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Investigating the timeshare industry ahead of summer vacation season

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:07:52 GMT

ST. LOUIS - Joe Mason’s timeshare trouble in Branson, Missouri, started innocently enough.“When we first signed up for this, this isn’t a timeshare. We’re a vacation package, you know, a destination kind of package," Mason said. "We’re not a timeshare at all. They preached that to us 100 different times.”The Topeka, Kansas, resident is now fighting to get out of the deal.“You broke the contract with us. We want our money back. And they won’t listen to us," Mason said. "They won’t do anything about it. They’re just, keep paying us; you’re stuck in it. That’s it.”Stories like Mason’s are peppered throughout the latest Better Business Bureau investigation into timeshares and vacation clubs. Top Story: Mushroom hunter describes discovering body in the woods “We’re really seeing that consumers feel they’re pressured into contracts that they don’t quite understand," said Brian Edwards, a BBB investigator. "That they are signing up for these timeshares being told they are very easy to re...

Metro Transit explains how real time camera center helped catch suspect in attempted rapes

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:07:52 GMT

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. - The new security technology from Metro Transit played a major role in catching a suspect who is charged with attempting to rape and sexually assault two of their riders.The Metro Transit security team is scrolling, watching, and analyzing 900 camera feeds in front of them.In the last three months, Metro's “Real Time Camera System” has bolstered safety and security for riders on MetroLink, MetroBus, and Call-A-Ride. Top Story: Mushroom hunter describes discovering body in the woods "These are basically the eyes on the system,” said Kevin Scott, general manager of security for Bi-State Development. “By taking it and building it out in its own component in a real-life center, we're using that closed-circuit television in a proactive instead of a reactive format.”The new technology is already showing results. Last week, the cameras were used to identify a Cahokia Heights, Illinois, man who attempted to rape two women at MetroLink stations in downtown St. Louis....

Bonding through tragedy, families may be impacting safety laws

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:07:52 GMT

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. - Distracted drivers may soon face stiffer fines, on top of the lives they’re risking.The November 2021 fatal work zone crash on Telegraph over Interstate 270 has brought action from the impacted families. Missouri legislators are now listening, and the consequences could affect you every time you get behind the wheel.Kaitlyn Anderson was six months pregnant when she was struck and killed in the unprotected MoDOT work zone.Her mother, Tonya Musskopf, recently testified before a transportation infrastructure committee in Jefferson City. Top Story: Mushroom hunter describes discovering body in the woods “The sense of pride Kait had was something I’ll never forget," Musskopf said. "She was proud to work for the state of Missouri.”You can see it for yourself in a video of her daughter dancing during a work break. Then there’s a clip with her message to mom after her first MoDOT interview, when Kaitlyn said, “I love you too. Thank you and I know why I’m my mom’s ...

PHOTOS: Colorado Avalanche host Seattle Kraken in Game 5 of NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:07:52 GMT

The Colorado Avalanche take on the Seattle Kraken in Game 5 of the first round of the NHL Stanley Cup playoffs at Ball Arena in Denver on Wednesday, April 26, 2023.The teams enter Game 5 tied 2-2 in the series.Click here for more Avalanche news.

18-year-old male student, 14-year-old sister arrested at school in Riverside County

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:07:52 GMT

An 18-year-old high school student and his 14-year-old sister were arrested Wednesday at Ramona High School in Riverside, authorities announced.  According to the Riverside Police Department, the high school’s assigned resource officer was assisting staff with “some student unrest near the end of the lunch break,” at around 1 p.m., in which a fight had broken out between a couple of kids. The incident resulted in the school being put into a “lockout,” officials added.  Police said that one student, an 18-year-old male, refused to comply with directions from school administrators and the school’s resource officer. When the officer attempted to detain the student, he resisted.  “While addressing the situation, that student’s sister attacked the officer, which required a call for additional police officers to help take both students into custody,” police said in a social media post.  The 18-year-old was later booked into jail for resisting arrest, while his 14-year-...

Single family residence sells in Hayward for $1.8 million

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:07:52 GMT

4186 Mystic View Court – Google Street ViewA 3,133-square-foot house built in 2000 has changed hands. The spacious property located in the 4100 block of Mystic View Court in Hayward was sold on March 17, 2023, for $1,805,000, or $576 per square foot. The property features five bedrooms, three baths, a garage, and two parking spaces. It sits on a 0.3-acre lot.These nearby houses have also recently changed hands:A 3,705-square-foot home on the 28800 block of Bailey Ranch Road in Hayward sold in August 2022, for $1,950,000, a price per square foot of $526. The home has 7 bedrooms and 4 bathrooms.In October 2022, a 2,669-square-foot home on Bay Heights Road in Hayward sold for $1,838,000, a price per square foot of $689. The home has 4 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms.On Skyline Drive, Hayward, in August 2022, a 2,133-square-foot home was sold for $1,300,000, a price per square foot of $609. The home has 4 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms. 

Union City girl reported missing, last seen Tuesday

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:07:52 GMT

(KRON) -- Union City police are searching for a girl who has not been seen since Tuesday night. Jazmyn White, 15, was last spotted in the area of Starling Drive and Partridge Way at 8:35 p.m. Tuesday. She was wearing a black shirt, jeans and black slippers.White is described as a Black female who is 5 feet tall and weighs 140 pounds. She wears long black braids with pink in them.Anyone with information about White's whereabouts is asked to call 9-1-1 or their local police department.

Morant, Grizzlies stave off elimination, beat Lakers 116-99

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:07:52 GMT

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The Grizzlies’ stars finally played well together in the same game, and Desmond Bane already is planning to be back for another tipoff Sunday in Memphis.Even with Game 6 looming Friday night in Los Angeles, where the Grizzlies have yet to win this season or in this series. Bane had 33 points and 10 rebounds, two-time All-Star Ja Morant added 31 points and 10 boards, and the Grizzlies staved off elimination Wednesday night, beating the Lakers 116-99 to force their first-round Western Conference series back to Los Angeles.“I said it out there, and I’ll say it again,” Bane said. “We are going to be back for a Game 7 in front of the best fans in the NBA.”Morant missed Memphis’ last Game 6 a year ago in the Western semifinals, a series-ending loss in Golden State. Asked what it will take for the Grizzlies to return for another game, Morant had a short answer. “Me being a leader and, you know, being ready for this pedestal everybody got me on,...

New signage, possibly barriers, coming to northern GW Parkway after traffic pattern change

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:07:52 GMT

This week marked the first week that morning and afternoon rush hour commuters were faced with a new temporary traffic pattern on the George Washington Parkway, and the new configuration has led to some confusion among drivers.That’s because those driving into Maryland must enter the right center lane, three miles before their exit, while motorists in the center lane are only routed on the Capital Beltway to go further into Virginia.WTOP Traffic Reporter Dave Dildine who has been watching the impact of the traffic pattern change said it has led to drivers learning the hard way that they got into the wrong lane.“What we were watching is a lot of erratic driving over the flex posts of the last minute and switching lanes abruptly,” Dildine said.Dildine said thankfully it hasn’t led to any big crashes, as drivers acclimate to the changes.The temporary three-lane configuration on the northbound side is in place, so construction crews can completely rehabilitate the southbound lanes, whic...

Report: 85% of tickets issued for passing stopped school buses in Montgomery Co. were issued to school bus drivers

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:07:52 GMT

In a report following an examination of the use of school-issued cards for purchases, Montgomery County’s Inspector General Megan Davey Limarzi found that 1,622 traffic citations were issued to school employees who were operating school vehicles.And of those issued citations, 1,062 were given to school transportation employees. According to the report, the 1,622 citations included fines totaling $155,174.Limarzi said it was logical that school transportation employees would have more citations than other employees. “Of course, the buses are on the road all day, every day,” she said.But in the report, Limarzi said what was alarming was that 85% of the citations issued for passing stopped school buses with their stop-arms extended were issued to other school bus drivers — 330 of the 386 stop-arm camera violations were by bus drivers.The data covers a period from July 1, 2015, to January of 2023.Limarzi noted in her report that the use of the purchase cards, or P-cards, to ...