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You may remember, just before Thanksgiving last year – a work zone crash killed two MoDOT workers and brain damaged a third.  

Well, neither can I sometimes.  I have been considering doing this post for quite awhile because I had become convinced, wrongly as I now know, that the Scheidt Hardware building, originally the Maplewood Theater, had cast iron bollards on each of the front corners. To begin, I have no idea how long vehicles with wheels […]

Several events kick off in downtown St. Louis this weekend including Blues at the Arch which returns after two years of virtual concerts.

St. Charles officials are getting damage estimates in the area caused by the July 26-28 flash flooding.

"I just wish this city would come together and address the gun violence," said the father of D'Asia Bowers.

The search for Amanda Jones and her unborn baby has now lasted for 17 years as of Sunday, August 14.

D'Asia Bowers leaves behind a 5-year-old and several pets. No arrests have been made.

The smoke from a recycling warehouse in Madison, Illinois still lingers Friday after it caught on fire earlier this week.

We have long lamented how the current method for many streaming platforms to enforce copyright laws, be they via automated systems like ContentID at YouTube or DMCA reporting platforms, is wide open for fraud, abuse, and mistakes. There are a huge swath of posts just on ContentID you can go check out if you’re not […]

Overdue improvement for St. Louis’ vacancy scourge could also bring payday for derelict property owners

Illinois State Police are investigating a crash Friday that involved an officer getting rear-ended during a traffic stop.

The news of the day is that, among other things, the FBI's search of Mar-a-Lago turned up boxes of documents that contained "nuclear" secrets classified at stratospherically high levels. But what kind of nuclear secrets? Nobody knows, of course, but I started getting curious about what the broad possibilities were. Here's a back-of-the-envelope list: Engineering/design ...continue reading "Sure, nuclear secrets, but what kind of nuclear secrets?"

According to St. Louis police, the shooting happened shortly before 3 a.m., and one person was pronounced dead at the scene.

Police said two people were shot along Alaska Avenue Friday morning.

Joplin Police are highlighting a Missing Persons case from the 1990s, looking for that one tip that could crack the case. It's now 30 years since 14-year-old Tracy Pickett went missing.