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Huzzah Valley Resort cleans up after historic flash flooding

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STEELVILLE, Mo. - Crews are working to clean up extensive damage at Huzzah Valley Resort after historic flash flooding swept through the popular camping and float-trip destination Friday in Crawford County. The resort is located in Steelville, roughly 90 minutes from St. Louis, and is a major summer destination for camping, lodging and float trips. [...]
Laura Simon

July 13 in History: The First World Cup, Marat's Assassination and Live Aid Concerts

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On July 13, 1930, the first FIFA World Cup began in Uruguay, marking a turning point in the history of sport and global culture. Organized at a time when international travel was slow, expensive, and difficult, the tournament brought together national teams for a new kind of worldwide competition. It mattered then because it gave countries a peaceful stage on which to compete and build national pride. It still matters today because the World Cup became one of the most widely followed events o

Why Late Sunsets Make People Feel Like the Day Just Got Better

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A later sunset can make the same day feel richer, freer, and strangely more hopeful. That reaction is so common that it can be easy to miss how powerful it is. When daylight stretches into the evening, parks stay busy, sidewalks fill up, and people often act as if they have been given extra time. Nothing about the clock has changed. The number of hours in the day is the same. Yet late sunsets often feel like a gift. That feeling comes from a mix of biology, culture, memory, and the way modern

FDA, others sued for injuries from spinal cord stimulator

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(Legal Newsline) - A Missouri woman has filed a federal lawsuit alleging that a Nevro spinal cord stimulation device implanted to treat chronic back pain malfunctioned, caused serious and lasting injuries and was marketed without adequate warnings.
Kyla Asbury | Legal Newsline

1 dead, 5 injured in four-vehicle crash on Illinois Route 13

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ST. CLAIR, Ill. - One person was killed and five others were injured Sunday evening in a four-vehicle crash on Illinois Route 13. According to the Illinois State Police (ISP), the crash occurred around 6:40 p.m. on Illinois Route 13 south of Red Ray Mine Road. One person was pronounced dead after the crash, ISP [...]
Nick Gladney

Musk’s Starlink Socks Customers With $1500 ‘High Demand’ Surcharge

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For years I’ve noted that while Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite broadband system can be very useful for people with no other options (warzones, RVs, boats, rural Americans), the network has struggled to maintain performance as it grows into more mainstream markets, resulting in not only widespread slowdowns, but also the company socking users with massive […]
Karl Bode

Wak’a Garden

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Begin Again: Wak'a Garden is the second installment in Laumeier’s Begin Again series, honoring the Park’s 50-year history of collaborating with artists and supporting new commissions and exhibitions. The organic, amphitheater-shaped sculpture, built […]

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Myranda Levins

Amendment 4 puts rural Missouri at center of fight over ballot power

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Supporters of Amendment 4 say it would give rural Missouri a stronger voice. Antwann Rhodes says it would take one away. Rhodes lives in Waynesville, a Pulaski County town of about 5,600 just outside Fort Leonard Wood, where he settled after retiring from the U.S. Army. He is a Realtor in south-central Missouri and treasurer […]
Jason Hancock

Missouri’s ‘gray market’ gambling fight was never as gray as advertised

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Every good hustle needs a snappy name, and for a long time Missouri had a beauty: gray market games. It rolled off the tongue and suggested a place between the lines, a zone the lawyers hadn’t gotten around to coloring in yet. The companies behind the machines in bars and VFW halls and convenience stores […]
Jason Hancock