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MO Sen. Hawley advocates for $5,000 child tax credit, paid in installments

7 months 2 weeks ago
MISSOURI — One Missouri lawmaker wants to help make tax time a little easier on families. Senator Josh Hawley is pushing a plan to grow the child tax credit. It currently has a maximum of $2,000 per child — a number he'd like to expand to $5,000. Hawley also wants to see that happen in [...]
Gretchen Bolander

1 dead, 2 injured after fatal crash on I-55 outer roads

7 months 2 weeks ago
JEFFERSON COUNTY, Mo. - A Barnhart woman is dead and two others were left injured Monday night after a fatal crash on the outer roads of Interstate 55. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol (MSHP), the fatal accident occurred a little after 9:05 p.m. on the northbound west outer road of I-55, north of [...]
Nick Gladney

1 dead, two injured after a dump truck crashed into home in Owensville

7 months 2 weeks ago
GASCONADE COUNTY, Mo. - A person is dead after a dump truck fatally crashed into a home in Owensville Tuesday morning. The crash occurred around 9 a.m. on the 300 block of West Lincoln Avenue in Owensville, the Gasconade Republican Newspaper says. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol (MSHP), the crash happened after the [...]
Nick Gladney

Women's Eastern Correctional Center opens nursery for inmate mothers

7 months 2 weeks ago
ST,. LOUIS - A nursery is set to open at the Women's Eastern Correctional Center this week. The new law is an initiative to keep incarcerated mothers with their babies. The nursery will be able to serve up to 14 mothers and their babies. The program gives them the chance to bond with their child [...]
Nick Gladney

Two fires damages Metro East homes, no injuries reported

7 months 2 weeks ago
Two Metro East homes in Cahokia Heights and Wood River suffered significant damage from fires, with no injuries reported, and arson is suspected in the first incident while the cause of the second is still under investigation.
Chris Regnier

Warmer, quiet weather through Wednesday, Rain returns Thursday

7 months 2 weeks ago
ST. LOUIS - Not as cold out the door Tuesday morning and a nice January day ahead. We’ll see plenty of sun Tuesday, feel a kick-up of an afternoon breeze, and enjoy highs around 50 F. The forecast is on repeat for Wednesday. Our next storm system to watch will lift out of the desert [...]
Angela Hutti

Egg prices are soaring. Don't expect that to change anytime soon

7 months 2 weeks ago
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Bird flu is forcing farmers to slaughter millions of chickens a month, pushing U.S. egg prices to more than double their cost in the summer of 2023. And it appears there may be no relief in sight, given the surge in demand as Easter approaches. The average price per dozen nationwide [...]
JOSH FUNK, MARK VANCLEAVE and DEE-ANN DURBIN, Associated Press