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FEMA opens disaster recovery centers in Metro East

2 years 5 months ago
Flood recovery assistance is available at two new Federal Emergency Management Agency disaster recovery centers in the Metro East. Food victims in Illinois will be able to get disaster recovery help from the federal government, starting Friday. Earlier this month, President Joe Biden approved Illinois’ application for FEMA aid. Two disaster recovery centers will open to help people with the process of applying for federal government assistance. Those centers will be located at the Clyde Jordan…
Alex Fees, KSDK

Testing shows hazardous chemicals found in St. Charles wellfield, mayor says

2 years 5 months ago
The Elm Point Wellfield in St. Charles has been contaminated by hazardous chemicals, according to the mayor of St. Charles. In a press conference Wednesday, Mayor Dan Borgmeyer said the drinking water in the city is safe, but he said steps need to be taken to keep it that way. “I am concerned about the long-term viability to be able to provide safe drinking water to our citizens is at risk,” Borgmeyer said. The Elm Point Wellfield is the primary drinking water supply source for the city of…
Elyse Schoenig and Laura Barczewski, KSDK

Family Business Profile: Tom Shaw Realtors perseveres to celebrate 100 years

2 years 5 months ago
Tom Shaw Realtors, a Chesterfield real estate agency, opened its doors 100 years ago. “We’ve outlasted two depressions,” John Shaw, owner and broker, said, referring to the Great Depression, which lasted from 1929 to 1939, and the Great Recession, which lasted from 2007 to 2009. Since Shaw took over the company around 1980, he’s experienced first-hand the recessions of the early 1980s, 1990s and 2000s. Now the company is operating in a volatile post-Covid landscape plagued by high inflation,…
Connor Hart

The intersection of agriculture and geospatial: Leveraging innovation for global food security

2 years 5 months ago
The St. Louis region is considered by many to be the nation’s heart of agrifood tech, leading the development of new tools and strategies that could be applied around the world. St. Louis delivers an impressive combination of connectivity to grower customers because the region is within a 500-mile radius of more than half of all U.S. agriculture production, including 80% of the nation’s corn and soybeans, according to the St. Louis Agribusiness Club’s 2020 economic study. The headquarters…
The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center

Hitting coach Jeff Albert, pitching coach Mike Maddux won't be back with Cardinals in 2023

2 years 5 months ago
The St. Louis Cardinals are not short of openings on their coaching staff heading into 2023. Cardinals President of Baseball Operations John Mozeliak announced Wednesday that hitting coach Jeff Albert, pitching coach Mike Maddux and bullpen coach Brian Eversgerd will not return for the 2023 season. Mozeliak said that the team was prepared to offer Albert a new contract, but he informed them of his desire to move on from the position. Mozeliak also said that Maddix was not fired or retiring, and…
Corey Miller, KSDK

The intersection of agriculture and geospatial: Leveraging innovation for global food security

2 years 5 months ago
The St. Louis region is considered by many to be the nation’s heart of agrifood tech, leading the development of new tools and strategies that could be applied around the world. St. Louis delivers an impressive combination of connectivity to grower customers because the region is within a 500-mile radius of more than half of all U.S. agriculture production, including 80% of the nation’s corn and soybeans, according to the St. Louis Agribusiness Club’s 2020 economic study. The headquarters…
The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center

Adam Wainwright will return to Cardinals for 2023 season

2 years 5 months ago
It turns out 2022 wasn't a farewell season for Cardinals starting pitcher Adam Wainwright. Cardinals President of Baseball Operations John Mozeliak announced Wednesday that Wainwright had decided to return for another year in 2023. 2023 will be Wainwright's 18th in the major leagues with the St. Louis Cardinals, after the team acquired him in a trade with the Atlanta Braves in 2003. "We're super excited he's coming back," Mozeliak said in his end of the year news conference. Mozeliak said he…
Corey Miller, KSDK

100 firefighters battle fire at vacant warehouse near riverfront in St. Louis

2 years 5 months ago
St. Louis firefighters on Tuesday night were on the scene of a large fire at a vacant warehouse near the Mississippi River, just north of the Gateway Arch. The St. Louis Fire Department said the fire was at a warehouse near the intersection of North First Street and O'Fallon Street in the Near North Riverfront neighborhood. The first call for the fire came out at around 7 p.m. As of 8:30 p.m., the fire department said 100 firefighters responded to the scene and were fighting the fire. They said…
Sam Clancy, KSDK