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Flooding shuts down roads in Jefferson County

1 hour 16 minutes ago
Area first responders are pleading with residents to avoid driving over flood-covered roads.  The warning comes as water from the Big River shut down Highway BB from Cedar Hill to Hillsboro.
Jeff Bernthal

Sports Bra, Gamlin’s, Crow’s Nest: Maplewood restaurants in the news

1 hour 48 minutes ago
Two Maplewood restaurants not yet open are in the news, and also one having a funeral for Stag Beer kegs. KMOV — Women’s sports-focused restaurant and bar opening in Maplewood St. Louis Magazine — Gamlin’s, opening in Maplewood this spring, names Chris Arnold as executive chef St. Louis Public Radio — St. Louis beer fans […]
Doug Miner

Emergency crews prepare for rising water levels in Eureka

3 hours 54 minutes ago
The City of Eureka has erected new flood walls along Old Towne Eureka to protect the area and the local sewage treatment plant from anticipated flooding. Emergency crews are preparing for rising water levels on Friday night as rain moves through the region and water flows downstream from northern areas.
Patrick Clark

We’re Training Students To Write Worse To Prove They’re Not Robots, And It’s Pushing Them To Use More AI

4 hours 58 minutes ago
About a year and a half ago, I wrote about my kid’s experience with an AI checker tool that was pre-installed on a school-issued Chromebook. The assignment had been to write an essay about Kurt Vonnegut’s Harrison Bergeron—a story about a dystopian society that enforces “equality” by handicapping anyone who excels—and the AI detection tool […]
Mike Masnick

Motorcycle Rider Dies In Collision On Friday, March 6, 2026

5 hours 29 minutes ago
ST. LOUIS COUNTY - St. Louis County Police are investigating a fatal crash involving a motorcycle and a car that killed an adult male Friday afternoon, March 6, 2026, near the intersection of Kilmory Drive and Shackelford Drive, authorities said. Officers from the St. Louis County Police Department’s North County Precinct responded at about 2:20 p.m. on March 6, 2026, to a call for service for a motor vehicle crash in the 1800 block of Kilmory Drive at Shackelford Drive, police said.