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Twins go pitcher heavy on second day of MLB draft

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:37 GMT

The Twins spent the second day of the Major League Baseball draft stockpiling arms to add to their minor league system.Six of the eight picks they made on Monday were pitchers — five righties, one lefty — to add to a draft class that already included 17-year-old prep pitcher Charlee Soto, whom they selected with the 34th overall pick on Sunday night.The Twins snapped up Tanner Hall of Southern Mississippi with their fourth-round pick, added Wisconsin high schooler Dylan Questad in the fifth round and capped their day by picking four college pitchers: Nolan Santos, Jace Stoffal, Jack Dougherty and Ross Dunn. Dunn was the college teammate of Twins’ second-round pick Luke Keaschall.The Twins’ first pick of the day, Brandon Winokur, is a high school outfielder whom MLB Pipeline wrote could fall “in the five-tool potential bucket.” The only other position player they took on Monday was sixth-rounder Jay Harry, a shortstop out of Penn State.The draft will conclude on Tuesday with the fina...

Little Canada father sentenced to prison in toddler’s fatal opioid overdose

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:37 GMT

The father of a 15-month-old boy who died after ingesting heroin and fentanyl at their Little Canada apartment was sentenced Monday to nearly five years in prison.Joseph Tanner Elajah Compton, 29, was convicted of second-degree manslaughter for his part in last year’s death of Ryder J. Compton. A third-degree murder charge was dismissed under a plea agreement Compton reached with prosecutors in May.Ramsey County Judge Kelly Olmstead sentenced Compton to 58 months — the presumptive sentence under state guidelines for someone with Compton’s criminal history. He has credit for 256 days served.The boy’s mother, Andrea Niccole Intveld, was sentenced to 41 months in prison in April after pleading guilty to second-degree manslaughter in the case.Heroin laced with fentanylJoseph Tanner Elajah Compton and Andrea Niccole Intveld. (Courtesy of the Ramsey County sheriff’s office)Ramsey County sheriff’s deputies responded to an emergency call, in which Intveld reported a child not br...

Expect I-94 closures this weekend due to Gold Line construction

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:37 GMT

A section of Interstate 94 will be closed this weekend due to construction of the new Metro Gold Line between St. Paul and Woodbury, according to the Metropolitan Council.I-94 will be almost entirely closed from 10 p.m. Friday until 5 a.m. Monday between I-35E and I-694/I-494 as crews demolish the Maple Street Pedestrian Bridge in St. Paul in preparation for replacement this year. The westbound lanes of I-94 will be closed the entire distance while the eastbound lanes will be closed from U.S. 52 to U.S. 61.(Courtesy of the Metropolitan Council)Other impacts:Hudson Road in St. Paul will be closed to through traffic between Maple Street and Earl Street starting Tuesday. Hudson Road between Earl Street and Griffith Street will be closed starting July 24.The westbound I-94 off-ramp at Mounds Boulevard will be closed beginning Friday through the fall.Northbound Mounds Boulevard will be closed between I-94 and Kellogg Boulevard beginning Monday through fall.These closures are part of cons...

Major Case Squad detectives 'invested' in solving Pagedale homicide

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:37 GMT

PAGEDALE, Mo. – The Major Case Squad of Greater St. Louis is asking for the public’s help in identifying persons of interest in connection with a homicide investigation in Pagedale.More than 20 detectives with the Major Case Squad are assisting the Pagedale Police Department in the fatal shooting of Jaylin Johnson.The shooting happened around 1 a.m. on Friday, July 7, on St. Charles Rock Road at Engelholm Avenue. Police discovered Johnson’s lifeless body at the scene, as well as numerous shell casings. Johnson was 19.Police would like to speak with three people seen near the scene, and hope they may have information about Johnson's death. Parson signs laws for new moms’ health care, ban on texting while driving “We released three separate photos for three individuals—two females and one male—that were taken just prior to Jaylin’s death,” Sgt. Melissa Doss, a spokeswoman for the Major Case Squad, said. “We are hoping someone can tell us who they are, or those people recognize thems...

State Representative Quade holds gubernatorial kickoff event in hometown

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:37 GMT

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Democratic candidate Crystal Quade held her first event since announcing her run for governor in her hometown Monday morning. Quade, who represents Springfield, is the first Democratic candidate to throw her hat into the race. She was first elected to the Missouri House of Representatives in November 2016 and was later elected by her caucus to serve as the House Minority Floor Leader for the 100th General Assembly in 2019 and was re-elected in 2021 and 2023. She is in her last term as a state representative, serving eight years by the end of 2024. "Missourians don't need more of the same, doesn't want more of the same," Quade told a room full of supporters at a local coffee shop Monday. "I'm running for governor so that people who are working extra shifts today can make life better for those kids tomorrow."Quade was the first in her family to graduate high school and then went on to earn a degree in social work at Missouri State University. She is the former direc...

Crews working to repair water main breaks in St. Louis area

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:37 GMT

ST. LOUIS - FOX 2 team was on the scene near Tower Grove Park around 4 a.m. Monday, where crews were inspecting the site of the water line break.The St. Louis Water Division crews shut off the water from 11 p.m. Sunday until around 5 a.m. Monday due to the water main break at Magnolia Avenue and Grand. However, the line broke again around 7 a.m.Some residents are frustrated by the water issues.“Not being able to take a shower,” said Larry Lauder, a Tower Grove East resident. “That bugs me. I just want to take a shower. I just hope the city will get these things fixed, so people don’t run out of water and stuff. I know there’s a lot of lines they ain’t fixed yet.” Parson signs laws for new moms’ health care, ban on texting while driving St. Louis residents are paying more on their water bills this month after city leaders passed the first-rate increase in over a decade. They said the increase was necessary to match the rate of inflation and address infrastructure repairs and needs....

Environmental groups sue EPA over lack of oversight of Colorado’s efforts to reduce smog

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:37 GMT

Two environmental groups sued the Environmental Protection Agency over what they say is a failure to make sure Colorado is cleaning up its polluted air.The Center for Biological Diversity and 350 Colorado petitioned the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to hear their complaint, bypassing the lower courts. The two groups say the EPA approved a state plan to reduce ozone pollution even though that plan will not meet federally mandated goals for clean air.“The EPA’s approval of this pollution-reduction plan, which we already know has failed, could have been straight out of George Orwell’s dystopian novel ‘1984,’” Robert Ukeiley, an environmental health attorney at the Center for Biological Diversity, wrote in an email.Colorado has failed for 15 years to meet national air quality standards, and last year the EPA classified the northern Front Range as a severe violator of ozone standards.Areas that violate ozone standards are required to submit plans to the federal governmen...

Plane crashes into hangar at Long Beach Airport

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:37 GMT

A pilot avoided serious injury after crashing their single-engine plane into the roof of a building at the Long Beach Airport Monday afternoon.The crash happened around 2:20 p.m. on the 2900 block of East Spring Street.First responders arrived on scene and found the Cessna 172 nose down through the roof of a hangar. A single-engine plane crashed nose-first into a hangar at the Long Beach Airport on July 10, 2023. (KTLA)The pilot was the only occupant, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. The pilot was apparently practicing takeoffs and landings when the plane crashed. The unidentified pilot appeared to have suffered only minor injuries, Long Beach Fire Department officials said. 68 people killed in crashes on California highways over Fourth of July weekend Kate Kuykendall, a spokesperson for the Long Beach Airport, said the crash had no impact on any commercial flights and the emergency response was being handled by the Long Beach Fire Department. The FAA and the Nati...

Rent prices in this California city just surpassed San Francisco

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:37 GMT

Rent prices may be cooling off nationally, but they continue to rise in California’s largest cities - many of which rank among the priciest in the U.S.According to Zillow’s rent report for June 2023, six California cities rank in the top ten when it comes to the most expensive rentals. This includes apartments, condominiums, townhomes and detached single-family homes.If you think Los Angeles and San Francisco are the priciest in the Golden State, think again. Renters in San Jose are paying an average of $3,411 per month, making it the most expensive rental market in the nation, according to Zillow. It is so competitive that landlords see an average of 11 potential renters for every Silicon Valley apartment that becomes available, the San Jose Mercury News reports.Also, for the first time ever, rent in San Diego has surpassed San Francisco.Renters in America’s Finest City are now paying an average of $3,175 per month, slightly ahead of those who live in the City by the Bay ($3,168/mo...

Woman serving life sentence for murder sentenced for running $1.5M COVID scam while behind bars

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:37 GMT

A woman serving a life sentence for killing her mother in the early 2000s has been sentenced to seven additional years in prison after she admitted to running a fraud ring that stole more than $1.5 million from California's unemployment insurance programs.Natalie DeMola, 38, was serving her sentence at the California Institution for Women in Corona for killing her mother in 2001. DeMola, who was 16 at the time, conspired with her then-boyfriend and a third person to kill her mother. She's been serving a life sentence in state prison since her conviction for first-degree murder in 2005. That prison is where she apparently began her operation, working with some fellow inmates to defraud California UI benefits, particularly during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.DeMola and her fellow inmates used other people's identities to file fraudulent unemployment insurance claims during the pandemic, netting herself and her co-conspirators more than $1.5 million. The theft victims were not e...