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Girl Scouts host birthday party for adults

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 19:09:08 GMT

COLONIE, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- The Girl Scouts of Northeastern New York held an event Thursday to bring back former Girl Scouts for a birthday party. The party was held in honor of Juliette Gordon Low's birthday, the founder of the Girl Scouts. Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! Adults who were former Girl Scouts and Girl Scout volunteers gathered for the celebration on Wolf Road. The event was also used to allow them to network and catch up with friends.

Series of failures? Family blames broken system for inmate's death

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 19:09:08 GMT

FRANKLIN COUNTY, Mo. – The family of a man who died while in police custody blames a broken system that led to his last breath behind bars.Chris Cox, 43, was found dead in his Franklin County jail cell on April 22, 2023, hours after he was involved in a car crash.Chris' parents, Jeff and Catherine Cox, said their son was constantly trying to get help for drug addiction."He was probably in high school, and he just started to have trouble," Catherine said. "I thought it was something that would go away eventually."Catherine said they did not realize the grip it would have on Chris and his life. Florida kidnapping victims rescued from downtown St. Louis hotel Beginning of the EndA newly-released bodycam video captured the moment officers started interacting with Chris on April 21. St. Clair Police responded to a single-car crash on I-44 where the driver drove off the interstate and into a tree line."I think there's something up with you. So, we're going to take some field sobriety te...

Vehicle slams into Florissant family-owned business, suspects not yet caught

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 19:09:08 GMT

FLORISSANT, Mo. - Years of work were trashed in a matter of minutes after a vehicle rammed into a family-owned business overnight in Florissant. FOX 2 obtained security video of the incident, which shows an individual in a gray Kia smash into J&J Market on Waterford Drive. Investigators say suspects smashed a car into the building as part of a planned break-in. Florida kidnapping victims rescued from downtown St. Louis hotel "It's disheartening and sad because someone does something nice for the community," said the nephew of the J&J Market owner. "You create a safe place for people to come shop, and then something like this happens."Florissant police say the matter is being investigated, though note that J&J Market may not have been the only target in the city early Thursday morning. Police believe the car connected to it all was stolen just a few blocks away. In the aftermath, J&J is dealing with damaged walls and busted-out windows. "They did more damage outsi...

Addressing the fentanyl-driven overdose crisis in St. Louis

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 19:09:08 GMT

ST. LOUIS - There have been an alarming number of calls for drug overdoses in the St. Louis area in recent years. There’s a growing feeling that reversing course may go beyond "law and order."  Fentanyl continues to be a deadly driving force.  Users may be looking for cocaine or methamphetamine, but 90–95% of the time they’re also getting fentanyl mixed into it, according to St. Louis County Public Health Director, Dr. Kanika Cunningham.  While the number of drug overdoses is not necessarily climbing, it’s also not letting up. School bus driver on leave after Halloween candy cannabis scare An overdose call at the St. Louis City Jail on Thursday was the 40th for the St. Louis Fire Department in the past week. It was not fatal.  St. Louis City Police have had 19 overdose calls for service in the past week.St. Louis County Police reported 196 through the first 10 months of the year, compared to 235 over the same period last year.  It’s a welcome drop, but still hugely concerning. A r...

Local landscaping company hopes to uncover headstones in much-needed cemetery clean up

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 19:09:08 GMT

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. - There are several hundred headstones at the Washington Park Cemetery in North County that are easily visible and well-kept, but along the northside of the cemetery it’s a different story.   “A lot of those headstones have been buried,” Focal Pointe’s Dan Schaefer said.  For years, plants have overtaken the corner of the cemetery along Interstate 70, and what’s left can simply be described as a canopy of shrubs, hiding names and stories.    School bus driver on leave after Halloween candy cannabis scare “There’s one specific headstone that really affected me,” Schaefer told Fox 2. “It’s a five-year-old baby headstone that’s just buried within that mass.”Dan Schaefer with the landscaping company Focal Pointe estimates there are about 25 headstones buried underneath. Focal Pointe is helping clean up the cemetery Friday for its third annual fall community outreach cleanup. It all came together because of sign posted along the highway . “We saw the 'volunteers n...

St. Louis drivers sound off on reckless driving

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 19:09:08 GMT

ST. LOUIS - St. Louis drivers are frustrated not only over the number of crashes they see, but also over the amount of reckless driving they witness. The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department continues to look for the driver accused in a pedestrian crash near Crown Candy earlier this week. An elderly man was struck in broad daylight after the vehicle failed to stop. On Thursday, an April court date was set for a 2022 hit-and-run case that took the life of 17-year-old Mathew Nikolai. He was walking across Chippewa Street near Ted Drewes when he was struck and killed. Florida kidnapping victims rescued from downtown St. Louis hotel St. Louis resident Susan Fanter says she’s scared to cross a street, even if she uses the crosswalk and has the right of way.“You never know if they’re going to run the red light and if you’re going to get hit,” she said.  We’ve reported in the past on the city’s efforts to address traffic violence. Enforcement efforts from St. Louis police include the...

Keanna Rosenburgh charged as an adult in Denver bar shooting that injured five

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 19:09:08 GMT

The 17-year-old girl accused of shooting five people outside Dierks Bentley’s Whiskey Row in LoDo will be charged as an adult, the Denver District Attorney’s Office announced Thursday.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | Alamosa man shot, killed in confrontation with deputy Crime and Public Safety | Former U.S. Attorney John Walsh enters 2024 Denver district attorney’s race Crime and Public Safety | 52-year-old man arrested for murder, assault in Englewood shooting Crime and Public Safety | Man pleads guilty to lesser murder charge in 2021 Aurora shooting, carjacking spree Crime and Public Safety | Man arrested on suspicion of first-degree murder in Regis Motel shooting in Denver Keanna Rosenburgh is facing 28 charges, including seven counts of attempted murder and 15 counts of assault, in connection with the shooting in the 1900 block of Market Street on Sept. 16.Denver police allege Rosenbur...

Football: Colorado Buffaloes preparing for physical contest with Oregon State

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 19:09:08 GMT

By November, a lot of college football players are feeling the bumps and bruises they’ve accumulated over the previous three months of practices and games.There is a fine line, however, between trying to manage and minimize the wear and tear and getting prepared for the physicality of November football. That’s even more important for the Colorado Buffaloes (4-4, 1-4 Pac-12) as they prepare to face one of the most physical teams in the conference in No. 16 Oregon State (6-2, 3-2) on Saturday at Folsom Field (8 p.m., ESPN).“That is a tricky balance,” CU linebackers coach Andre Hart said this week. “In the pro game, they do it very well where you have thudding and you don’t take anybody to the ground. … But, it’s very tricky, because you get to a point, you play so many games, you play so many snaps, guys are banged up. You want to make sure they get to the game so we can have a successful game.“So, you have to monitor that but then playing a team like (Oregon State), when you have you...

CU Buffs notes: Trevor Woods embracing switch to linebacker

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 19:09:08 GMT

When Colorado head coach Deion Sanders came up with the idea of moving safety Trevor Woods to linebacker, Woods didn’t flinch.“Nah, it was (just) do whatever,” Woods said. “Whatever keeps me on the field, whatever helps us.”And, really, there wasn’t a choice. The Buffaloes (4-4, 1-4 Pac-12) needed some help at linebacker and Woods jumped out as the man that could fill that role.“It was more of like a dime package thing at first,” Woods said. “But then, it was working really well and they were just like, ‘Hey, get in Trevor,’ because something happened (at practice). It happened just like that two days before the game.”Related Articles Welcome to Denver’s Rivalry Weekend: Bronze Boot, Gold Pan, Commander in Chief trophies all up for grabs. Records go out the window when Centennial State pride is on the line. Kiszla: Sorry, Coach Prime. But the real football miracle worker in Colorado is Troy Calhoun. Keeler: Deion Sanders’ son Shi...

Video captures moments before elderly man was murdered inside Garden Grove home

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 19:09:08 GMT

The family of an elderly man who was killed by a transient inside his Garden Grove apartment on Wednesday night is speaking out about the tragic incident.Chuong Pham, 87, was killed after being attacked by Mario Brancato, a 26-year-old homeless man, inside his apartment on the 9900 block of Central Avenue at around 7:30 p.m., according to the Garden Grove Police Department.Surveillance video from Pham's Ring doorbell camera captures the moment Brancato somehow made it inside Chuong’s home where he stayed for over an hour. It’s unclear what the two were speaking about, but footage captures the two conversing near the front door for some time.Chuong, who had moved to the U.S. from Vietnam in 1996, had lived at the El Centrico apartment complex for over 20 years.His sons recalled the moment they received an alert on their phones of the intruder inside their father’s home.A Ring doorbell camera captured the moments before a homeless man allegedly murdered Chuong Pham inside his Garden G...