Missouri is experimenting with allowing schools to spurn traditional, spring standardized tests in favor of more frequent testing that gives students and teachers quicker feedback.
Hot temperatures are predicted today. It looks like it will be a warm 83 degrees. 64 degrees is today's low. It should be a fairly cloudless day. The forecast is calling for clear skies. The sunshine will be intense today;β¦
Police responded around 2 p.m. to Lindell Boulevard and North Spring Avenue, near the edge of the city's Midtown neighborhood, for a report of a shooting.
The Missouri Department of Transportation said Tuesday that crews will be working in the trail area and removing debris from I-55 bridges over railroad tracks.
The old jail could also become an animal shelter to supplement an overflowing site in Midtown, a solar energy farm for nearby residents, or nothing at all.
Faulty locks and understaffing at the city's downtown jail are partially to blame for a beating two years ago where three men were punched, kicked and stomped in the head by fellow inmates while corrections officers failed to intervene forβ¦