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A GOOD SAMARITAN IS BEING CREDITED WITH SAVING THE LIVES OF AT LEAST TWO CHILDREN FROM A BURING HOUSE IN GRANITE CITY.

OFFICIALS SAY THE MAN WAS DRIVING BY WHEN HE NOTICED A FIRE AT A HOME IN THE 200 BLOCK OF BRIARWOOD AT BRIARMOOR.

HE RAN INTO THE HOUSE AND RESCUED TWO CHILDREN.

FOUR KIDS AGES 15, 14, 5 , AND THREE WERE ALONE IN THE HOME WHEN THE FIRE STARTED.

THE FIVE YEAR OLD IS REPORTEDLY IN SERIOUS CONDITION

THAT GOOD SAMARITAN ALSO HAD TO BE HELPED OUT OF THE HOUSE BY POLICE AND TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL.

THE STATE FIRE MARSHALL WAS ON THE SCENE EARLIER THIS MORNING..

SO FAR A CAUSE FOR THE FIRE HAS NOT YET BEEN DETERMINED.

My question is...Would you risk your life to save someone else's life? And what are you feelings on this good samaritan?

STARTING TODAY OCTOBER 29TH SCHUCKS PHARMACIES WILL FILL CERTAIN ANTIBIOTIC PRESCRIPTIONS FOR FREE.

100 SCHNUCKS ACROSS SEVEN STATES WILL BE OFFERING THE FREE SUPPLIES OF SOME ANTIBIOTICS.

CUSTOMERS WITH A PRESCRIPTION CAN RECEIVE UP TO A 21-DAY SUPPLY OF ANY ONE OF MORE THAN 54 GENERIC, ORAL ANTIBIOTICS AT NO CHARGE.

THERE WILL BE NO LIMIT ON HOW MANY 21-DAY SUPPLIES PATIENTS CAN RECEIVE, BUT PATIENTS WILL HAVE TO COME IN EVERY THREE WEEKS FOR REFILLS.

THE LIST OF MEDICATIONS MAY CHANGE FROM TIME TO TIME, BUT THE PROGRAM IS SCHEDULED TO RUN INDEFINITELY.

SCHNUCKS HOPES TO EVENTUALLY EXPAND THE LIST OF MEDICATIONS...FOR NOW THEY INCLUDE ANTIBIOTICS SYCH AS PENICILLIN AND AMOXICILLAN AMONG OTHERS.

SCHNUCKS' ANNOUNCEMENT COMES ABOUT A YEAR AFTER RIVAL WAL-MART STORES INC. ANNOUNCED PLANS TO OFFER ABOUT 150 GENERIC MEDICATIONS FOR $4.

OTHER PHARMACIES HAVE COUNTERED WITH SIMILAR PLANS.

SCHNUCKS HOPES TO RECOUP SOME OF THE LOST REVENUE THROUGH INCREASED FOOT TRAFFIC AND SALES.

SCHNUCKS OFFICIALS SAY THIS PROGRAM WAS DESIGNED TO BE MEANINGFUL, ESPECIALLY TO YOUNG FAMILIES.

At Schnucks stores, the list of free antibiotics will include amoxicillin, ampicillin, ciprofloxacin, doxycycline, erythromycin, penicillin and trimeth/sulfa.

SCHNUCKS PHARMACIES ARE THE FIRST SCHUCKS IS THE FIRST IN THE REGION TO OFFER A SELECTION OF ANTIBIOTICS FOR FREE.

Hazelwood Northwest Middle School is closed due to a bomb threat.

 District officials confirm the threat and are cancelled classes at the Northwest Middle School.

School buses that were in route to the middle school were turned around before kids could be unloaded.

Parents were told school was cancelled as they arrived at the school to drop their kids off.

School officials say they will talk to the students about the severity of bomb threats.

Earlier this month classes were cancelled at Hazelwood West High School because of a bomb threat written on the sidewalk. This is the third bomb threat this year at a school in the Hazelwood School District. Your thoughts??

I got a preview today of the Body Worlds exhibit. It was very interesting, but it is not for the squemish. The fetal development exibit was the most disturbing for me. The exhibit showed the different stages of fetal development using real fetuses.. The area is cordoned off so it is up to you if you want to see it. I could have done without seeing that part, but everything else was very educational. There was also an exhibit where the plastinate, as they are called, was holding his skin. That was a little gross, but really educational at the same time. There are also different exhibits of diseased organs. They show, for example, what a smoker's lung looks like. Here is more on the exhibit..

THE SCIENCE CENTER HAS ALREADY SOLD AN UNPRECEDENTED 25-THOUSAND ADVANCE TICKETS.

BODY WORLDS OPENS FRIDAY IN THE EXPLORADOME... AND RUNS THROUGH MARCH 2ND.

TICKETS ARE 18-DOLLARS FOR ADULTS... AND 12 DOLLARS FOR CHILDREN.

IT'S AN EXHIBIT OF REAL HUMAN CORPSES.. DEHYDRATED THEN INFUSED WITH PLASTIC.

THE SCIENCE CENTER SAYS THE EXHIBIT IS EDUCATIONAL.. BUT ADMITS, IT'S NOT APPROPRIATE FOR CHILDREN UNDER AGE TEN.

AND THE EXHIBIT IS NOT WITHOUT CONTROVERSY.

THE HEAD OF ST. LOUIS CATHOLIC SCHOOLS URGED TEACHERS NOT TO TAKE THEIR STUDENTS TO THE EXHIBIT.

YOUR THOUGHTS...

I wanted to share that a few weeks back I was covering a story in a very dangerous part of North St. Louis..All police had left and I still had one more live shot to do. After it was done and we were packing up...a police officer pulled up and said" This is a dangerous neighborhood, I will wait and watch you guys while you pack up and leave, so I know you make it out ok." It was Officer Norvelle Brown. I didn't know him, but I thank him for making us feel safe and watching out for us in such a rough neighborhood. THANK YOU OFFICER BROWN....My condolences to his friends, co-workers, and family...

Flags are at half staff in St. Louis City after a 22 year old police officer is shot and killed. Officer Norvelle Brown was shot in the 1600 block of Semple just before 10 p.m. Wednesday.

He later died at Barnes Jewish Hospital. St. Louis Police Chief Joseph Mokwa reported the rookie officer was wearing body armor, but the bullet entered through his armpit, hit his lung, and pierced his artery.

I WAS DOWN AT POLICE HEADQUARTERS THIS MORNING AS THE FLAGS WERE LOWERED AND THE BLACK BUNTING WAS PUT UP.

I WENT INSIDE AND THERE WERE OFFICERS CRYING. I ASKED THEM IF THEY KNEW HIM AND THEY SAID THEY DIDN'T BUT HE WAS STILL FAMILY.

VERY SAD AND SENSELESS...

 

A ST. PETERS FAMILY IS SEARCHING FOR ANSWERS AFTER THEIR LOVED ONE DIED WHILE RUNNING ON A TRACK IN THE ST. CHARLES COUNTY YMCA.

RICHARD GEVERS DIED FROM A HEART ATTACK WHILE RUNNING ON THE TRACK HERE AT THE ST. CHARLES COUNTY YMCA, BUT HIS FAMILY WANTS TO KNOW WHY HE WAS LEFT ALONE AND IF HIS DEATH COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED...IT WAS DECEMBER 29TH OF LAST YEAR.. ROBERT GEVERS WAS RUNNING ON THE TRACK ..WHEN HE HAD A HEART ATTACK.

65 YEAR OLD ROBERT GEVERS AND HIS WIFE HAD BEEN A MEMBER OF THE YMCA SINCE 1985

HE WORKED OUT THERE AT LEAST TWO TO THREE TIMES A WEEK.

THE YMCA CLOSES AT 9PM

WHEN ROBERT WASNT HOME AFTER 10 CAROLYN KNEW SOMETHING WAS WRONG..

CAROLYN GOT THE SHOCK OF HER LIFE WHEN SHE AND HER SON WENT TO THE YMCA AND WERE LET IN BY A FAMILY FRIEND WHO WORKED AT THE Y.

THIS IS WHAT CAROLYN SAID..

"I got up to the track opened the door and seen his body laying on the track

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" We don't have any closure right now because at that point in time if they would have checked would be alive today that's my big concern

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"I would like to see cameras put into every YMCA in places that are not monitored like the track."

ACCORDING TO CAROLYN...THE MAN WHO WAS IN CHARGE OF THE ST. CHARLES COUNTY YMCA THE NIGHT HER HUSBAND DIED..WAS FIRED..

IN THE POLICE REPORT TAKEN BY ST. PETERS POLICE..EMPLOYEES WRITTEN STATEMENTS SHOW THEY DIDN'T CHECK THE YMCA PRIOR TO LOCKING UP AT 9PM..

I TRIED SEVERAL TIMES TO TALK WITH ME OFFICIALS WITH THE YMCA..THEY NEVER RETURNED BY CALLS.

YOUR THOUGHTS?

This story broke my heart...when will it stop.....

Police have charged Randall Gabler, 22, with second degree murder in the death of two-year-old Adin Choi. The toddler’s body was found early Thursday in a wooded area behind an elementary school in Imperial, Mo.

 

 

Gabler told police he and the boy were in Suson Park in St. Louis County on Wednesday when the child disappeared.

 

A S.A.R.A.A. Alert was issued for Choi and police scoured Suson Park for any signs of the tot.

 

But early Thursday morning, the child’s body was found in a wooded area behind Clyde Hamrick Elementary School on Old Highway 21 in Imperial.

 

Now police say they aren’t sure if the pair was ever in the park. Police also believe little Adin was killed at a motel in the Woodson Terrace area where Gabler had been staying and later dumped behind the school.

 

Gabler was supposedly babysitting Adin while his mother was away in New York.

 

St. Louis County Police say Gabler has a prior arrest record, but it may have only involved traffic violations.

His bond is set at $250,000.

 

MOTORISTS ARE ALREADY REELING FROM RISING GAS PRICES.

NOW IT'S TIME FOR MORE STICKER SHOCK.

SOME STATIONS SELLING IT FOR AS HIGH AS 3.18 A GALLON.

THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS $3.03 PER GALLON ON AUG. 11, 2006.

JUST TWO WEEKS AGO, THE U.S. AVERAGE FOR A GALLON OF REGULAR GAS WAS $2.87, BUT THE LUNDBERG SURVEY OF 7,000 STATIONS NATIONWIDE ON FRIDAY SHOWED AN INCREASE OF ABOUT 19.5 CENTS TO $3.07. THAT'S UP 88.4 CENTS SINCE JAN. 19.

INDUSTRY ANALYSTS SAY THERE ARE SIGNS THE RISING PRICES MAY BE PEAKING, SINCE OIL AND GAS FUTURES ARE DECLINING.

THE NATION'S LOWEST AVERAGE PUMP PRICE WAS $2.80 PER GALLON IN CHARLESTON, S.C., WHILE THE HIGHEST WAS $3.49 IN SAN FRANCISCO

WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS? ANYTHING YOU PLAN TO CHANGE BECAUSE OF THE RISING GAS PRICES?

GASOLINE PRICES HAVE SURGED TO A RECORD NATIONWIDE AVERAGE OF $3.07 PER GALLON, NEARLY 20 CENTS HIGHER THAN THEY WERE TWO WEEKS EARLIER . 'TRIPLE A' IN ST. LOUIS REPORTS THE AVERAGE HERE IS AT A RECORD... 3.12 A GALLON.WE'VE TOPPED THE OLD RECORD.

Hey Guys, just wanted to let you know I will be out for a couple weeks. I had surgery on my nose on Monday to correct a divated septum. I look forward to seeing you all soon. Take care and thank you for all your prayers. We have the best bloggers ever!!!

MISSOURI'S BOARD OF EDUCATION VOTED FIVE TO ONE TO STRIP THE ST. LOUIS SCHOOL DISTRICT OF ITS ACCREDITATION.

A TRANSITIONAL TEAM WILL TAKE OVER THE DISTRICT.. EFFECTIVE JUNE 15TH.

SEVERAL STUDENTS OPPOSED TO THE TAKEOVER FORCED THE SHUTDOWN OF THIS MORNING'S MEETING IN JEFFERSON CITY.

ONE STUDENT WAS HANDCUFFED AND TAKEN AWAY BY CAPITOL POLICE.

 

Sources from Jefferson City have told Fox 2 that the state will unaccredit St. Louis public schools and nominate the CEO of McBride and Sons building company Rick Sullivan as head of the transitional school board.

   This won't sit well with alot of people including the two bus loads of students, parents, and teachers who left from St. Louis this morning.

    They are in Jefferson City to talk with the state board of education to make known their opposition to a state takeover and transitional school board.

      I asked a member of Local 420, the teachers union, what would they do if the state does take over.

    He told me they have discussed two options

1. legal action

2. a possible strike

Your Thoughts.......

Several people reported seeing flaming objects falling from the sky last night 2-4-07. Most reports described the objects as bright lights or something burning with a flaming tail behind it.The Missouri State Highway Patrol says the reports came from St. Louis, Cape Girardeau, Sedalia in Pettis County, and near Alton and Bunker Hill in Illinois..The folks at NORAD say it was probably a meteor.
BUT WHAT WAS IT?
If you saw it let me know...

HOW MUCH WOULD YOU PAY TO GET YOUR DOG RETURNED?
A MICHIGAN COUPLE IS OFFERING BIG BUCKS FOR THE RETURN OF THEIR DOG STOLEN FROM THE ST. LOUIS AREA .
THERE'S NOW A $25,000 REWARD TO HELP FIND A MICHIGAN COUPLE'S MISSING DOG THAT WAS STOLEN FROM THE ST.LOUIS AREA.
12 YEAR OLD MATTIE, A MIXED BREED, VANISHED IN NOVEMBER WHEN TOM AND ALICE MATTHEWS' CAR WAS STOLEN FROM THE DELMAR LOOP.
POLICE RECOVERED THE CAR.
THE ALLEGED THEIVES WERE CAUGHT IN CAPE GIRARDEU.
THEY TOLD THE MATTHEWS TO SEARCH JENNINGS.
THAT'S WHERE THEY FOUND MATTIE'S CAGE.
BECAUSE THERE HAVE BEEN NO CONFIRMED SIGHTINGS OF THE DOG..THE MATTHEWS HAVE FORMED THAT WEBSITE CALLED WHERE IN THE WORLD IS MATTIE.COM...ON THE SITE IS A FLYER, A VIDEO PLEA FROM THE COUPLE..ALONG WITH OTHER HELPFUL INFO ON WHAT TO LOOK FOR AND WHAT TO DO IF YOU FIND MATTIE.
THERE WAS AN ALLEGED SIGHTING OF MATTIE ON HANLEY ROAD IN FERGUSON, BUT IT TURNS OUT THAT WAS NOT HIM.
THE MATTHEWS HAVE RETURNED TO THE ST. LOUIS AREA SEVERAL TIMES SEARCHING FOR THE MATTIE.
A SMALL GROUP OF LOCAL VOLUNTEERS IS ALSO KEEPING THE SEARCH ALIVE.
ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ABOUT MATTIE IS ASKED TO CONTACT THE MATTHEWS AT 616-706-6026 OR GO TO OUR WEBSITE MYFOXSTL.COM.

I just wanted to blog about my experience this morning 11-21-06 while reporting on the shooting at the Wal-Mart in Maplewood. Prior to interviewing the mayor regarding the shooting..a white man driving a black Hummer with Georgia plates circled around the lot with a huge Confederate flag tied to the back of his truck. He then rolled down his window shouting racial slurs among them he said quote "the only good [...] is a dead [...]."Using the N word. The mayor Mark Langston quickly called police.. A minute later I went on live with my interview with the mayor.. I just wanted to bring attention to the fact that in 2006 there are still people if you can call them that..that continue to spew hate, making it difficult for those of us who are honest, hard working Americans..I am sure you are already aware of this, but I thought it was necessary to bring attention to it..