ST. LOUIS, Mo. - April Fool’s Day is back to haunt our news feeds. If you are checking social media then you will want to verify any story that sounds too good to be true. Over the past few years, it’s become a trend for brands to release “fake news” about new products or services [...]
ST. LOUIS : The victim has been identified as Dwight Hogan, Sr., 59 years of age, of the 3700 block of Colonial Avenue in Northwoods, Missouri 63121. The suspect, an adult male known to the victim, was later located nearby deceased from a possible self-inflicted gunshot injury. Additional information will be disseminated as it becomes available.
For decades now, a favorite DC lobbying tactic has been to create bogus groups pretending to support something unpopular your company is doing. Like “environmentalists for big oil” or “Americans who really love telecom monopolies.” These groups then help big companies create a sound-wall of illusory support for policies that generally aren’t popular, or great […]
Missouri continues to be the cheapest state in the country to get gas according to AAA, even as gas prices remain high.
The average price for a gallon of gas in Missouri was $3.77 this week, that's 45 cents below the national average. Of all the metropolitan areas in the state, Joplin was the cheapest at $3.61 and Columbia and Cape Girardeau were the most expensive at $3.89. St. Louis averaged $3.83 this week.
The average price of gas in Missouri this week is about 8 cents below the recent peak…
Demolition is starting for a $101 million mixed-use development that will revamp a key site in downtown Clayton with apartments, retail and restaurants.
At candidate forums and on social media, debates over highly politicized issues, such as masking and how race, history, and LGBTQ issues are taught in schools, are at the center of some local school board races.
The CDC released its biannual survey of teen suicide today, and the results are mixed. Here's a look at actual suicide attempts: Overall, suicide attempts were flat compared to 2019, which is heartening considering all the stresses of dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic. I would have expected to see a noticeable increase. On the other ...continue reading "Raw data: Teen suicide during the pandemic"
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