Freeman teaches safe babysitting practices

JOPLIN, Mo. – Baby sitting is a common job for many young people, but they often don’t get very much training.

Freeman Health System is trying to provide that training through its Safe Sitter Program. Through the program, people can learn CPR and other strategies to keep kids under their care safe and engaged.

Freeman has been providing the safe sitting classes more than 25 years. Advance registration is required for the safe sitter class with a fee of $40 for a one-day session.

The step you should always take before landscaping

JOPLIN, Mo. – April is National Call Before You Dig Month. Derek S. Leffert of the Missouri One Call System talked with Michael Hayslip about why it is so important call 811 before any digging project. Leffert says it’s not just a recommendation, it’s the law.

St. Louis-area mom, 2 children killed; baby taken, but safe

ST. LOUIS (AP) – A man fatally shot a woman and two of her young children in a suburban St. Louis home before leaving with their baby, who was later found safe, police said.

The suspect was being sought Friday after the killings late Thursday night in north St. Louis County. Officers called to the home discovered a 34-year-old woman, her 13-year-old son and her 6-year-old daughter all fatally shot inside the home where they lived, police said. Their names were not immediately released.

Police also learned that a 1-year-old girl was missing from the home and believe she was taken by her father, 35-year-old Bobby McCulley III. An Amber Alert was issued hours later for the baby, who was found safe with other family members just before 5 a.m. Friday.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol tweeted that the 1-year-old was taken to an area hospital to be checked by doctors as a precaution.

Police on Friday were searching for McCulley after the baby was found safe.