ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) – For six years, Janise Ross has run Brighter Futures Daycare in Dutchtown, teaching children how to read and using arts and crafts to grow their imagination.
But just a few years ago, the 4700 block of Virginia looked very different.
Ross told First Alert Forward that for years, the corner was plagued by crime and crowds at a nearby market. Men with guns would linger, and when a shooting broke out, the daycare van was hit…