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Motorcycle Ride Brings Toys To Deserving Kids

Submitted by KTVI-KPLR Staff
Saturday, May 18th, 2013, 9:05am

(KTVI)- Looking to get out on your motorcycle? Saturday, May 18, is the 2nd Annual Toy Run for the Kids, hosted by the Sublime Knights, a chapter of the Widows Sons Masonic Motorcycle Riders Association in St Louis. The motorcycle ride will benefit the Shriners Hospital for Children in St Louis.

Each child at Shriners Hospital receives a special gift after surgery, a wrapped toy at the foot of their bed. This event helps to supply those toys. The ride starts at 1:00pm at JJ’s Restaurant on Veterans Memorial Parkway in O’Fallon, MO, and goes to the the Shriners Hospital off Lindbergh.

Cost of the run is just one unwrapped gift per bike and one unwrapped gift per rider.

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Childcare Leaves Toddler At Chuck E. Cheese’s After Field Trip

Submitted by KTVI-KPLR Staff
Friday, May 17th, 2013, 9:33pm

ST. CHARLES, MO (KTVI) – A 2-year-old boy was left at Chuck E. Cheese’s by his childcare provider after a field trip, according to the St. Charles Police Department.

He and 14 other children under five years old were taken to Chuck E. Cheese’s by two women who work for Rich & Little Daycare in Moline Acres, according to police.

Witnesses said the boy was left by the women and that he wandered around for about two hours.

“He was asking people to play, and saying that he did not know where his teachers were,” witness Jessica Eaton said. “Then the employees started trying to help make him happy by giving him coins to play games and food.”

The St. Charles Police Department and officials with Social Services were called to the scene. Police said employees at Chuck e. Cheese’s handled the situation “perfect.”

However, witnesses were not so kind to the childcare employees.

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Goldenrod Showboat Up For Auction

Submitted by KTVI-KPLR Staff
Friday, May 17th, 2013, 7:26pm

KAMPSVILLE, IL (KTVI) – The historic Goldenrod Showboat may be headed for the scrap heap.

After decades entertaining riverfront visitors in St. Louis and St. Charles, the 104-year-old boat will be sold Saturday to the highest bidder.

“It’s really in bad shape right now,” said Jacob Medford, 22, who lives in Jerseyville but has been volunteering to look after the boat, which is docked in Kampsville, Illinois, about 40 miles north of Alton, Illinois.

The Goldenrod Showboat has had a lot of owners, but these days it belongs to the Historic Riverboat Preservation Association, a not-for-profit group which has been trying, unsuccessfully to raise the money needed to restore the boat.

The problem is the group also does not have the money needed to pay the almost $70,000 in storage fees and other expenses owed to the owners of Pool 24, the dock where she has been parked since 2003.

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St. Peters Announces Memorial Day Hours

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Friday, May 17th, 2013, 6:00pm
St. Peters Announces Memorial Day Hours

ST. PETERS, MO. (KTVI) - St. Peters City Hall and Cultural Arts Centre will be closed in observance of Memorial Day on Monday, May 27, 2012. The City’s Earth Centre will also be closed.

The St. Peters Rec-Plex ice rink and pools will be open to the general public from 1:00 pm to 5:00  pm. The registration desk will be closed.


Recycle City, including aluminum can buy-back and trash acceptance, will be closed May 27. The Recycle City Drop-Off area will remain open.

For the week of May 27, solid waste customers on the Monday/Thursday schedule will have their trash collected on Tuesday/Friday. Customers on the Tuesday/Friday schedule will have their trash collected on Wednesday/Saturday. Wednesday yard waste collection will be on Thursday.

St. Peters Animal Control Officers can be reached on May 27 for emergency calls only by calling St. Peters Police Dispatch at 636.278.2222.

 

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Weekends On The Web: May 18-19, 2013

Submitted by KTVI-KPLR Staff
Friday, May 17th, 2013, 4:00pm

(KTVI)-Looking for some fun events this weekend? Meteorologist Angela Hutti has some ideas for you and your family.

Weekends On The Web: May 18-19, 2013

Humane Society of Missouri’s Bark in the Park
Saturday, May 18 Venue: Cricket Field, Forest Park
Time: 9am-3pm
hsmo.org/bark

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Cable Installer Convicted Of Sexual Assault

Submitted by KTVI-KPLR Staff
Friday, May 17th, 2013, 1:41pm

ST. CHARLES, MO (KTVI) – A jury has convicted a former cable installer of Forcible Sodomy, Felonious Restraint and Armed Criminal Action. The Prosecuting Attorney Of St. Charles County recommends James Helderle, 21, get 75 years in prison for the four counts.

On December 3rd 2012 Helderle installed cable internet for a 24-year-old CUI customer. He texted the woman asking for a date that night. Two days later he assaulted her with a knife.

Previous story: Cable Installer Suspected Of Assaulting O’Fallon Woman

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Blanchette Bridge To Open 2 1/2 Months Early

Submitted by KTVI-KPLR Staff
Friday, May 17th, 2013, 11:41am

ST. LOUIS, MO (KTVI) – There is good news when it comes to the progress of the new westbound Blanchette Bridge. MoDOT says the work on the new bridge is coming along so well that it`s now slated to open two and a half months ahead of schedule.

This is not only good news for the thousands of motorists who use the bridge every day, but for merchants along Main Street in old St. Charles it means no more detours for a lot of their customers trying to get here.

Crews installed the last major piece of structural steel for the new westbound bridge this week. Now crews are starting to pour concrete for the new driving surface.

Since March, crews have installed 2,200 pieces of steel on the bridge. That comes out to eight million pounds.

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