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Fallen CPD Officer Areanah Preston honored at Loyola graduation

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:56:51 GMT

CHICAGO — Fallen Chicago police Officer Areanah Preston was honored during Saturday's graduation at Loyola University.She was supposed to graduate but her mother accepted her Master's of Jurisprudence instead after she was shot and killed outside her home last week after finishing a shift. ‘It was my work’: Teen bragged to friend after officer Aréanah Preston’s slaying, prosecutors allege Family members held a photo of Preston, 24, as they received a standing ovation.Police said she was shot during a robbery outside her Avalon Park home near 81st and Blackstone.Prosecutors charged three young men and a 16-year-old boy with murder. 4 charged with murder of CPD officer Aréanah Preston; no bail Preston earned her bachelor's degree in criminal justice from Illinois State University and joined CPD three years ago. Those who knew her said she was looking forward to a long career in law enforcement.

Ohio inmate escapes, authorities searching

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:56:51 GMT

WAPAKONETA, Ohio (WDTN) — An Ohio sheriff's office is looking for a man who reportedly escaped the Augalize County Jail in Wapakoneta.According to the Auglaize County Sheriff's Office, law enforcement is looking for 30 year-old Brendan Reed. He is said to have escaped the jail on Saturday, May 13 around 12:30 p.m. and was last seen just south of the office, near the Wapakoneta Water Treatment Plant. Can folded dollar bills on the ground be deadly? What to know Authorities say he left by forcing open a locked door and fled from the the jail.Reed is described as 5'9" and weighs 190 pounds. He has brown hair and blue eyes. An all-yellow jumpsuit and orange flip flops is the last clothing Reed was last seen in.He has ties to both Darke County, Ohio, and Portland, Indiana.Originally, he was being held on a drug violation, the sheriff's office said in a release.The sheriff's office urges anyone who sees Reed to call 911.

North Carolina governor vetoes 12-week abortion ban

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:56:51 GMT

(The Hill) — North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper (D) vetoed legislation on Saturday that would establish a 12-week abortion ban in the state, potentially setting up the legislature for a battle to override it and make the ban law.Cooper held a rally on Saturday with about 1,000 abortion-rights activists and voters in the capital city of Raleigh to veto the legislation, which passed both houses of the state legislature along party lines. “The extreme abortion ban has been vetoed," Cooper tweeted. "Let’s work to keep it that way."Current state law bans most abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy, but the bill would mostly prohibit them after 12 weeks. DeSantis says GOP needs to reject ‘culture of losing’ to win in 2024 The legislation also include exceptions for instances of rape and incest up to 20 weeks and for fetal birth anomalies up to 24 weeks, as well as exceptions to save the life of the mother without any deadline. Republicans in the state General Assembly until re...

Illinois tornado warning expires, still some severe weather threats

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:56:51 GMT

ST. LOUIS - A tornado warning issued Saturday in Madison County, Illinois has expired as of 4:45 p.m. This was the only tornado warning or watch in the St. Louis metropolitan area as of 4 p.m. Saturday. When a warning is issued, a tornado has been sighted or indicated by weather radar and there is imminent danger to life and property. In that case, seek shelter immediately.If a tornado watch is issued, atmospheric conditions are favorable for a tornado to develop, but a tornado has not yet been sighted or indicated by weather radar.Along with this threat, there were some severe thunderstorms, gusty winds and small hail chances earlier Saturday afternoon. There are still some flood risks as storms move east into Illinois. The main storm system is heading toward the Metro East after rolling through parts of St. Charles County, St. Louis County and St. Louis City from 2-4 p.m. Some viewers tell FOX 2 they saw up to quarter-sized hail during that timeframe. St. Louis radar: See a ma...

PHOTOS: Hail hits St. Charles County, some close to golf ball-size

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:56:51 GMT

ST. CHARLES, Mo. - Severe weather is moving to the east, but it led to some significant hail Saturday afternoon in the St. Louis region, especially in St. Charles County. Hail ranged from golf ball-size to quarter-size in St. Charles County. FOX 2 learned of multiple hail threats around 2 p.m. Some of these hail threats even moved into parts of Maryland Heights, Overland and St. Ann. I-64 open after massive flooding from a main break Hail precipitation happens most commonly during thunderstorms when the atmosphere updrafts rain above the freezing level. Some forms can prove quite dangerous and destructive. FOX 2 received several photos of hail from viewers on Saturday. Cynthia Morin - St. CharlesKatie Koepke - St. PetersLaura Simon - St. CharlesLori Rogers - WentzvillePhil Lancaster - St. CharlesTyler Dobbins - St. CharlesSevere weather threats remain through the early evening hours on Saturday, mostly in Illinois.

I-64 flooded in St. Louis after water main break

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:56:51 GMT

ST. LOUIS - A busy stretch of Interstate 64 flooded in St. Louis during rush hour Friday afternoon after a water main break. The interstate was flooded in both directions near Tamm Avenue. A 30-inch water main break happened right around 4 p.m. Friday. Water has been steadily gushing from the main for several hours. Traffic was backed up several miles in both directions. Westbound drivers slowly navigated through one lane. Eastbound drivers were at a standstill for much of the rush hour. The highway reopened Saturday morning after cleanup from first responders. I-64 open after massive flooding from a main break A few cars attempted to cross through waters before law enforcement blocked the area of the flooding. First responders helped rescue a few people out of cars. No major injuries were reported from the situation. On dry land, at an apartment complex near I-64, Lauren Bankwell said she barely has running water, and there have been on-and-off problems for a while, but never to ...

Broncos coach Sean Payton says RB Javonte Williams could return by training camp’s start

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:56:51 GMT

The level of optimism around Broncos running back Javonte Williams’ recovery has apparently jumped substantially in recent weeks.So much so that coach Sean Payton said Saturday that the third-year back, coming off a major knee injury, may not only be ready for the start of the regular season but that he has a chance to be cleared for the start of training camp in late July.“I would tell you that we expect him to be ready for the start of training camp. That’s good news,” Payton said. “His rehab is going well. I don’t want to speak for him or (VP of player health and performance Beau Lowery), but we get the daily reports.”Williams suffered a torn ACL and additional damage in his knee on Oct. 2 against Las Vegas. A similar injury held Baltimore running back JK Dobbins out 13 months and Dobbins did another stint on injured reserve later in the season.Denver won’t know for sure until Williams makes it through the next couple of months, but they’re hopeful the former North Carolina...

Rockies Journal: A salute to Daniel Bard’s career and forthright battle vs. anxiety

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:56:51 GMT

Daniel Bard is a pitcher, and a man, worth celebrating.Fourteen years ago Saturday, the Rockies’ right-hander made his major-league debut at age 23.Bard entered his first game for the Red Sox in the bottom of the seventh against the Angels. The first major-league batter Bard faced was Erick Aybar, who grounded out to second base.Now, 366 games, 415 1/3 innings and 65 saves later, Bard is still trying to figure it all out.“I’m working through it,” Bard told me recently when I asked him how he’s dealing with the anxiety that almost cost him his baseball career and derailed his first three weeks of this season.In July 2020, Bard made his debut for the Rockies after being absent from the majors for seven seasons because of a confounding case of “the yips.” He was named National League Comeback Player of the Year.But Bard’s anxiety didn’t magically disappear. He still struggles, on and off the field. He’s never been ashamed to admit t...

Evicted Hemet man broke back into trailer, shot at deputies: RCSD

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:56:51 GMT

After being evicted from his trailer, a Hemet man broke back into his former home and fired a gun at deputies who responded to the break-in Friday morning, according to the Riverside County Sheriff's Department.Steven Foster, 65, returned at about 9:15 a.m. to the vacant mobile home in which he had lived until his recent eviction, officials said in a news release.He was still inside the trailer when deputies arrived, they said. "Foster threatened to be in possession of a firearm and was believed to be mentally unstable," the release added. Suspect involved in days-long standoff after allegedly shooting at deputies in San Gabriel Valley found dead While deputies worked to negotiate his surrender, Foster "fired his firearm toward the deputies striking a Sheriff's vehicle with several deputies nearby," authorities said.After several hours, Foster was taken into custody and brought to a hospital for a medical evaluation.He faces charges of attempted murder of a peace officer and bein...

Teen dead after BMW goes airborne, flips in Long Beach: Police

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:56:51 GMT

A teenager is dead after he was ejected from an airborne car in a wrong-way crash in Long Beach on Saturday.A few minutes before 2:30 a.m., a 2021 BMW struck a curb while headed west on the eastbound lanes of Pacific Coast Highway near the 103 Freeway, causing the car to go airborne and overturn, the Long Beach Police Department said in a news release. An 18-year-old from Wilmington who had been in the rear of the car was found by rescuers but declared dead at the scene.The other two people in the car, an 18-year-old Wilmington man who was driving and another passenger who had been in the front seat, were taken to local hospitals for treatment, police said.The driver remained at the scene and cooperated with the investigation, which is looking into "impaired driving and speed" as "possible factors" in the crash, police added. Anyone with information is asked to call the LBPD Collision Investigation Detail Detective Shawn Loughlin or Detective Kelsey Myers at 562-570-7355. Anonymous ...