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Recent rains may benefit Missouri morel hunters

1 year 3 months ago
ST. LOUIS -- This weekend is looking good to go morel mushroom hunting in the Show Me State. Missouri Morel Hunting says that there has been some impressive early season progress. Recent rains and soil temperatures may benefit hunters looking to find the elusive fungus this weekend. A slight dip in temperatures this weekend might [...]
Joe Millitzer

Ray Hartmann to run for congress against Ann Wagner

1 year 3 months ago
ST. LOUIS -- A local publisher and TV pundit is running for congress. Ray Hartmann, a prominent journalist and a key figure in the Nine PBS program Donnybrook since its inception in 1987 shared the news on his Substack page. He will be running against Republican Congresswoman Ann Wagner. "Iโ€™m making a bit of a [...]
Joe Millitzer

All officers resign from the Velda City Police Department

1 year 3 months ago
VELDA CITY, Mo. -- All officers with the Velda City police department resigned Thursday. The St. Louis County Police Department will respond to emergencies under a mutual aid agreement until a new solution is found. Police say that Velda City and Flordell Hills are without local police services as of 2 p.m. Friday. They cite [...]
Joe Millitzer

McDonald's apologizes for global system outage that shut down some stores for hours

1 year 3 months ago
LONDON (AP) โ€” McDonald's apologized Friday for a global technology outage that shuttered some restaurants for hours. The company said the outage was caused by a third-party technology provider and was not a cybersecurity issue. It started around 12 a.m. CDT during a configuration change and was close to being resolved about 12 hours later, [...]
COURTNEY BONNELL, Associated Press

Illinois plans to tear down, rebuild Stateville prison

1 year 3 months ago
CREST HILL, Ill. โ€” Gov. Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) announced plans Friday morning to tear down and rebuild Stateville Correctional Center. IDOC will work with officials on a timeline and next steps โ€” with work to begin pending capital appropriations in the fiscal budget for 2025. The state said it's anticipated [...]
Andy Koval

Rail workers picket in St. Louis for paid sick leave

1 year 3 months ago
ST. LOUIS -- Rail workers are in downtown St. Louis to picket for what they describe as a fundamental right: paid sick leave. The demonstration is taking place outside the Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis corporate headquarters. Participants in the picket argue that paid sick leave has become an industry standard, especially in the [...]
Joe Millitzer

Quiet weather with variable temperatures for the last weekend of winter

1 year 3 months ago
ST. LOUIS -- Today will be quiet and cooler behind the strong system that brought us two rounds of severe weather on Thursday. Cloudy skies this morning, with temperatures ranging from the mid-40s north to mid-50s south. Afternoon highs will be relatively cool compared to the past few days but still technically above normal, in [...]
Jaime Travers