By Amanda Hancock From The Gazette COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — In the first episode of the series “Schitt’s Creek,” a suddenly broke family has to leave their lavish mansion to begrudgingly live in a rundown motel. By the finale in April 2020, the made-over motel turned into something the fictional family — and viewers of…

A police officer and a gunman died following a shootout at a motel in eastern Missouri that left another officer wounded. Missouri State Highway Patrol spokesperson Dallas Thompson says Bonne Terre officers Lane Burns and Garrett Worley were sent to a reported disturbance at a Motel 6 in Bonne Terre about 12:30 a.m. Thursday. Thompson…

Anaheim is making way for affordable housing and retail space after demolishing the former Americana Motel on Beach Boulevard on Oct. 12. The 7.3-acre land where the 44-room motel sat and the surrounding land will be transformed in the coming years to provide 100 affordable apartments, 134 townhomes, and a 5,000 square-foot retail center. “This…