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HSHS Medical Group experiencing phone and technology outages at several of its hospitals

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:13:40 GMT

ST. LOUIS - The HSHS Medical Group is experiencing a phone and technology outage at several of its hospitals.That includes St. Elizabeth's Hospital in O'Fallon, Illinois; St. Francis in Litchfield; and St. Joseph's Hospitals in Highland and Breese. St. Charles County Executive says residents taking unfair advantage of flood buyout program Officials admit it's an inconvenience, but say they have established protocols for outages to insure continued care for patients.

Spanish Lake woman arrested after demanding child support money at knifepoint

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:13:40 GMT

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. - A Spanish Lake woman is accused of breaking into the father of her child's home and demanding child support at knifepoint.According to Berkeley Police, the man woke up to find 31-year-old Jalissa Brandon standing over him with a knife and his cell phone, screaming at him to pay child support. The man escaped, and Brandon left with his cell phone, which she used to transfer $7,500 from his account into her account. St. Charles County Executive says residents taking unfair advantage of flood buyout program Brandon was arrested and charged with first-degree burglary and unlawful use of a weapon. She remains jailed on a $75,000 cash-only bond.It's unknown if the man actually owed child support.

Belleville man killed in hit-and-run crash while going for walk

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:13:40 GMT

BELLEVILLE, Ill. - In Belleville, a hit-and-run driver killed a person who was out for a walk.The Belleville News Democrat reported that the death happened on North Belt West Monday night. Four St. Louis restaurants among USA Today’s ‘Top 100 budget eats’ Police later arrested the driver, who is accused of driving while intoxicated.

New swim school ribbon cutting taking place today

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:13:40 GMT

CREVE COEUR, Mo. - A new state-of-the-art swim school is opening up in Creve Coeur next week.The Minnesota-based Foss Swim School is behind the new facility on Olive Boulevard. They'll hold a ribbon-cutting at 11:00 a.m. St. Charles County Executive says residents taking unfair advantage of flood buyout program You can also sign up for free family lessons and preview lessons this weekend. To register, call 314-949-7100.

St. Louis City SC and local hospitals kicking off 'Kick Childhood Cancer' campaign tonight

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:13:40 GMT

ST. LOUIS - St. Louis City SC, BJC Healthcare, and St. Louis Children's Hospital are kicking off Major League Soccer's 'Kick Childhood Cancer' campaign at Wednesday night's match against FC Dallas. It's just ahead of Childhood Cancer Awareness Month in September.Children and survivors of cancer will share their stories. Fans can help out by bidding on City SC home kits and jerseys, which will benefit St. Louis Children's Hospital. Four St. Louis restaurants among USA Today’s ‘Top 100 budget eats’ They also encourage you to wear yellow or gold to the match, which is the color for childhood cancer. You can also donate on the team's website.

Meet the Denver chef behind Casa Bonita’s sopaipilla-scented candles

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:13:40 GMT

Honey is the first scent that tingles your senses after you light the candle and inhale. After that, it’s caramelized sugar, a wave of citrus and a touch of cinnamon, even clove. From there, your brain does the rest of the work, associating the flood of scents in the air with their intended target: your memories of warm, honey-covered sopaipillas at Casa Bonita.The sopaipilla-scented candles are one of the quirky but creative additions to the new gift shop at the singular restaurant, but they aren’t some afterthought. Each one is hand-produced in Denver by Wooly Wax, a custom candle shop owned by Rachel Woolcott.And Woolcott isn’t just any candle maker. She’s the longtime Denver and Boulder chef behind Aix, a French bistro that found its niche along 17th Avenue’s restaurant row from 2001 to 2009.Casa Bonita’s sopaipilla-scented candles are made by Wooly Wax, a small Denver business led by former chef Rachel Woolcott. (Provided by Wooly Wax)Which is good, since eating the sopai...

Bobcat Thai curry, venison gyoza are all in a day’s work for Colorado chef-turned-hunter

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:13:40 GMT

Two days into her first hunting trip, Rikki Folger sat still in a blind near a creek in Nebraska, preparing as the first turkey of the day started running toward a decoy.Folger, 30, didn’t rush the shot. She took a deep breath while her blind-mate, Mike Johnson of Fort Collins, plugged his ears, and the turkey went down quickly and cleanly. “Time seemed to slow down in that moment,” she said.Rikki Folger made some turkey lag carnitas tacos after her first turkey hunt in Nebraska in the spring of 2021. (Photo by Rikki Folger)Folger brought her first catch back to the campsite and cooked some turkey leg carnitas tacos on a two-burner propane stove for three friends. Then she saved the breast for Thanksgiving and made stock out of the bones.It was all in a day’s work.“Doing it in a field like that when you don’t have a kitchen at your disposal really spoke volumes about her comfort level preparing food,” Johnson said.The chef-turned-hunter has combined two of her favorite passion...

How Denver police quietly stopped using no-knock warrants

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:13:40 GMT

Denver police haven’t served a no-knock warrant in three years.The police department quietly stopped using no-knock warrants in 2020 amid a nationwide outcry against police brutality and push for criminal justice reform, police records show.That year, then-Chief Paul Pazen informally changed the Denver Police Department’s policy to disallow no-knock warrants in narcotics cases, an adjustment formalized in 2021. That policy shift essentially ended the department’s use of no-knock warrants, though they are still allowed in exceptional circumstances, Division Chief of Investigations Joe Montoya said.The decline of the no-knock search warrant — which allows officers to enter a person’s home without first identifying themselves as police — marks the end of an era in Denver law enforcement. But it also coincides with a rise in the number of knock-and-announce warrants handled by the city’s SWAT team. Those warrants can be similar to no-knock warra...

Colorado saw 32% drop in older teens dying by suicide between 2020 and 2022

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:13:40 GMT

Fewer older teens in Colorado died by suicide in 2022 than at almost any point in the past decade, but kids in early adolescence didn’t show the same improvement.The annual Kids Count in Colorado report, released Tuesday, showed 56 people between 15 and 19 died by suicide in 2022, down from a high of 83 in 2020 — a 32% drop. After adjusting for population growth, the suicide rate for older teens was at its lowest level since 2014.“It’s critical that Colorado keeps up the momentum,” said Charlie Veraza, advocacy manager at the Colorado Children’s Campaign, which partners with the Annie E. Casey Foundation to produce the annual report.Younger teens’ suicide deaths remained roughly level year-over-year, though, with 17 fatalities among kids between 10 and 14 in 2022. The rate was down slightly from its 2018 high, when 25 children in that age group died by suicide.It’s not clear why older and younger teens showed different trends, said Jac...

United hires hundreds from island of Guam for its ramp team at DIA

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:13:40 GMT

Hundreds of islanders from Guam recently relocated to Denver to work for the area’s biggest employer: United Airlines.More than 460 residents of the U.S. territory in Micronesia now call the Mile High City home after United recruited them for ramp agent roles. Guam is about 6,650 miles from Denver, and was first colonized by the U.S. 125 years ago. As U.S. residents, Guamanians don’t need visas.Magda Morais, managing director of talent and acquisitions at United, said her team faced a “hard time recruiting our ramp agents” in the Denver market, so they had “to get creative.”They held a two-day job fair in January on the island, and extended to a third day because of “overwhelming interest,” she said in an interview.United received around 2,600 applicants in Guam, and the carrier offered over 800 jobs, with more than 460 passing the clearance process. “We filled the need” for ramp agents, Morais said.An entry-level employee ...