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Thunderstorms and heat index near 100° in St. Louis

2 months 3 weeks ago
ST. LOUIS -- Hot temperatures will hang on a little while longer today as the cold front slows down. Temperatures are likely to reach the mid-90s with a heat index of 100-103. Thunderstorm chances will increase along and just ahead of the front this afternoon. The biggest ramp up will be between 4 p.m. and [...]
Chris Higgins

Belleville special needs teacher awarded $500 for dedication

2 months 3 weeks ago
Aaron McCoy, a special needs teacher at Menta Academy in Belleville, was awarded $500 from Weber Chevrolet for his patience and caring treatment of his students, as well as his dedication to his own son who was born with a syndrome requiring hands-on attention.
Joe Millitzer

Tim's Travels: Japanese Festival

2 months 3 weeks ago
ST. LOUIS - Tim Ezell travels to the Missouri Botanical Garden to hear about the Japanese Festival and what events will take place there. While at the Botanical Garden, Ezell got the opportunity to talk with participant Bryan Darr.
Tim Ezell

St. Louis County issues Endangered Person Advisory for 33-year-old

2 months 3 weeks ago
ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. - The St. Louis County Police have placed an Endangered Person Advisory for a 33-year-old woman. Amber Erdelen contacted a friend via text message, indicating she was being held against her will. The endangered person advisory went out after an incident that occurred on the 1000 block of Lemay Ferry Road [...]
Nick Gladney

Missouri's Black students disciplined at higher rates: Takeaways from AP's report

2 months 3 weeks ago
Racial differences in how schools discipline students received new attention 10 years ago, during a national reckoning with racial injustice. A decade later, change has been slow to materialize. In many schools around the country, Black students have been more likely to receive punishments that remove them from the classroom, including suspensions, expulsions and being [...]
ANNIE MA, CHEYANNE MUMPHREY, and SHARON LURYE, Associated Press

SLU professor blazing trails in male-dominated paralympic wheelchair rugby

2 months 3 weeks ago
PARIS (AP) — When told by the stadium announcer that they were witnessing history, the Paris spectators roared and applauded. Not that the woman making history actually noticed: Sarah Adam was far too occupied—merrily slamming her wheelchair into other players, all of them men, and zipping across the court to score try after try. Adam [...]
JOHN LEICESTER, Associated Press

Hot and stormy Friday will give way to cooler Labor Day weekend

2 months 3 weeks ago
ST. LOUIS - The Heat Advisory has been extended through Friday for the metro St. Louis region. Temperatures Friday are expected to push into the mid 90s ahead of afternoon storms, and heat index values are expected to be 100+ for the fifth straight day. Please stay cool and hydrated and limit time spent outdoors [...]
Angela Hutti

Hundreds of St. Louis poll workers still unpaid after August primary

2 months 3 weeks ago
ST. LOUIS – A poll worker in the City of St. Louis tells FOX 2 she still has not gotten paid after working the Aug. 6 primary election. She’s not alone: hundreds of poll workers have not gotten paid after working long hours that day. They're most frustrated by what they call a "lack of [...]
Max Diekneite