(KTVI) – One of the most frustrating and frightening challenges in the area around the marathon was simply finding the friends and family you came there with.  For Sarah Dexter of Wentzville, it proved to be gut wrenching.

She was watching the race not far from the finish line, waiting for her cousin to pass.  That’s when the bomb went off.  She saw several badly injured people, including little kids.

“It was horrible,” she told us via Skype Monday night.  “There was a lot of blood on the street. Shoes.  You could feel the heat from the impact.”

Next came the uncertainly; cell service was almost nonexistent, and she was trying to find her cousin amidst 25 thousand panicked runners and all those on the side of the course.  Another relative began running up Boylston Street in a desperate attempt to find her daughter.

ST. LOUIS, MO (KTVI) – If you haven’t sent in your taxes yet, Monday is the deadline.  And the United States Postal Service  has information you need to know if you’re waiting until the last minute to get that return in the mail.

Customers will be able to drop returns in the drive through area at the Main Post Office in Downtown St. Louis.  You’ll have until midnight to get the forms postmarked.

Postal service officials say they will not have employees on the streets in front of the Post Office to collect returns like they’ve done in past years.  Also, none of the offices in the St. Louis metro area will extend their retail hours on Tax Day.

If you’re mailing in your return and not e-filing, post officials are encouraging customers to get their returns in the mail early in the day.  Postal officials say if you need postage and mailing supplies, you can use the Downtown location until 8 p.m. Monday night.

ST. CHARLES, MO (KTVI) – Heather Deatz, the Baby Kid Expo owner, stopped by to challenge Tim to a race – against babies! Saturday, more babies will get to compete in the STL Sprout and About diaper derby.

7th Annual Baby Kid Expo
Saturday
9:00am-4:00pm
St. Charles Convention Center
Free Admission
www.babykidexpo.com

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