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Severe storm damage still plagues Metro East
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MADISON COUNTY, Ill. – Days after Saturday’s severe storms ripped through the Metro East, and debris from neighborhoods and homes still litters streets, and hospitals and city halls remain without power.
For one resident in Madison, Illinois, it’s been days since the storm uprooted a tree from their front yard on Harris Street before toppling over their front porch.
“I grew up here,” said Savannah Faith. She says it’s been 65 years since her grandfather, Billy Butler, has lived in his home in Madison. To see it in this state, nearly dilapidated at the doorstep, has her feeling the childhood memories are on the brink of collapsing. Her biggest concern being: what could come next.
“If it pulls the front of the house, then we’ve got a really big issue,” she said.
The major concerns over storm damage, aren’t just plaguing Madison.
“We did experience a lot of damaged trees throughout the community,” said Derek Jackson, Interim City Manager of Collinsville.
As the site of downed limbs filled stretches of road through the area on Monday, the city of Collinsville has a plan.
“Starting next Monday, city crews will be sweeping through the city to do limb service,” Jackson said.
In Granite City, it was the lack of power keeping the city in the dark.
“It’s been a whirlwind here in Granite,” Mayor Mike Parkison said. “We had to shut down city hall. Our hospital went without power for a little while.”
While constant communication has helped Parkinson ensure clean up around Granite, for Faith and her 83-year-old disabled grandfather in Madison, there’s no date in when that tree will be removed.
“We can’t get a hold of anybody to try and get it fixed,” she said.
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After countless phone calls to the city, to contractors, and to her insurance company, the lack of response has Faith concerned for her grandfather. She says getting the job taken care of is more difficult due to his age and disabilities.
“It’s very difficult for them when something that’s this catastrophic happens. To be able to afford to have someone come out and rip it out,” she said.
Butler, who is wheelchair-bound, is dealing with several serious health circumstances. Faith wants to know what the city is doing to help those most vulnerable.
Meanwhile, Ameren Illinois claims they’re working to have all power restored by the end of July 4.
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JEFFERSON COUNTY, Mo. – Two people are behind bars after a man reportedly attacked a Jefferson County deputy with a screwdriver during an attempted arrest over the weekend.
Prosecutors have charged Nicholas Davis, 47, and Amanda Davis, 45, of Dittmer, Missouri, with felonies in the investigation.
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The alleged attack followed a traffic stop of a driver in the 9500 block of Jones Creek Road on July 7, though the driver was not Nicholas or Amanda.
According to court documents obtained by FOX 2, Nicholas reportedly came out of his nearby home, yelled at a deputy and started approaching him while holding a screwdriver. The deputy initially ordered Nicholas to back away, then used pepper spray.
Per court documents, the deputy attempted to arrest Nicholas, who then struck him in the chest with the screwdriver. Amanda reportedly approached the deputy and pulled him away from Nicholas before both ran inside their home.
The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office says the situation prompted an hours-long standoff involving negotiators, a SWAT team and a K-9 deputy. The situation led to Nicholas refusing warnings and being bitten by a K-9.
Nicholas and Amanda are both jailed in the Jefferson County Jail without bond. Nicholas is charged with first-degree assault on a special victim and armed criminal action. Amanda is charged with resisting/interfering with arrest.
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ST. LOUIS — The new St. Louis schools superintendent will be officially sworn into office today. Dr. Keisha Scarlett took over the job in July after the retirement of Dr. Kelvin Adams. She was assistant superintendent in the Seattle Public School District. The installation ceremony is at 6:15 p.m. before the regular school board meeting.
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ST. LOUIS — A gasoline tanker truck crashed into a Metro transit center near Riverview and Hall Streets early Tuesday morning and knocked over a power pole. The pole is leaning on other power lines. Police have the area blocked off here because there is a downed power line. Ameren and Metro crews are also on the scene.
The incident happened around 12:30 a.m. It’s still unclear exactly what caused the crash, but we do that there was a second vehicle somehow involved. The airbags on that second vehicle did deploy.
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Police at the scene have not been able to give us a lot of details. Metro officials tell FOX 2 that the transit center here is operating this morning for passengers and buses. Access to certain areas will be limited here as clean up unfolds.
A Metro spokesperson says half of the station isn’t being used right now because of safety issues. It isn’t impacting overall bus operations, everything is just happening on the other side of transit center.
The extent of the damage to the actual transit center is still unclear, but I’m told it does not appear to be extreme. A Metro spokesperson tells me there were no injuries to any metro workers or passengers. The tanker driver also was not injured.
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