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Major St. Louis hotel sits empty for nearly a decade

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:45:20 GMT

ST. LOUIS - Security was visible on the site of the former Millennium Hotel in downtown St. Louis on Wednesday. Some doorways were also boarded up as nearby downtown workers expressed concerns over the site’s future.“It was such a great piece of St. Louis history, and just sitting here like this is really a shame,” said Rich Groves, a downtown commuter. Top story: St. Louis car wash customers upset over monthly bills “It’s just sitting here kind of rotting,” said Bob Wooldridge.He works nearby and hopes something is done to bring the site back to life.A spokesperson for the City of St. Louis responded with the following statement:“The City is in communication with the building owner regarding security on-site after several calls for service and arrests at this location. Building management is working to restore lighting and strengthen security on the premises. The City remains in contact with building management and will continue to receive updates on its progress.""I remember goi...

Police investigating homicide in St. Louis City

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:45:20 GMT

ST. LOUIS - Police are at the scene of a shooting that has left a man dead in St. Louis City.The shooting took place on the Bacon and North Market Streets in the Jeff-Vander-Lou neighborhood a little before 7:00 a.m. The victim was a man in his 40s. Top story: St. Louis car wash customers upset over monthly bills Homicide detectives are investigating. FOX 2 will update this story with more information as it becomes available.

2023 Cards Opening Day comes with some changes

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:45:20 GMT

ST. LOUIS - More than 44,000 fans are expected to attend the St. Louis Cardinals' opening day, but there are some slight changes to the game this season.The Cardinals will have two fewer home games since they're playing as the home team in London later this summer against the Chicago Cubs. The team typically does about 60 theme nights, and this year is no exception, with added experiences and things to take home.“Some of our old favorites are back, like Star Wars night and Grateful Dead night, and Margaritaville night, Blues night, and St. Louis CITY SC night,” said Bethany White, manager of theme tickets for the St. Louis Cardinals. “We do have some new ones like Yellowstone or Harry Potter, and there’s Emo night from the 2000s that will be a fun one.” Trending: Major St. Louis hotel sits empty for nearly a decade Three new food options are available at Mission Taco Joint, Shaquille O'Neal's restaurant Big Chicken, and Freddy's Frozen Custard and Steakburgers will be at the Busch...

East High School shooting suspect’s body identified west of Denver in Park County

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:45:20 GMT

The body of suspected Denver East High School shooter Austin Lyle has been identified after it was found about 50 miles southwest of Denver near Bailey in Park County, authorities said.The Park County Coroner’s Office confirmed in an agency Facebook posting that a dead body found Wednesday night on Park County Road 68 is 17-year-old Austin Lyle. Lyle’s next of kin have been notified, officials said in their posted statement. An autopsy and death investigation is planned, they said.No further details were released.In Denver on Wednesday, police said Lyle was suspected of shooting and wounding two school administrators inside East High School after undergoing a required daily search for weapons that detected a gun.Lyle was wanted on suspicion of attempted homicide after a student shot and wounded two administrators at East High Wednesday morning and then fled the building.On Wednesday afternoon just before 4:30 p.m., police said Lyle’s vehicle red Volvo had been found in P...

Broadway’s “1776” musical revival is almost too much of a good thing

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:45:20 GMT

Revivals never go out of style on Broadway, and the touring production of “1776” glides into the Buell Theatre this week on the heels of Denver stops for “To Kill a Mockingbird” and “Fiddler on the Roof” — 20th century edifices whose renewal proves their sturdiness.Based on the 1969 Tony-winner, the latest version of “1776,” which runs through April 2 at the Buell, feels just as socially relevant. It swaps its traditionally all-white, nearly all-male cast with a diverse group of women and nonbinary actors, whose multiracial presence relentlessly interrogates the ways in which they were cut out of the process of this country’s founding.In the hands of directors Jeffrey L. Page and Diane Paulus, it’s an experience that is both edifying and enormously resonant. That Sherman Edwards’ songs and Peter Stone’s book remain completely intact is a double-edged sword, and the presentation choices don’t always l...

New electric car sales will be 65% of total by 2030, 85% by 2035, report says

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:45:20 GMT

Based on quicker-than-expected moves to electric vehicles, a leading provider of data and analytics to the energy industry predicts that electric cars and light-duty trucks will make up 65% of new sales globally by 2030 and 85% by 2035.The report by Enverus also forecasts that the switch to electric vehicles will displace 2.7 million barrels of oil a day by 2030 and as much as 5.2 million barrels of oil a day by 2035. The current total oil used in the areas covered in the report, including the U.S., Europe, China and India, is roughly 18 million barrels a day.The growth in electric vehicles’ market share in Europe and China is outperforming expectations, said Carson Kearl with Enverus Intelligence Research, a subsidiary of Enverus. Adoption in the U.S. is lagging behind those parts of the world, he added.Colorado, however, is one of the states where EV sales are rising. In 2022, battery-only vehicles and plug-in hybrids made up a record 10.5% of registrations in the state, up ...

As new “zombie drug” threat spreads, Colorado lawmaker takes lead on a federal response

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:45:20 GMT

U.S. Rep. Yadira Caraveo will introduce her first bill in Congress on Thursday — a measure that aims to get ahead of the emerging and lethal threat posed by animal tranquilizer xylazine, a drug that health officials say is increasingly popping up on the streets.Just this week, the Drug Enforcement Administration issued a public safety alert about xylazine, known colloquially as “tranq” or “zombie drug,” saying its combination with the powerful opioid fentanyl is making the “deadliest drug threat our country has ever faced, fentanyl, even deadlier.”The bill from Caraveo, a Democrat who was elected as the new 8th Congressional District’s first representative in November, will direct the head of the National Institute of Standards and Technology to focus the agency’s research on illicit drugs that contain xylazine and other emerging substances. NIST has a laboratory in Boulder.One of the first goals of the bill is to expedite the de...

Road to Wrestlemania, classical hip hop, films, dance and more things to do in Denver this week

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:45:20 GMT

The Rocky Mountain “Road to Wrestlemania”Sunday. WWE fandom will be out in force at the Sunday, March 26, “Road to Wrestlemania Super Show” — the last stop before the main Wrestlemania event on April 1 and 2 in California.This year’s version promises appearances from Seth “Freakin” Rollins, Drew McIntyre, Becky Lynch, RAW Women’s Champion Bianca Belair, Sami Zayn, Solo Sikoa and “Undisputed WWE Tag Team Champions” The Usos, among other colorful characters.Tickets for the 7 p.m. show at Ball Arena, 1000 Chopper Circle are $20-$115 via ticketmaster.com. Bring elbow pads — and watch out for folding chairs.A different shade of violin, and funkThursday. The upcoming show from acclaimed duo Black Violin on Thursday, March 30, is not its first in Denver, but it is another chance to see why Kev Marcus and Wil Baptiste’s melding of hip hop and classical has garnered a pair of Grammy nominations since 2021. 8 p.m. a...

What Denver’s next mayor can do to help downtown bust its slump

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:45:20 GMT

Weekly Stock Show-style parades. Regular open-air art exhibitions. Outdoor movie screenings. Converting street parking into green space. Tax breaks for artists, poets and other creatives to live and work downtown. More playgrounds, sculptures and parks to entice young families to the city’s urban core.These are a tiny sampling of the big, bold — and in some cases whimsical — ideas that have been floated for revitalizing downtown Denver over the last few months as Denver’s April 4 municipal election enters its final days.It may be a secondary issue on most debate stages but the future of downtown Denver is linked with the preoccupying topics of the election; crime, homelessness and the need for more housing. The Denver Post has examined those issues in detail as part of its coverage of the city’s 2023 election.Office worker foot traffic, a key measure of health of any city’s center, is still roughly half of what it was pre-pandemic, according to the Down...

James Beard-nominated Portland chef opening Filipino restaurant in RiNo

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:45:20 GMT

Denver is about to get one of Portland’s finest. Chef Carlo Lamagna, a 2022 James Beard Award finalist who was also named one of Food & Wine’s Best New Chefs in 2021, plans to open a Filipino restaurant, Magna Kainan, at 1350 40th St. in early 2024.“I’ve always wanted to move to Denver,” Lamagna said. “It was on my list of places to move after Chicago with my wife, but Portland got to me first with the job offer. It’s a central location and a hub of international travel with an intriguing food scene.“I haven’t had a chance to explore everything yet, but when I did visit, I was hard pressed to find a Filipino restaurant, so I think we’re going to have a pretty unique offering,” he added.Filipino food has long been underrepresented in Colorado with only a very few restaurants serving it or specializing in it.Magna Kainan, a more upscale, woodfired approach to Filipino fare, will be a sister restaurant to Lamagna’s original spot, Magna Kusina, which he opened in Portland in 2...