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Workers stranded after Mississippi barges blown off course

1 year 3 months ago
WINFIELD, Mo. -- Firefighters were called to rescue three barge workers stranded on the Mississippi River Thursday night. The Winfield Foley Fire Protection District says that high winds blew the barges into shallow waters north of Lock and Dam 25. The barges broke free from the tugboat, pushing them along the Mississippi River. They floated [...]
Joe Millitzer

Hazmat crew called after truck tips in St. Francois County

1 year 3 months ago
BISMARCK, Mo. -- First responders are on the scene of an ammonia nitrite and diesel leak on Highways N and NN in Bismarck, Missouri. Meteorologist Chris Higgins says that a hazmat crew is on the scene. Higgins reports that a diesel truck loaded with ammonia nitrate is tipped over onto the shoulder of the road. [...]
Joe Millitzer

The race to safer streets in St. Louis

1 year 3 months ago
Whether it's blowing red lights or driving at dangerous speeds, everyone from the mayor to aldermen is calling for change, but are they moving at the same rate as the out-of-control drivers? 
Mitch McCoy

Senate passes bill to compensate Americans exposed to radiation by the government

1 year 3 months ago
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate passed legislation Thursday that would compensate Americans exposed to radiation by the government by renewing a law initially passed more than three decades ago. The bill by Sens. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., and Ben Ray Lujan, D-N.M., would expand the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act to include more people who believe that [...]
MARY CLARE JALONICK and JIM SALTER, Associated Press