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'They’ve done a complete 180': City to use shuttered Kmart as migrant shelter after reversing course

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:27:03 GMT

CHICAGO — An old department store near Ford City Mall on the Southwest Side could soon become a shelter as the city works to accommodate the recent influx of migrants who are being bused to Chicago, changing course on earlier opposition to the plan.In a letter sent out to 23rd Ward residents, Ald. Silvana Tabares (23rd) said the city has notified her office about plans to use the location as it works to move migrants out of Chicago police stations. City council committee advances plan for migrant camp at vacant South Side lot According to Tabares, the plans for the facility were initially proposed by the governor’s office back in February, but the city had opposed the facility, deeming it unsafe. Tabares said the city has since reversed course on the decision and notified her office that it now intends to use the long-shuttered K-Mart as a migrant shelter.The new shelter would utilize the vacant building and parking lot in the 7000 block of South Pulaski Road, in West Lawn, to hou...

UAW reaches deal with GM that ends strikes against Detroit automakers pending votes

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:27:03 GMT

DETROIT (AP) — The United Auto Workers announced Monday that it reached a tentative deal with General Motors, capping a whirlwind few days in which GM, Ford and Stellantis agreed to generous terms that would end the union's six weeks of targeted strikes, pending approval of the rank and file.The deal UAW President Shawn Fain closed on his 55th birthday is modeled on the ones agreed to with crosstown rivals Ford and Jeep-maker Stellantis, and would give workers higher raises than they've received in years. If approved, it would also claw back some concessions the UAW agreed to almost two decades ago, when the automakers were in desperate financial shape.Analysts say Fain’s combative stance with the companies paid off for the workers, winning them pay and cost-of-living raises that would top 30% by the time the contracts expire in April 2028. Workers would get an immediate 11% pay bump upon ratification.But analysts say the deals run the risk of...

Saddlebrook community in San Marcos under boil water notice

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:27:03 GMT

SAN MARCOS, Texas (KXAN) -- A boil water notice was issued for the Saddlebrook community in San Marcos on Monday due to a line break, Maxwell Special Utility District said on its website.While under the boil water notice, customers should boil water prior to consumption for washing their hands/face, brushing their teeth, for drinking and more, the water district said. Water should be brought to a "vigorous rolling boil" and then it should be boiled for two minutes.Once the boil water notice is rescinded, the water district said it will issue another notice.

Dane Mizutani: If this is the end, Vikings quarterback Cousins deserved better

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:27:03 GMT

Kirk Cousins showed tremendous strength when everybody would have forgiven him had he shown tremendous weakness instead.After getting helped onto the cart on Sunday afternoon at Lambeau Field, more than likely knowing at that point that he had suffered a torn Achilles tendon, Cousins provided a heartwarming moment that has since gone viral on social media.The cameras caught him putting on a beanie, looking up at the big screen and taking a few seconds to cheer on his teammates.It was the personification of leadership, continuing to lift everybody else around him, even in his darkest hour.That’s who Kirk Cousins is. That’s who Kirk Cousins has always been.It’s hard to believe he might have played his final snap with the Vikings after tearing his Achilles tendon on Sunday against the Green Bay Packers.If this is the end, Cousins deserved better. He was a punchline for far too long. He has proven to be much more than that throughout his tenure in Minnesota.As soon as ...

Surveillance cameras capture dramatic images of Central West End attack

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:27:03 GMT

ST. LOUIS – Surveillance cameras operated by the Central West End Security Initiative captured the dramatic moments Sunday morning when a mother carrying her child was attacked in St. Louis.The child’s father is seen pushing back the attacker while the mother carries the child away near Euclid Avenue and West Pine Boulevard.St. Louis police reported the series of attacks that took place near that intersection in a short period of time. Anthony McGee, 19, was quickly taken into custody after witnesses called the police.McGee is facing multiple charges, including first-degree assault, first-degree kidnapping, and resisting arrest. Police allege McGee attacked the mother and daughter, struck another woman in the head with a bottle, and chocked an 82-year-old woman on a sidewalk, resulting in both her arms being broken. Prosecutors wonder about other victims after deathbed scam Clayton Police recently arrested McGee and allege he punched a woman walking south along Big Bend Boulevard....

Bullet hits couple's hotel room across from CityPark early Monday

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:27:03 GMT

ST. LOUIS – A couple woke up in their downtown hotel room early Monday morning to discover a bullet casing in their bed and a hole in their window.It happened at the Pear Tree Inn, right next to CityPark on Market Street. The entire experience was something Debbie Andert never dreamed would happen.“A bullet went through our window, pretty much right over my head, and landed in the wall,” Andert said.Andert and her husband, Bart, were sleeping in their hotel room when they heard a loud noise just after 3 a.m."You know, you're sleeping, and it's a hotel. So, I was like, that was loud,” Andert said. “We both thought one of us made the noise, like hit something."Andert said they went back to sleep. But later that morning, she felt a metal object in the hotel bed. Close Thanks for signing up! Watch for us in your inbox. Subscribe Now Daily News ...

Continued debate over proposed MSD rate hike

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:27:03 GMT

ST. LOUIS – There is opposition to the Metropolitan Sewer District’s proposed rate hike. MSD is raising $7.2 billion over 28 years for infrastructure improvements ordered under a federal consent decree for cleaner water.But organizations like the Missouri Industrial Energy Council and the Consumer Council of Missouri believe MSD’s rate increase is too large and will put a big burden on poor and working-class families.The utility company wants to spend more than one and a half billion dollars on construction and related work for wastewater services. To pay for the work, the agency proposes a combination of rate increases and issuing $750 million in voter-approved debt funding. Surveillance cameras capture dramatic images of Central West End attack If voters approve the rate hike request, the average bill for a single-family household will go from $57 to $75 beginning in July 2024. Water rates would increase by more than 32.2% over four years. However, a minority report from the rat...

Three-judge panel hears arguments regarding abortion ballot language

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:27:03 GMT

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Attorneys for the state of Missouri were back in court Monday to fight against efforts to allow proposed initiative petitions on the ballot next November to make abortion legal again.After a circuit court judge rewrote what he called "problematic" language last month, the state appealed the ruling, sending the case to the Western District Court of Appeals in Kansas City."The trial court strayed from its legitimate role when it decided to rewrite every single word of every single statement," Deputy Attorney General Josh Divine told the three-judge panel. "Trial courts can only modify the language, not rewrite it entirely. Here, the trial court violated all those rules and instead of taking a scalpel, took a butcher knife to the language."It's been a constant court battle over initiative petitions asking voters if abortion rights should be restored.Supporters of the referendum accuse Ashcroft of writing misleading ballot summary language, which is why the American C...

Prosecutors wonder about other victims after deathbed scam

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:27:03 GMT

ST. LOUIS – Gino Rives pleaded guilty in federal court on Monday to elder fraud for tricking a dying woman into paying for his vacation.We caught a glimpse of Rives’ face when he walked out of his plea hearing before he hid behind relatives, pulled up his hoodie, and ran from our camera.In one victim’s case, a Secret Service investigator’s affidavit stated that a U.S. Bank fraud investigator noticed unusual transactions from an 82-year-old. The investigator noted 83 checks from January 2021 until March 2023 for more than $1,100,00 payable to Gino Rives.The money was for reported home repairs, even though the court record indicates the suspect is not a licensed contractor and the woman’s residence is worth only $135,000.It was revealed that Rives defrauded his 82-year-old victim again when she was on her deathbed and hallucinating. Prosecutors wonder about other victims after deathbed scam A Secret Service affidavit reads, “On March 31, 2023, during the time (the victim) was hospit...

'Nothing personal' - Wesley Bell to challenge Cori Bush for House seat

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:27:03 GMT

CLAYTON, Mo. – St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell made a potentially game-changing political announcement on Monday, dropping his bid to unseat incumbent Missouri Republican Josh Hawley for his U.S. Senate seat.Democrat U.S. Senate candidate Lucas Kunce has emerged as a heavy favorite in the August primary over Bell, with a decisive fundraising edge.Instead, Bell declared his intention to run for the U.S. House seat of a fellow Democrat, Congresswoman Cori Bush of St. Louis.It’s been nearly five months since Bell announced his Senate campaign. As he campaigned around the state, he said fellow Democrats made it clear that although he wanted to run for the Senate, they needed him to run against the progressive Bush.“Even when I would be in places like Kansas City, I would hear those calls,” he said.A growing number of Democrats take issue with Bush’s progressive stances.”Bush notably voted against President Joe Biden’s infrastructure bill in 2021, which is expected to b...