children.Footage shows the crime scene was outside of a 7-Eleven. Investigators learned that Orozco had been working as a rideshare driver and had stopped in a parking lot, where he and his two passengers became "involved in a physical altercation," authorities said. A passenger then allegedly pulled out a gun and shot Orozco before the one passenger fled in the rideshare vehicle, a black Honda Accord that was found abandoned a short distance away. Initial reports indicated that both suspects fled in the vehicle, believed to be model year 2014 or 2016, but investigators later clarified that one fled on foot. ...

Did you see them? Northern lights were visible over California, western states on Thursday

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:24:48 GMT

(KTXL) — Did you look up to the sky on Thursday night and see any northern lights?The National Weather Service said that a severe geomagnetic storm alert was in effect Thursday night, with the northern lights visible as far south as Alabama and Northern California. The northern lights, also known as auroras or aurora borealis, are caused by solar flares from the sun and are usually visible in higher latitudes.Cameras operated by PG&E near Mt. Shasta recorded auroras just after 9 p.m., and a passenger on a flight from Alaska to Washington was able to capture video of the northern lights, according to local media outlets.

Caltrans to close 71 Freeway in Pomona for pothole repairs

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:24:48 GMT

The California Department of Transportation will close both sides of the 71 Freeway from Peyton Drive to Mission Boulevard beginning Friday night to fix the multiple potholes that have plagued the roadway.The closure began at 10 p.m. Friday and will continue until 5 a.m. Tuesday, according to a news release from Caltrans.The full freeway closure plans are as follows:Friday, March 24, from 10:00 p.m. to 9:00 a.m.Northbound SR-71 full freeway closure from Peyton Drive to Valley Boulevard / Holt Avenue.Northbound SR-71 Chino Avenue on-rampNorthbound SR-71 Garey Avenue on-rampNorthbound SR-71 Rio Rancho Road on- and off-rampNorthbound SR-71 Mission Boulevard on-rampWestbound SR-60 Connector to Northbound SR-71Saturday, March 25, from 11:00 p.m. to 10:00 a.m.Southbound SR-71 Full Freeway Closure from Valley Boulevard / Holt Avenue off-ramp to Mission Boulevard on-ramp.Southbound SR-71 Valley Boulevard / Holt Avenue East- and Westbound on-rampSouthbound SR-71 Mission Boulevard on-rampSout...

Officer Hospitalized after Head-On Crash on Lakewood Boulevard [Downey, CA]

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:24:48 GMT

Two Injured in Two-Vehicle Collision on Columbia WayDOWNEY, CA (March 24, 2023) – Early Monday morning, an officer was hospitalized following a head-on crash on Lakewood Boulevard.The collision happened around 1:45 a.m., near Columbia Way according to the Downey Police Department. Dispatchers arrived to the scene shortly after receiving multiple calls in the area.Footage from the incident revealed that both the police SUV and the white sedan sustained heavy front-end damage after colliding head-on. In addition, firefighters also extricated an injured man from the sedan.Emergency personnel eventually transported the officer and the other 25-year-old driver to a hospital for medical treatment. Downey Officials rerouted traffic away from the scene as crews conduct an investigation.Those with additional information about the head-on crash Lakewood Boulevard can contact authorities at 562- 904-2342. At this time, an active investigation to determine more information is still curren...