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St. Louis gas prices down 7 cents as national average sees first drop in 12 weeks

3 years 7 months ago
Average gas prices in St. Louis saw a dip this week but remained high as the national average saw its first price drop in 12 weeks, according to a recent survey from GasBuddy. Prices were averaging $3.98 per gallon in St. Louis as of Sunday, a drop of 7.5 cents from last week. The average was still 69.6 cents higher than a month ago and $1.18 higher than a year ago. The national average as of Monday was $4.23. The drop comes after weeks of an unprecedented rise in gas prices. In early March, average…
Kelsi Anderson and Michelle Li, KSDK

Apple Cripples Its Own Streaming App In Stand Off With Google

3 years 7 months ago
As the battle for streaming market share accelerates, the fighting between companies has increasingly gotten dumber. Such as when AT&T’s streaming TV app was pulled from Roku customer hardware because the two companies couldn’t agree on data sharing parameters. Or when Google TV customers almost lost access to NBC content because those companies couldn’t negotiate […]
Karl Bode

Missouri spent millions on pandemic no-bid contracts. Lawmakers now debating reforms

3 years 7 months ago

After the state spent tens of millions of dollars through emergency, no-bid contracts at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, lawmakers debated a pair of bills Tuesday that aim to increase transparency and ensure emergency contracts aren’t extended in perpetuity. The bills, sponsored by Republican Reps. Doug Richey of Excelsior Springs and Brad Hudson of […]

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Tessa Weinberg

2 women wanted for robbery, escape after crashing in Jefferson County

3 years 7 months ago
JEFFERSON COUNTY, Mo. - The police are searching for two suspects after a car chase that started in Cape Girardeau ended in a crash in Jefferson County. The City of Arnold Police Department said the chase started at 5:08 a.m. in Cape Girardeau when a 2018 Volkswagen, that was reported stolen out of O'Fallon, Missouri [...]
Jason Maxwell