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4 days ago | 
abc10.com | Genell Reynolds |Alexander M. Olson
ST. LOUIS — One local organization is asking people to think twice before purchasing a bunny rabbit for their children this Easter weekend.
Joy Gioia, the Missouri House Rabbit Rescue manager, said that she encourages parents to get their children this pet with the mindset that they will ultimately be responsible for rabbits. Rabbits live 10 to 12 years, according to Gioia, and this is a long-term commitment that most children cannot make.
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4 days ago | 
ksdk.com | Genell Reynolds
Willow and Grace Boutique in Troy, Illinois, has become the bread pickup location for the 28-year-old mother of three. EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. — Two months ago, 28-year-old McKenna Bateman made the hardest decision of her life: to leave what she said was an abusive marriage, and start over with her three young children. She walked away with nothing—except hope and a few bags. Bateman would spend her days being a stay-at-home mother in Edwardsville and her nights baking sourdough bread.
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2 weeks ago | 
ksdk.com | Genell Reynolds
The win comes in the nick of time, aiding his vehicle replacement after recent storm damage. ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. — A man who purchased a Quick Pick at the Zingers Mart in south St. Louis County in the March 29 drawing won the Show Me Cash jackpot. The winning numbers earned him $426,000. “I didn’t believe I won for at least two days,” the winner said, according to a news release from the Missouri Lottery.
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2 weeks ago | 
11alive.com | Genell Reynolds
A tornado leaves a Nevada, Missouri family seeking $400,000 in donations to rebuild after losing their home.
Credit: Alexis Van Raden
The home before and after the storm.
NEVADA, Mo. — In just 15 minutes on Wednesday morning, a tornado reduced to rubble everything that Alexis Van Raden and her family had built over seven years. Now, the family is asking for donations totaling $400,000 to help them rebuild their lives.
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2 weeks ago | 
ksdk.com | Genell Reynolds
A tornado leaves a Nevada, Missouri family seeking $400,000 in donations to rebuild after losing their home. NEVADA, Mo. — In just 15 minutes on Wednesday morning, a tornado reduced to rubble everything that Alexis Van Raden and her family had built over seven years. Now, the family is asking for donations totaling $400,000 to help them rebuild their lives.
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2 weeks ago | 
ksdk.com | Genell Reynolds
A 66-year-old woman was found dead in a Cedar Hill house fire, deemed accidental by investigators. CEDAR HILL, Mo. — A woman died in a house fire on Friday afternoon, Cedar Hill Fire Protection District said. Around 12:15 p.m., Cedar Hill firefighters arrived to the scene of a fire at a single-story home on Hillview Drive. Once on the scene, fire crews received reports of one person trapped inside the home and moments later, confirmed there was someone inside.
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2 weeks ago | 
wzzm13.com | Genell Reynolds
MISSOURI, USA — DJ Daniel, the 13-year-old boy from Houston, Texas, has captured the hearts of police officers around the world with his unwavering dream to become a police officer — a dream that’s endured in the face of terminal cancer. He is heading to St. Louis for a ceremony in his honor on April 15. DJ has spent the last six years battling brain and spinal cancer, and in 2018, a doctor told his father, Theodis Daniel, that DJ had five months to live.
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2 weeks ago | 
wkyc.com | Genell Reynolds
MISSOURI, USA — DJ Daniel, the 13-year-old boy from Houston, has captured the hearts of police officers around the world with his unwavering dream to become a police officer — a dream that’s endured in the face of terminal cancer. He is heading to St. Louis for a ceremony in his honor on April 15. DJ has spent the last six years battling brain and spinal cancer, and in 2018, a doctor told his father, Theodis Daniel, that DJ had five months to live.
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2 weeks ago | 
ksdk.com | Genell Reynolds
13-year-old DJ Daniel from Texas has been sworn into police departments all over the country. Berkeley Police Department has raised over $6000, with a goal of $2,500 to help the Daniel family get to St. Louis and shatter their current record of 68 agencies swearing the teen in at once. A single ceremony will set a new a record as he will be sworn in as an honorary police officer to over 160 law enforcement agencies at once.
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2 weeks ago | 
abc10.com | Genell Reynolds
MISSOURI, USA — DJ Daniel, the 13-year-old boy from Houston, Texas, has captured the hearts of police officers around the world with his unwavering dream to become a police officer — a dream that’s endured in the face of terminal cancer. He is heading to St. Louis for a ceremony in his honor on April 15.
DJ has spent the last six years battling brain and spinal cancer, and in 2018, a doctor told his father, Theodis Daniel, that DJ had five months to live.
