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Today's Big Stories
1. Boeing awarded $20 billion contract to produce next generation fighter jet
Trump announced the estimated $20 billion contract award at the White House with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Air Force leadership. The new manufacturing site for the fighter jets will be part of Boeing’s $1.8 billion expansion project in north St. Louis County, near St. Louis Lambert International Airport.
2. Suspicious death investigation after woman’s body found in Fenton
Saint Louis County Police Department officers were called to the 300 block of south old Highway 141 in Fenton on Thursday at 2:45 p.m. for a dead body, who was identified as Nicole Jung, 45, from southern St. Louis City. Police ask anyone with information call their investigators at 636-529-8210, or for those wishing to remain anonymous and potentially receive a reward, call CrimeStoppers at 1-866-371-8477.
3. Some voters are pushing back on lawmakers' efforts to overturn citizen ballot initiatives
The citizen activists, many of them heretofore strangers, had come together two days after the Missouri House passed legislation to overturn a voter-approved ballot initiative guaranteeing paid sick leave for workers and cost-of-living increases to the minimum wage.
4. Ferguson Police announce new strategic plan, community policing and engagement
The Ferguson Police Department on Thursday announced a new policing plan that aims to improve community relationships. Police Chief Troy Doyle says it’s based on a simple philosophy, helping law enforcement and citizens work together. He says residents informed the plan to capture the “essence of what police-community partnerships should look like in Ferguson.”
5. Mixed reaction from Missouri, Illinois officials on Trump's education plan
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday to dismantle parts of the United States Department of Education. It has drawn mixed reaction from Missouri and Illinois officials. Missouri and Illinois have detailed how much federal education money it receives each year. You can find that breakdown here.
Pulled From Rubble
Month-old girl pulled from rubble in Gaza after airstrike killed her parents
As rescuers dug through the remains of a collapsed apartment building in Gaza's Khan Younis on Thursday, they could hear the cries of a baby from underneath the rubble.