"It's kind of a section that's always been on NASCAR's radar as far as people coming to the races, and now we're gonna come to them. It's a long time coming."
Of the $498 million the city is receiving from the federal American Rescue Plan Act, about half is already in the city's account. But only about 2% has been spent.
A Ukrainian post-doctoral fellow, A Russian business owner and a U.S. student who teaches English to a Ukrainian student worry about the all the people impacted.
Structures from downtown to Forest Park were damaged or destroyed. The twister tore through around 2:20 a.m. on the morning of Feb. 10, 1959, while so many slept.
Anchor and political editor Casey Nolen has covered countless stories in St. Louis since joining 5 On Your Side in 2007. He now heads to WUSA in Washington, D.C.