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St. Louis Public Schools starting chain-link fencing replacement today

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:45:31 GMT

ST. LOUIS - St. Louis Public Schools are replacing chain-link fencing with more environmentally friendly material.Columbia Elementary was built in 1929 according to the school's website. It was once destroyed in a tornado, and restored to what it is today, but old buildings like the school's often have fences that contain poisonous lead. So those are being replaced with more environmentally friendly materials.The Board of Education voted to remove and replace of around 6.2 miles of fencing across St. Louis Public Schools. Fences containing lead will be replaced with an environmentally safe vinyl coated galvanized steel. Open house on Metro’s ‘Secure Platform Plan’ today It's a project made possible by a combination of state and federal money. It's all thanks to House Bill 20 and the federal government's elementary and secondary school emergency relief fund. The project costs $2.1 million. It was championed by Senator Steve Roberts, and representative Lakeysha Bosley.Since 2007, SL...

Open house on Metro's 'Secure Platform Plan' today

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:45:31 GMT

BELLEVILLE, Ill. - MetroLink's new $52 million plan to secure its rider platforms will be the focus of a public open house later Tuesday.Washington park Metro Station just off Kingshighway and three others in Illinois will be the first to get the security upgrades. Metro officials say the changes known as the 'Secure Platform Plan,' are a key component of their efforts to increase ridership.Only ticketed riders will be able to get through the new gates. There will be no more open train platforms. Eight-foot high fencing will surround all the access points to the platforms.The goal is to transform the original open access MetroLink platform system into a closed platform system with centralized and secured customer service entrances at all MetroLink stations. The first four stations in Illinois should be done in the next eight to nine months. St. Louis Public Schools starting chain-link fencing replacement today Six more stations including the Central West End and Delmar Loop stops ...

Crews responding to garage fire in south St. Louis

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:45:31 GMT

ST. LOUIS - Emergency crews are at the scene of a garage fire in south St. Louis Tuesday morning. Our Bommarito Automotive Group SkyFOX helicopter was flying over the area located on the 3900 block of Virginia Avenue, where white smoke can be seen coming from the home as firefighters are getting control of the flames. Open house on Metro’s ‘Secure Platform Plan’ today So far, there's no word on the cause of the fire or if anyone was hurt. FOX 2 will update this story with more information as it becomes available.

100th anniversary of aerial refueling today

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:45:31 GMT

ST. LOUIS - A mini air show is planned over the Gateway Arch Tuesday afternoon. It's the 100th anniversary of aerial refueling.A U.S. Air Force squadron from Scott Air Force Base and an air refueling wing of the Illinois Air National Guard will perform flyovers all across the state of Illinois. St. Louis Public Schools starting chain-link fencing replacement today Two Boeing K-C 135 Strato tankers will fly over the Mississippi River near the Gateway Arch at around 12:10 p.m. Those big planes hold the fuel, which helps keeps the other jets flying.

St. Louis County hosting town hall tonight to explain budget simulation tool process

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:45:31 GMT

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. - St. Louis County now has a simulation tool to help engage the community in the budget process.It lets locals explore various budget scenarios and experience the complexities and trade-offs in budget planning. County officials hope seeing how residents budget will help them better understand what the public values. St. Louis Public Schools starting chain-link fencing replacement today They'll hold a town hall meeting to explain the budget making process. It's Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. at the Oak Bend Library.If you can't make it, there's another one at the same time on Thursday at Grant's View Library.

Citizens for Modern Transit hosting 'Talking Transit' virtual forum today

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:45:31 GMT

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. - Citizens for Modern Transit will hold a virtual 'Talking Transit' event Tuesday to discuss options for the planned north St. Louis County MetroLink line.It's expected to run along Jefferson Avenue from Chippewa Street to Grand Bouldevard - and west along Natural Bridge Road. Four different alternative routes are also being studied. Open house on Metro’s ‘Secure Platform Plan’ today The 'Talking Transit' forum will discuss those alternate options and residents can provide input. The virtual forum is at 8:30 a.m.You can join by going to CMT-STL.org.

Forest Park East Waterways Improvement Project groundbreaking today

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:45:31 GMT

ST. LOUIS - The Forest Park East Waterways Improvement Project is breaking ground Tuesday.The last phase of the project includes restoring the seven pools waterfall, the round lake, and its iconic fountain, as well as restoring the bowl lake. An education pavilion will also be built next to bowl lake. St. Louis Public Schools starting chain-link fencing replacement today Over the past 20 years, the lakes and streams within Forest Park have been linked together and transformed into connected waterways.

'Variety' creating new 'My Voice' program in St. Louis and St. Charles County

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:45:31 GMT

ST. LOUIS - 'Variety,' the children's charity is piloting a new 'My Voice' program in the city of St. Louis and in St. Charles County. It provides communication devices to children with special needs.While some kids can use devices at school or during speech therapy, they do not own them and often cannot take them home. Many families also can't afford them. Open house on Metro’s ‘Secure Platform Plan’ today Through the program, eligible children receive the device, the prescribed communication app, a protective case, and any necessary accessories like a wheelchair mount.

3rd Catholic grade school set to close in fall due to archdiocese downsizing

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:45:31 GMT

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. - Another catholic grade school is closing its doors this fall. It's part of the major reorganization of the archdiocese of St. Louis announced last month.St. Rose Philippine Duchesne is one of three catholic schools in the Florissant area that make up All Saints Academy. Each campus has kindergarten through 8th grade, with a total of 527 students. St. Louis Public Schools starting chain-link fencing replacement today The 131 students enrolled for the fall at St. Rose will now have to transfer to one of the two remaining campuses like Sacred Heart Academy. Teachers at St. Rose will be offered comparable positions at the other two combined schools as well.35 parishes are set to close August 1, under the 'All Things New' plan.

Did a tsunami really hit Florida? Yes, but not the kind you think

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:45:31 GMT

An unexpected culprit toppled beach chairs along the sand at normally calm Clearwater Beach, Florida, last Wednesday. West Coast surfers might snicker at the cause, but the National Weather Service confirms the rare 4-foot (1.2 meter) wave was caused by a kind of tsunami, just not the kind you usually hear about.It was a meteotsunami, a type caused by storms with strong gusting winds, rather than the dramatic tsunamis triggered by earthquakes.WHAT IS A METEOTSUNAMI?According to Paul Close, senior forecaster at the National Weather Service in the Tampa Bay area, when a line of storms tracks over the ocean, there can be 30- to 50-mph (48- 80-kph) winds near the leading edge. The winds push the water, increasing the wave height near the coast before it eventually crashes onto shore.Meteotsunamis only last about an hour because once the leading edge of the storm passes onto land, the action subsides. New recording shows Trump discussing ‘secret’ documents he did not declassify: report...