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Major damage in Collinsville after Saturday’s storms

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July 3, 2023

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COLLINSVILLE, Ill. – Cleanup is underway across the region after Saturday night’s severe storm left homeowners with widespread downed trees and power outages.

As the sun rose Sunday morning in Collinsville, damage from Saturday night’s storm littered the streets. The roof of the nearby old ‘Home Furniture’ store was torn off and thrown across Main Street.

Crews cleaned up some parts of the aftermath, but glass, nails, wood, and large pieces of tin framing still remain for blocks.

Across the river in north St. Louis, entire neighborhoods were filled with debris. Leaves, branches, and even whole trees ripped from the root were found laying in the street.

“As I was driving down Bircher, the trees on the other side of the street were flying down into the road,” north St. Louis local Elicia Pearson said.

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Another tree hit a neighbor’s home, who wishes to remain annoymous.

“It’s all over my roof, I don’t know if I got damage up there or not because I can’t go up those steps right so I just have to deal with it as it comes,” the anonynomous neighbor explained. I heard a real loud boom – I thought something had come through my house.”

The boom was the tree that fell and knocked out her power. Sunday morning, Ameren had almost a combined 150,000 custoerms without power in Missouri and Illinois.

The homeowner who prefers to not share her name said in her 23 years living in her home, she’s never experienced a storm and subsequent damage like this.

“I’m really devastated because I can’t get out my back door nor can I get out my side door, I have no power, I was supposed to go to work in the morning,” she expressed. “I don’t know how I’m about to do that, so I just pray and hope that something will happen for us real soon.”

Tim Foshee sent FOX 2 a few images of storm damage in Collinsville from July 1, 2023.

FOX 2 will update this story with more information as it becomes available.

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Man attacks Jeff Co. deputy with screwdriver during attempted arrest

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2 years ago

July 11, 2023

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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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2 years ago

July 11, 2023

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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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July 11, 2023

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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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