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Mizzou football's Johnnie 'DJ' Jones received a new heart, coach says

2 hours 43 minutes ago
JACKSONVILLE, Fl. - Mizzou football Coach Eli Drinkwitz shared Thursday morning that freshman offensive lineman Johnnie "DJ" Jones received a new heart Wednesday night. "We are incredibly grateful for the medical team who cared for DJ and for the donor and donor family whose extraordinary gift made this possible," Drinkwitz posted to social media, adding [...]
Megan Mueller

Pedestrian injured after being struck by vehicle in north St. Louis

3 hours 14 minutes ago
ST. LOUIS - A pedestrian was injured after being struck by a vehicle Thursday morning in north St. Louis. According to the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, the crash occurred around 6 a.m. in the area Kingshighway and Page boulevards near the Fountain Park neighborhood. The pedestrian sustained critical injuries from the crash, police said. [...]
Nick Gladney

Warm end to the week, Isaias to bring rain to parts of MO and IL

4 hours 59 minutes ago
ST. LOUIS - Our weak cold front has come through. We’ll see a wind shift to the north and temperatures that are just a couple degrees cooler on Thursday, with highs in the low to mid-80s. As the front moves back north as a warm front, highs will be back into the upper 80s for [...]
Angela Hutti

HBCUs are underfunded. A legal effort starting in Missouri seeks to fix it

13 hours 43 minutes ago
An effort to address decades of underfunding at some historically Black colleges and universities kicked off Wednesday with a lawsuit against the state of Missouri. Students and graduates of Lincoln University in the state’s capital of Jefferson City allege the lack of financial resources undercut their education and devalued their degrees. More than a dozen [...]
HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH and COLLIN BINKLEY, Associated Press

Highway 61 crashes prompt calls for safety changes

17 hours 19 minutes ago
Drivers in St. Charles County are raising concerns about a 1.2-mile stretch of Highway 61 between Dietrich Road and North Point Prairie Road following a series of crashes that have left multiple people dead and several injured.
Chad Mira