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Here’s how you find out who’s digging on your street and why

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ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. – South County residents say a gas line was hit by workers in their neighborhood, but they don’t even know who’s doing the work. 

It’s a common concern as increased broadband digging has led to more accidents. So, FOX 2 has found a simple way for you to get answers when it happens on your street. 

A special One Call website allows you to search by address to get answers about what’s going on in your neighborhood. We found it after talking to many people concerned about the safety of work in their area. 

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Leon Knoernschild got a scare recently when a fiber crew hit a gas line in his neighbor’s driveway.  

“I had no idea what was going on. I heard from people in the area there was a gas leak,” he said. 

Knoernschild said he only heard about it from neighbors and that crews said nothing as they worked frantically out front. 

“What’s going on here? I mean I can understand working out there during the day but late at night?” Knoernschild said. 

Workers have now moved over a few streets. 

“We really are in the dark about this,” said Matthew King. 

King is concerned about a line he put in his yard for an automatic lawn mower.  

“If it gets broken, it will no longer work, and it’s costly to get put back in,” he said. 

Several residents say they often see trucks with no markings, out-of-state plates, and workers who won’t talk to them.  

“We really don’t know who’s responsible here,” King said. 

There’s a simple way to find who’s digging in your neighborhood through a search engine by “One Call Concepts.”  

You’ll find a lot of information that may seem overwhelming. The quickest and easiest way to get your answer is to put your street name in the entry near the bottom right, about three lines above the map at the bottom of the page. Once you put in your street, you should see the most current jobs at the top. Click on the job, and you’ll find names of businesses along with phone numbers and contact emails. 

In the south county case, it shows Massada Utility Contractors out of Springfield, Missouri doing work for I-3 Fiber. You will also find contact phone numbers and emails. 

Though neither contractor responded to FOX 2 requests for comment, another resident said they were able to communicate with crews about their dogs’ electric fence as well as get answers about the recent gas line break, that’s now fixed. 

FOX 2 also learned from Spire, who has now repaired the gas line hit by excavators, that the cause of the strike was a mismarked line by the locator company. 

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Man attacks Jeff Co. deputy with screwdriver during attempted arrest

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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 Public Schools superintendent to be sworn in

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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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Gas tanker crashes into St. Louis Metro transit center

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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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