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A long-time chemical engineer in the oil industry and a senior energy columnist for Forbes says it’s time people know the truth about what’s behind soaring gas prices.   

We’ve been talking quite a bit lately about consolidation within the video game industry. As is often the case in times of economic strife, the pandemic has led to large entities in the gaming industry gobbling up smaller entities. Microsoft acquired Zenimax. Then Microsoft acquired Activision Blizzard King for a wild amount of money. Soon […]

Homicide detectives are handling the ongoing investigation.

St. Louis baseball fans are rejoicing over the news the Major League Baseball lockout is over and the season will start in time for the St. Louis Cardinals home opener to be played on April 7. 

A crash has shut down the southbound lanes of Interstate 55 near Meramec Bottom Road in south St. Louis County.

A woman was grazed by a bullet during a shooting in south St. Louis Thursday night.

As climate change threatens native plant populations, freezers in a lab in Gray Summit, Missouri are helping to preserve seeds vital to potentially restoring communities of these plants.

     

Meg Englehardt, Seed Bank Manager for Missouri Botanical Garden, is guardian of these precious resources. What's involved with Seed Banking? Why is this (vitally!) important? And how does the Garden's work in this area contribute to biodiversity, overall? This Earthworms conversation digs into Seed Bank details.

Learn more! 

THANKS to Earthworms Engineer, Andy Heaslet, and to KDHX Production wizards Jon Valley and Andy Coco.

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Steep gas prices in the St. Louis area are hitting some residents, businesses and customers in the pocketbook.

Precision Vehicle Holding has dropped a controversial project at a Maryland Heights site.

A body has been found in a parking lot near Ballpark Village in downtown St. Louis.

With a decade-old charter amendment cutting the number of the city’s wards in half set to take effect next spring, aldermen are considering a plan to let each of the remaining 14 members hire two staff members to handle an…

Christopher Myers appeared ready for a third trial, but changed his mind and renewed a plea deal today

With the April 19, 2022, real estate tax due date looming, the city of St. Louis will move $500,000 in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds to the St. Louis Real Estate Tax Assistance Fund (RETAF) to help some delinquent…

The county executive says the appointments are an issue now because it’s an election year.

Tourism officials believe hosting five to six World Cup matches could draw tens of thousands of spectators, providing a windfall of more than $600 million.

Rockwood Schools utilizes their unleaded buses for long trips. Other districts are moving to 4-day weeks or adjusting bus stops for more efficient routes.

Police say 31-year-old Dominique Hudson of Cahokia burglarized at least 20 homes in St. Charles, Missouri.

Jussie Smollett was sentenced to 150 days in county jail and ordered to pay $120K restitution for lying to police in a hate crime hoax.

Drivers on the Stan Musial Veterans Memorial Bridge witnessed a bizarre incident Thursday morning -- a man walking on the interstate after his car crashed into a sidewall.