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Webster Groves woman continues parents' fight to get historic status for home

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:27:08 GMT

WEBSTER GROVES, Mo. – A home in Webster Groves is one step closer to receiving historic status."It's the only home I've ever lived in. We were literally the only home there and growing up where the industrial park is now, there was nothing but industrial fields as far as you could see," said Gayle Jones, owner of 15 Marvin Court.Jones' parents purchased the home together as a married couple in 1956."Growing up, I never knew the real hidden history of what my mom and dad went through. It wasn't until Pastor Denoon that I started learning," Jones said. Solar eclipse 2023: What it is and will we be able to see it? "She thought she was moving into a residential area and then the city changed all of the zoning around her into industrial, and it's pretty clear that the reason why is because there was a white neighborhood all around, and this Black neighborhood that was in the midst and now Black middle-class people were starting to buy homes there," Rev. David Denoon, First Congregation...

Fatal shooting of 19-year-old in south St. Louis under investigation

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:27:08 GMT

ST. LOUIS – Police responded to a shooting around 6:54 p.m. on Tuesday, October 10, in south St. Louis on Osage in an alley.Officers were on patrol in the area when they heard multiple gunshots. When they arrived, they found a 19-year-old black male victim in the alley who was suffering from gunshot wounds. EMS arrived at the scene, but the victim was pronounced dead.The Homicide Division has taken charge of the investigation. Anyone with information is encouraged to contact the Homicide Division directly at 314-444-5371. Those who wish to remain anonymous can provide tips to CrimeStoppers at 866-371-TIPS (8477).

St. Louis man charged in separate fatal shootings

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:27:08 GMT

ST. LOUIS – Charges have been filed against Max Jones, 21, of St. Louis, who is a suspect in two separate deadly shootings. He was charged on October 10 for the murder of Earl Jones, Jr., a 57-year-old resident of St. Louis. He is currently being held on a $1 million cash-only bond.On September 28, at approximately 7:30 a.m., the St. Louis County Police responded to reports of shots fired at the intersection of Winkler Drive and Kappel Drive in north St. Louis. At the scene, they discovered the body of Earl Jones, Jr. The suspect and victim are not related to one another.During the September 28 shooting, a witness reported seeing an individual carrying a bag and walking away from the crime scene. Detectives reviewed video footage from the area, which revealed that the same person the witness saw had been in a nearby store just minutes before the shooting took place. The individual in both instances had a "unique" bag. Solar eclipse 2023: What it is and will we be able to see ...

Top Workplaces 2024: Nomination process begins

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:27:08 GMT

The Denver Post has kicked off the 13th year of its Top Workplaces awards program.The nomination process has begun, and the first deadline is Nov. 10. Any organization with 50 or more employees in Colorado is eligible to participate. The organizations can be public, private, nonprofit or government.Companies will be surveyed through January. Energage, The Post’s research partner for the project, conducts Top Workplaces surveys for media in 65 markets and surveyed more than 2 million employees at more than 8,000 organizations in the past year.For the 2023 awards, 4,467 organizations were invited to participate, 289 were surveyed and 150 were recognized. The number of employees invited to participate was 108,252, with 60,916 employee survey responses.To nominate your employers, go to denverpost.com/nominate or call 303-261-8253.Related ArticlesBusiness | Top Workplaces 2023: To find and keep the best, Denver employers offer flexibility, growth opportunities Business | ...

Frank Clark came to Denver to help restore Broncos’ rivalry with Chiefs. Instead it’s been a strange, underwhelming campaign

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:27:08 GMT

As the Broncos put together the last of their prep work for the New York Jets in practice late last week, a familiar scene played out in the outside linebackers group.During an individual period open to reporters, position coach Michael Wilhoite gave instructions on the block-shedding move to work and his guys started through the drill.Partway through, they stopped for a correction and a demonstration.Not from Wilhoite, but from Frank Clark.The veteran pass-rusher hasn’t been with the Broncos long, but this is a regular occurrence for the now elder statesman in a mostly young group.And when Clark coaches, his teammates listen.“His coaching style is wild,” third-year outside linebacker Jonathon Cooper told The Denver Post. “It’s good. He’s very direct with what he shows you. He’s very clear and he definitely knows how to show you throughout his movements. I don’t know, I feel like when it comes to him telling you to do something, you understand what he’s trying to tell you.”Coach Cla...

USC to replace small coffee shop business with new Starbucks location

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:27:08 GMT

Two coffee stands parked outside USC’s Keck Hospital for more than 20 years are slated to close to make way for a new Starbucks location.The coffee carts, owned by Nickii Park, are the only source of income for the business owner. Since the university decided not to renew her contract, the future of the business remains uncertain. Drive-up Starbucks coming to Target locations nationwide University officials notified Park in February 2022 that it would not renew its agreement with her. She received her official termination letter in July, reported the Daily Trojan, which first shared the news.The business was initially slated to close in September but Park received an extension to continue operations until sometime in October. "It was super ultra impacting my life,” Park told the Daily Trojan. "I was in shock, and I couldn’t eat or sleep.”The news also came as a surprise to students, who have since started a petition urging school officials to reverse the decision.The online petiti...

Ex-NFL player Sergio Brown arrested in Southern California in connection with mother's slaying

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:27:08 GMT

Former NFL player Sergio Brown was arrested in Southern California in connection with the death of his mother, authorities said, as he tried to reenter the United States from Mexico just weeks after the 73-year-old woman was found slain behind her suburban Chicago home.Brown, 35, was detained Tuesday afternoon and booked into San Diego County Jail without bail following a “fugitive arrest,” records show.Brown agreed to be extradited to Illinois during a Wednesday court hearing, San Diego District Attorney's office spokesperson Steve Walker told The Associated Press in an email.Authorities in Illinois have until Nov. 13 to retrieve Brown, Walker said.Walker said an attorney from the San Diego County Public Defender’s office represented Brown at the hearing. The AP was unable to reach anyone Wednesday afternoon at the public defender's office for comment.It was unclear what the exact charges are against Brown, but a warrant for his arrest cited first-degree murder, according to a news...

Ventura County real estate agent gets 6 months in jail for fraud, must repay more than $100K

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:27:08 GMT

A Camarillo real estate agent was sentenced to six months in jail for forging clients' signatures on documents.Daniel Montano, 29, was also ordered to repay more than $102,000 in restitution and will be on probation for two years, Ventura County District Attorney Erik Nasarenko said in a Wednesday press release. Of that restitution, $68,500 has already been repaid.Montano pleaded guilty in August to four felony counts of forgery, though he initially faced 15 counts of theft and forgery. He also admitted that "the crimes indicated planning, sophistication, and professionalism, and that he took advantage of a position of trust and confidence when he committed the offenses," the release said. A licensed real estate agent for RE/MAX Gold Coast Realtors in Ventura, Montano was representing victims in 2020 when he "forged the victims’ signatures on multiple California Association of Realtors forms.""After forging the victims’ signatures, Montano sent the documents to escrow on the sale an...

Newsom signs bill banning 'junk fees' in California

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:27:08 GMT

Hidden fees, which sellers use to mislead customers with an artificially low headline price before imposing additional unavoidable charges later in the buying process, will no longer be allowed in California.Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law Senate Bill 478 (SB 478) that will ban hidden fees, or "junk fees," in the state starting on July 1, 2024, California Attorney General Rob Bonta said in a news release Saturday.“These deceptive fees prevent us from knowing how much we will be charged at the outset. They are bad for consumers and bad for competition. They cost Americans tens of billions of dollars each year," Bonta said. Biden says the FTC’s proposed ban on junk fees will help families and ‘honest’ businesses Bonta added that these fees "hit families who are just trying to make ends meet the hardest.""And, because a growing list of websites, apps, and brick-and-mortar businesses are using them, they penalize companies that are upfront and transparent with th...

California law banning large-capacity gun magazines likely to survive lawsuit

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:27:08 GMT

In a setback to California gun rights advocates, a federal appeals court has temporarily blocked a lower court's ruling that the state cannot ban gun owners from having detachable magazines that hold more than 10 rounds.The ban on higher-capacity magazines remains in effect while the case is still pending.The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeal on Tuesday granted state Attorney General Rob Bonta's motion for a stay of last month's ruling by U.S. District Judge Roger Benitez.The appeals court wrote that the attorney general's defense of the law is likely to succeed.The September ruling came in a legal action filed by five individuals and the California Rifle & Pistol Association challenging the law's constitutionality under the Second Amendment. It was the second time Benitez struck down the law. The first time he struck it down was in 2017 and an appeals court ended up reversing his decision.Last year, the U.S. Supreme Court set a new standard for how to interpret the nat...