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Residents left scrambling after water main break flooded homes, causing damages

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:56:50 GMT

ST. LOUIS - A water main break in a low-income St. Louis neighborhood on Carter Avenue has residents scrambling.Cornelius Higgins contacted FOX 2 when the water started gushing from the ground. The sewage that flooded basements and left an awful stench behind severely damaged his home as well as several of his neighbors' homes.Higgins said the city had not returned to check on him to see what the damage was and what could be done about it."The city should come and at least look at it and give me an idea what can they do or something," he said. "Tell me something, don’t just hide it, seems like they are hiding. You call them, you either get an answering machine or nobody calls at all." Woman charged with ramming, shooting thieves who stole sister’s car In addition to the water department, he called the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District (MSD)."I called MSD the first day, and they responded the next day saying they're not responsible," Higgins said. “The water department, and the...

Thief steals gas station safe, enjoys slushy in San Bernardino County

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:56:50 GMT

Security video captured the moment a brazen thief ransacked a gas station in Highland before helping himself to a slushy.The break-in was captured at a Chevron gas station near Base Line and Buckeye Streets shortly before 5 a.m. on Thursday.Even though the station is manned by a worker for 24 hours, it turns out that night, the employee was asleep on the job.The thief is seen sneaking into the security office, loading a large safe onto a rolling cart and wheeling it out the front door.Rummaging around for about 30 minutes, along with the safe, the thief also grabbed cigarettes and scratchers.“Watching the whole video, I’m like, ‘Are you freaking kidding me?’” said Isabel Aldaz, the gas station manager. “[He] went inside, saw that there was nobody inside, no cashier, nothing, and decided, ‘You know what” I’m going to start with something small — a tablet, cigarettes, and that’s when he left and came back,” said Aldaz.Security video captured the moment a thief stole a gas station’s sa...

San Jose mayors making pitch for Major League Baseball team

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:56:50 GMT

SAN JOSE — Five of San Jose’s mayors sent Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred a letter last week, asking MLB to permanently suspend territorial rights and create an avenue for the city to get an expansion team.In a letter dated June 15 and obtained by this news organization Friday night, current San Jose mayor Matt Mahan and four former mayors — Sam Liccardo, Chuck Reed, Ron Gonzales and Tom McEnery — called on baseball to allow for Santa Clara County to be freed from being considered as the territory of the San Francisco Giants.“San Jose and Silicon Valley present a unique market opportunity for an expansion MLB team or existing club. We must disabuse those who might conflate San Jose with our smaller neighbor to the north, San Francisco,” the letter reads.The letter was sent on the same day that Nevada governor Joe Lombardo signed a bill that will grant $380 million in public financing to help the Oakland A’s build a new stadium on the Las Vegas Strip.The A’s had ...

Rafael Devers hits a 2-run homer as the Boston Red Sox beat the Chicago White Sox 3-1

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:56:50 GMT

CHICAGO (AP) — Rafael Devers hit a two-run homer and Brayan Bello pitched one-run ball into the seventh inning, helping the Boston Red Sox beat the sloppy Chicago White Sox 3-1 on Friday night.Boston struck out 17 times and finished with just four hits, but it made the most of costly errors on shortstop Elvis Andrus and second baseman Tim Anderson. The Red Sox won for the seventh time in nine games, bouncing back after two straight losses at Minnesota.Bello (5-4) allowed six hits, struck out five and walked one in 6 2/3 innings. The right-hander improved to 2-1 with a 2.36 ERA in four June starts.Nick Pivetta finished the seventh and Chris Martin got three outs before Kenley Jansen worked the ninth for his 16th save.Eloy Jiménez had three hits for Chicago, which lost for the ninth time in 12 games. Lucas Giolito (5-5) struck out a season-high 10 in six sharp innings.Still working through some right shoulder soreness, Anderson got the start at second base. It was the All-Star shortst...

NHRA New England Nationals Qualifying

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:56:50 GMT

FridayAt Summit Racing Equipment Motorsports ParkNorwalk, OhioFirst RoundTop Fuel1. Leah Pruett, 3.684 seconds, 333.08 mph; 2. Steve Torrence, 3.688, 332.10; 3. Doug Kalitta, 3.700,330.23; 4. Josh Hart, 3.707, 328.14; 5. Justin Ashley, 3.708, 332.59; 6. Brittany Force, 3.709, 329.75; 7.Clay Millican, 3.737, 329.91; 8. Tony Schumacher, 3.759, 321.50; 9. Spencer Massey, 3.764, 322.96; 10.Mike Bucher, 5.017, 146.88; 11. Austin Prock, 5.932, 146.83; 12. Mike Salinas, 7.295, 76.17; 13. DanMercier, 8.145, 87.21; 14. Antron Brown, 8.295, 73.89; 15. Shawn Langdon, 8.606, 81.20; 16. T.J. Zizzo,9.582, 78.54. Not Qualified: 17. Kyle Wurtzel, 11.543, 37.76; 18. Doug Foley, 11.634, 86.70.Funny Car1. Ron Capps, Toyota Supra, 3.898, 331.28; 2. Alexis DeJoria, Supra, 3.901, 331.20; 3. Matt Hagan, DodgeCharger, 3.905, 328.70; 4. Bob Tasca III, Ford Mustang, 3.909, 327.27; 5. Chad Green, Mustang, 3.922,327.74; 6. Cruz Pedregon, Charger, 3.932, 320.74; 7. Tim Wilkerson, Mustang, 3.941, 321.96; 8. J.R....

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Rackley Roofing 200 Results

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:56:50 GMT

FridayAt Nashville SuperspeedwayLebanon, Tenn.Lap length: 1.33 miles(Start position in parentheses)1. (7) Carson Hocevar, Chevrolet, 150 laps, 56 points.2. (8) Zane Smith, Ford, 150, 52.3. (1) Nicholas Sanchez, Chevrolet, 150, 43.4. (4) Corey Heim, Toyota, 150, 49.5. (2) Bayley Currey, Chevrolet, 150, 44.6. (12) Chase Purdy, Chevrolet, 150, 31.7. (15) Matt DiBenedetto, Chevrolet, 150, 40.8. (17) Tyler Ankrum, Toyota, 150, 39.9. (16) Ben Rhodes, Ford, 150, 34.10. (21) Jake Garcia, Chevrolet, 150, 27.11. (5) Tanner Gray, Toyota, 150, 33.12. (24) Jake Drew, Ford, 150, 27.13. (6) Grant Enfinger, Chevrolet, 150, 27.14. (10) Taylor Gray, Toyota, 150, 24.15. (23) Matt Crafton, Ford, 150, 22.16. (22) Timmy Hill, Toyota, 150, 21.17. (28) Toni Breidinger, Toyota, 150, 20.18. (18) Stewart Friesen, Toyota, 150, 19.19. (29) Nick Leitz, Chevrolet, 149, 18.20. (32) Mason Maggio, Ford, 149, 17.21. (34) Cory Roper, Ford, 148, 16.22. (9) Daniel Dye, Chevrolet, 148, 15.23. (14) Christian Eckes, Chevro...

De La Cruz goes for cycle and Votto hits 2 clutch homers as streaking Reds stop Braves 11-10

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:56:50 GMT

CINCINNATI (AP) — Dazzling rookie Elly De La Cruz hit for the cycle, Joey Votto launched tying and go-ahead homers and the Cincinnati Reds extended their winning streak to 12 games Friday night with an 11-10 victory over the Atlanta Braves.In a wild matchup of National League division leaders, Cincinnati erased an early 5-0 deficit and halted Atlanta’s eight-game winning streak. The Reds’ winning streak is tied for the second-best in franchise history, matching the 1939 and 1957 teams for the club’s longest since 1900.De La Cruz became the first Cincinnati player in 34 years to hit for the cycle. He completed it by the sixth inning with a triple that gave him four RBIs.The cycle was the seventh in team history, fifth since 1900 and first since Eric Davis accomplished the feat against San Diego on June 2, 1989.Many in the sellout crowd of 43,086 at Great American Ball Park chanted “Elly! Elly!” The big turnout came two months after a record low for attendance ...

Walker and Turner lead the Phillies past the struggling Mets 5-1

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:56:50 GMT

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Taijuan Walker pitched six strong innings, Trea Turner had a pair of RBIs and the Philadelphia Phillies took advantage of two defensive miscues by the New York Mets in a 5-1 victory Friday night.Brandon Marsh had three hits, a double and an RBI for Philadelphia, which has won seven of nine. “We’re playing really well,” Philadelphia manager Rob Thomson said. “We just need to keep it going.”Bryce Harper also drove in a run for the Phillies before getting ejected in the seventh inning for arguing with home plate umpire Mike Estabrook after a called third strike. Brandon Nimmo homered for the struggling Mets, who have lost three in a row and 14 of 18 to fall farther back in the playoff race. New York dropped to 34-41.“It wasn’t a good offensive night for us,” manager Buck Showalter said after the Mets had three hits.Walker (8-3), who pitched for the Mets the last two seasons before signing a four-year, $72 million deal with Philadelphia last offseason, ga...

Langeliers hits game-winning HR in 9th as A’s beat Blue Jays 5-4 to end 8-game skid

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:56:50 GMT

TORONTO (AP) — Shea Langeliers hit a tiebreaking home run in the ninth inning and the Oakland Athletics beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-4 on Friday night to snap an eight-game losing streak.Langeliers hit his ninth home run off Blue Jays closer Jordan Romano (3-3) as Toronto lost the opener of a three-game series against the team with the worst record in the majors.Langeliers went 2 for 4 with two RBIs as the Athletics (20-58) became the last big league team to reach 20 wins and avoided falling 40 games below .500.Blue Jays slugger Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit a three-run home run, his first of the season at his home ballpark, but Toronto didn’t score again after his third-inning drive.Lucas Erceg (2-0) struck out all three batters he faced to earn the win, and Trevor May pitched around Guerrero’s leadoff double in the ninth for his fourth save in six chances as Oakland won for the first time since June 13 against Tampa Bay. That win over the Rays was the last in a seven-game streak for t...

Former NBA star to open soul food restaurant in Five Points

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:56:50 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — An NBA legend is bringing a new soul food restaurant to the Five Points neighborhood, and the location was announced on Thursday afternoon.The building at the corner of the 2600 block of Welton Street is empty now, but soon it will be transformed into Fixins Soul Kitchen. Kevin Johnson, the former NBA player who was previously mayor of Sacramento, California, is the owner and operator."We feel so honored to be a part of this community," Johnson said at a private event announcing the new restaurant. "I been coming to Denver since about 35 years ago, in 1988, when I played for the Phoenix Suns."Johnson started the small chain that now has locations in Sacramento, Los Angeles and Tulsa, Oklahoma. His fourth location and newest venture will be in Denver, with a goal of continued expansion. Talking mind, body and soul food with Chef Cool Dre The move has been a year in the making thanks to Denver Mayor Michael Hancock. The two have a decade-old friendship, and Hancock s...