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Suspect shot and killed after firing shots outside O'Fallon City Hall

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:59:42 GMT

O'FALLON, Mo. - An investigation is still unfolding Monday morning after police in O'Fallon, Missouri, shot and killed a suspect. It all started with shots being fired just outside O'Fallon City Hall.Authorities have not released a lot of information about what happened in this case. We do know that this all began late Sunday afternoon with the suspect firing shots at the clock tower just feet from O'Fallon City Hall. It appears that there is damage to three of the four sides of the clock.A resident who lives near City Hall told FOX 2 that they heard gunshots in the area late Sunday afternoon. Police said that they don't know why the individual was firing shots at the clock tower. Another death reported at St. Louis City Justice Center It's known that the police were able to get a description of the vehicle that authorities shared that the suspect was driving. O'Fallon officers tried to pull over the vehicle, but the driver failed to stop and a pursuit started. It ended near Sprin...

Police find man dead inside car on I-55 SB

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:59:42 GMT

ST. LOUIS - Officers found a man shot and killed Sunday afternoon in south St. Louis.Police responded to Interstate 55 near South 7th Street to help an unconscious driver. Upon their arrival, they found a man shot to death inside the vehicle. Another death reported at St. Louis City Justice Center So far, no further information has been revealed. FOX 2 will update this story with more information as it becomes available.

Heavy police presence for possible East St. Louis shooting

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:59:42 GMT

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. - Several police crews are investigating a possible shooting in East St. Louis early Monday morning. Our Nissan Rogue Runner reporter, Nic Lopez, captured footage of the scene located on the 1100 block of North 13th Street, where East St. Louis, Fairmont City, and Illinois State Police are cruising around the area searching for further information. Another death reported at St. Louis City Justice Center So far, no suspect or victim has been identified. FOX 2 will update this story with more information as it becomes available.

Mayor Tishaura Jones helping develop regional crime strategy today

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:59:42 GMT

ST. LOUIS - Mayor Tishaura Jones will join other Missouri officials, law enforcement, business owners, and violence reduction experts to develop a regional crime strategy Monday.Jones says while the city of St. Louis has had a 20% decrease in homicides this year, more needs to be done. Mizzou selected for Cotton Bowl against Ohio State This is the second St. Louis crime summit this year.

MetroLink starting new operating plan today

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:59:42 GMT

ST. LOUIS - MetroLink will start a new operating plan starting Monday. It comes after a pilot program launched this October that evaluated the benefits of single-car MetroLink service.Under the new operating plan, two-car trains will be in service on the red and blue lines, Monday through Friday, until 8:00 p.m. After that, customers will need to board the front train car. On weekends, MetroLink will operate single-car trains all day long. Another death reported at St. Louis City Justice Center They'll only operate on two-car trains if there are large events going on downtown. Bi-state Development CEO Taulby Roach says the changes will balance both "space and security" on trains.

Trial set for East Bay siblings linked to 2021 killing of Carmel woman

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:59:42 GMT

A Solano County Superior Court judge scheduled an August trial date for a brother and sister charged in connection to the late-October 2021 killing of a 19-year-old Carmel woman in Fairfield.During a Friday morning trial-setting hearing, Judge William J. Pendergast ordered Jessica Yesenia Quintanilla, and Marco Antonio Quintanilla, 29, both of Pittsburg, to return to Department 11 at 9:30 a.m. Aug. 5 in the Justice Building in Fairfield.The judge also scheduled some pretrial matters, including a readiness conference at 8:30 a.m. Feb. 16 and a trial management conference at 8:30 a.m. Aug. 1.Deputy District Attorney Ilana Shapiro leads the prosecution.Jessica Quintanilla, 23, is represented by San Francisco-based attorney William Alan Welch. She is being held without bail on first-degree murder charges in the Claybank Detention Facility in Fairfield.Marco Quintanilla, 29, who is represented by San Francisco attorney Laurie D. Savill, is charged with being an accessory in the case and ...

Caltrans identifies 15 potentially dangerous properties beneath I-10 Freeway

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:59:42 GMT

A preliminary review of a program that rents space around and beneath California’s freeways has identified 38 sites that could threaten public infrastructure, including 15 below the 10 Freeway in Los Angeles where a destructive pallet fire at one such property  shut down one of the busiest thoroughfares in the country in early November.Caltrans identified the risky sites based on the “results of recent inspections and characteristics of the site, including nature of known uses and proximity to critical infrastructure,” according to a memo from CalSTA Secretary Toks Omishakin to Gov. Gavin Newsom.Newsom ordered Caltrans to complete a comprehensive review and assessment of the 601 “airspaces” leased by the state in response to last month’s fire. Records revealed inspectors had flagged safety hazards repeatedly and recommended terminating the lease with the company controlling the property near downtown Los Angeles more than a year before the blaze began, but Caltrans didn’t take actio...

Family’s pet ‘wolf-hybrid’ kills 3-month-old baby

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:59:42 GMT

 A 3-month-old baby in Alabama died after being bitten by a “wolf-hybrid” kept as the family’s pet, according to the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office.Around 12:54 p.m. on Thursday, sheriff’s deputies, firefighters and county animal control officers responded to a 911 call about an apparent animal attack involving an infant at a home in Chelsea, the sheriff’s office said in a news release.The infant was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead due to injuries suspected to have been caused by the animal, the release said.A wolf-hybrid is a term for a canine with mixed wolf and dog ancestry. The family was aware there was wolf in the dog’s lineage, Shelby County Coroner Lina Evans confirmed to CNN on Saturday.By request of law enforcement, the animal was euthanized at the scene and taken to the Alabama State Diagnostics Laboratory.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | Woman arrested after breaking into Palo Alto home with family inside Crime and Public Safety | ...

Middle or upper income? Californians brace for higher electric bills

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:59:42 GMT

The sun sets behind a row of electric towers in Fresno County on Sept. 6, 2022. Photo by Larry Valenzuela, CalMatters/CatchLight Local People, the pain is real.If you’re one of the 12 million-plus or so households in California that do not have solar panels — meaning you buy electricity from Southern California Edison, San Diego Gas & Electric, or Pacific Gas & Electric — your bills have essentially doubled over the past decade (has your income?). Electric bills in California are now twice the national average, and a new income-based, fixed service charge means they’re headed even higher for many middle- and upper-income folks.This time, the 1 million-plus or so rooftop solar households won’t be shielded from their neighbors’ pain. Since most solar owners depend on the same infrastructure as everyone else for power once the sun goes down, they should also pay for its upkeep, the thinking goes.Meet California’s first-in-the-nation, income-based fixed service charge, aimi...

As America gets older, immigration could be key

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:59:42 GMT

In 2021, more than 1.5 million people came to the United States from more than 200 countries, including nearly 640,000 people who came looking for a job.It was an unusually big year, immigration-wise. The pandemic was starting to ease up. Some (though not all) of the Trump administration’s restrictive immigration policies had just been rescinded.  And inflation, violence and environmental catastrophes were prompting a lot of people around the world to view the United States as a place to make a fresh start, an idea that’s been popular for much of the past two centuries.The big immigration year of 2021 also was part of an immigration boom that’s been underway in the United States for three generations. Between 1965 and 2015, immigrants accounted for about 55% of America’s total population growth, according to a study by Pew Research. About 13.6% of the country’s current population was born in another country, a level last seen in 1920.And Southern California is one of the most immigr...