An unprecedented disruption in the global supply chain due to the COVID-19 pandemic is still having a major impact on many U.S. industries. Freight rail has had to adapt daily over the last two years to keep goods moving, and Union Pacific Railroad is taking its lessons learned, investing in adding more capacity and committing to moving more intermodal freight. That commitment includes investing $600 million of capital in 2022 alone as the company works to add more than one million lifts to the intermodal franchise and ramps up hiring so resources match demand. The various ways that Union Pacific continues to adapt and invest to keep freight moving were the focus of one of the panel discussions during FreightWeekSTL 2022.
Itโs been three years since Tammy Buffordโs son was shot and killed by St. Louis police in a dark south city gangway. On the day that would have been Cortez Buffordโs 27th birthday, Tammy Bufford and four others who lost family members to police violence stood on the steps of St. Louis City Hall to demand police reform. [content-2] Bereaved speakers brought various demands, from reparations to a ban on no-knock warrants.
ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. - A 72-year-old man died Tuesday night when he was hit by a vehicle in Oakville. The incident happened at about 6:33 p.m. in the 3200 block of Country Hollow Drive. The man was taken to the hospital for life-saving treatment, but he died from his injuries. A 16-year-old remained at [...]
Jordan Hicks failed to get an out in the fourth inning, giving up four runs, as the Blue Jays blew out the Cardinals on Tuesday night at Busch Stadium.
If you hadn’t noticed, the U.S. doesn’t give much of a shit about this whole privacy thing. Our privacy regulators are comically and intentionally understaffed and underfunded, we still have no meaningful privacy law for the Internet era, and when regulators do act, it’s generally months after the fact with penalties that are easily laughed […]
ST. LOUIS - A woman was shot in the hip in south St. Louis Wednesday morning. The incident happened at about 7:30 a.m. in the 5100 block of Pennsylvania just off of Broadway. Police were at the scene. It is unknown at this time what led up to the shooting. FOX 2's Nissan Rogue Runner [...]
Ask the experts from the Missouri Department of Transportation, St. Louis and St. Charles counties and St. Louis City your questions about highways and roads. The live chat starts at 1 p.m. on Wednesday.