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Vote for O'Fallon's Sir Catrick Stewart for wackiest pet name

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:53:52 GMT

''ST. LOUIS -- A cat named Sir Catrick Stewart from O'Fallon, Missouri is in the running for a rather unusual recognition.Each year, Nationwide's pet insurance team celebrates some of the craziest names among its insured pets and Sir Catrick Stewart was among the wacky pet names finalists. He has a sister at home and her name is Cat Benatar. Free Trip Tuesday heads to Giant City State Park with Shawnee Forest Country! This year's celebration spans species beyond dogs and cats to include avian and exotic animals. This includes an Illinois tortoise named Me-Shell, and a pot-bellied pig represented among this year's honorees.Voting for the winner started today. Cast your vote here.

Traffic stop in University City leads to gun charge

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:53:52 GMT

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. - The St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney's Office has charged two people on a gun charge following a traffic stop for a vehicle wanted in St. Louis City.According to a report from the University City Police Department, police pulled over a red Chevy Impala at Delmar Avenue and Limit Drive on May 26. The vehicle was tied to a felony investigation with the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department.The driver, Mykila Kizer, had no pending arrest warrants. Her passenger, Jerome Hughes, had outstanding traffic warrants.Hughes was wearing a satchel at the time. Police found another satchel under Kizer's seat.Hughes had a Glock handgun in his satchel. The satchel under the driver's seat held a clear plastic bag containing several smaller, individually-wrapped bags of suspected narcotics. Person dragged onto front lawn, killed during home invasion on Sunday morning Both Kizer and Hughes were taken into custody at the scene. Both were identified as previously-convic...

88 Drive-In at Commerce City is closing to make room for warehouse

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:53:52 GMT

The last drive-in movie theater in metro Denver — the 88 Drive-In at Commerce City — is closing.And instead of a red sign shaped like an arrow and flickering Hollywood fare, drivers rolling past the theater, located in the relatively affordable Irondale neighborhood, may soon see an 80,500-square-foot industrial warehouse touted as an appealing amenity.The local owner of the theater at 8780 Rosemary St., has decided to close it after showing movies since 1976. Developers have asked city council members to approve a re-zoning of the 6.5-acre drive-in site to allow construction of the proposed warehouse, Commerce City officials said in a Facebook post. City council members will consider the re-zoning request after a public hearing on the matter Monday evening.“We know the drive-in theater is a valued part of the community for many people,” city officials said, distancing themselves from the closure.“The owners of the 88 Drive-in Theater have chosen to step away from ...

Robert Hanssen, former FBI agent who sold secrets to Soviet Union, dies in Colorado Supermax prison

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:53:52 GMT

Robert Hanssen (AP Photo/FBI, File)Robert Hanssen, a former federal agent who pleaded guilty two decades ago to spying for the Soviet Union, died Monday morning in the Supermax prison in southern Colorado. He was 79.Prison staff at the United States Penitentiary Florence ADMAX in Florence found Hanssen unresponsive around 6:55 a.m., the Bureau of Prisons said in a news release. They attempted life-saving measures before pronouncing him dead, the release stated.No staff or other inmates were injured, prison officials said.Hanssen had been serving time in the prison known as the “Alcatraz of the Rockies” since July 17, 2002. He was arrested in 2001 and pleaded guilty to selling highly classified material to the Soviet Union and, later, Russia.Get more Colorado news by signing up for our daily Your Morning Dozen email newsletter.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | Club Q victims plan to sue over El Paso County sheriff’s refusal to use red flag law ...

How Colorado Democrats say they’ll unseat Lauren Boebert in Colorado’s 3rd district

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:53:52 GMT

U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert’s seat in Colorado’s sprawling 3rd Congressional District is vulnerable, Democratic officials say, and they’re launching a 17-month campaign to replace the far-right congresswoman.Colorado Democratic Party Chair Shad Murib announced the organization’s 546 Project Monday morning. The project takes its name from the number of votes that separated Boebert from her Democratic Challenger, Adam Frisch, in the November election.In short, Colorado Democrats will lean on volunteers – they have more than two dozen so far – to knock on doors, call, text and email voters throughout the congressional district and muster support against Boebert, Murib said during a news conference.First those volunteers will seek to learn more about the issues that are important to voters within the district, Murib said. They’ll do that by contacting more than 10,000 voters throughout the district over the summer, especially those that typically vote in midterm elections but didn’t in 202...

Corruption threatens Ukrainian accession to the EU, warn experts.

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:53:52 GMT

Any political persecution in Ukraine is incompatible with the people’s chosen course towards EU membership, warns Brussels-based expert Manel Msalmi.“Political persecution of Ukrainian businesses in the middle of the country during the war is unacceptable and harms the European course of development of Ukraine,” international affairs advisor to the European People’s Party at the European Parliament, and a highly respected expert in the area of human rights, told EU Reporter."Today, the number of cases when we learn from European publications that Ukrainian business continues to be oppressed by law enforcement agencies inside the warring country has become more frequent. And this pressure has a corrupt or political basis,” the Brussels-based expert continued.“I consider it absolutely unacceptable in a state that has chosen a European course of development and professes European values."Respect for human dignity and rights, freedom, democracy, equality and, workers righ...

'Bling Empire' star Anna Shay dies at 62

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:53:52 GMT

Anna Shay of the Netflix hit "Bling Empire" has died. Her family issued a statement on Monday and explained she passed away after suffering a stroke at 62 years old. “It saddens our hearts to announce that Anna Shay, a loving mother, grandmother, charismatic star, and our brightest ray of sunshine, has passed away at the early age of 62 from a stroke,” the statement obtained by People read. “Anna taught us many life lessons on how not to take life too seriously and to enjoy the finer things. Her impact on our lives will be forever missed but never forgotten.”"Bling Empire" follows the lives of a group of wealthy Asian and Asian-American socialites in Los Angeles. Ever since she appeared on the first season of the reality show back in 2021, her lavish lifestyle and no-nonsense attitude won over fans. She starred in the show's three seasons. She also ended up being a mother-figure to some of her castmates. Her costar Kelly Mi Li took to social media to pay homage to the matriarch foll...

Murrieta teen dies in crash on her way home from boyfriend’s graduation 

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:53:52 GMT

A 17-year-old Murrieta girl who was on her way home from her boyfriend’s graduation died in a crash last late week.The crash occurred around 9 p.m. Thursday at the intersection of Winchester and Keller roads in an unincorporated area of Riverside County, according to the California Highway Patrol.A GMC Sierra driven by a 30-year-old man apparently sideswiped a Nissan Titan driven by an 18-year-old man and carrying two teenage girls.The impact caused major damage and the Sierra rolled over after the crash, according to the CHP.The front passenger of the Titan, later identified as Giovanna “Gia” Rizzo, died from her injuries at the scene.The driver, along with another passenger, were flown to a hospital with major injuries.The driver of the Sierra was taken to a hospital with severe injuries.The crash remains under investigation, but an officer told Patch that the Sierra driver ran a red light at the intersection. No arrests have been made, the publication reported. A GoFundMe page se...

Los Angeles, Long Beach ports disrupted by labor dispute

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:53:52 GMT

Contract discussions closed down the largest terminal at the Port of Long Beach on Monday.The dispute between the Pacific Maritime Association, which represents the port operators and shipping companies, and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union, which represents the workers, resulted in disruptions beginning on Friday for several West Coast ports, including Los Angeles and Long Beach.Other locations include Oakland, Seattle and Tacoma, Washington, the Los Angeles Times reports. Three days later, Long Beach's Total Terminals International shut down operations, the Times added.The Port of Los Angeles, meanwhile, is fully open, according to its Twitter account.At issue are "wages, as well as safety, automation and pension benefits" in a new contract, CNBC reports.The old contract expired July 1, 2022, and discussions have been going on for more than a year, according to the ILWU."Any reports that negotiations have broken down are false,” ILWU President Willie Adams said in a...

Pausing organic waste recycling would be a mistake, CalRecycle says

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:53:52 GMT

Pressing pause on California’s aggressive organic waste recycling mandate would be premature and costly to the environment, according to the state agency that oversees the program.On Monday, CalRecycle responded to a draft report from the Little Hoover Commission that recommends state lawmakers go back to the drawing board on Senate Bill 1383, arguing that it is riddled with problems, unfair to rural communities and ultimately falling short of its goals.“Hitting pause on organics recycling and food rescue programs will jeopardize the millions of dollars of investment in California and threaten years of climate progress,” CalRecycle said in a statement to KTLA.SB 1383, which was signed into law in 2016, set benchmarks for reducing the amount of organic waste sent to California landfills by 50% by 2020 and 75% by 2025, using 2014 as a baseline. Panel says California should pause organic waste recycling mandate The law requires homeowners to place food scraps, yard clippings and othe...