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Forum Drone: New Chain of Rocks Park Now Open on Mississippi Greenway

1 year 2 months ago
This week’s Forum drone video highlights the reinvigoration of public space near an historic St. Louis Region bridge. On April 14th Great Rivers Greenway celebrated the completion of Chain of Rocks Park, a new 16-acre public park on the Missouri side of the Old Chain of Rocks Bridge on the Mississippi Greenway (also known as […]
Tom Finan

NY judge spars with Trump lawyers over gag order in criminal trial

1 year 2 months ago

The judge overseeing Donald Trump’s criminal case in New York appeared to strongly disagree Tuesday with the former president’s lawyers’ explanation for why he should be considered in compliance with a gag order in the case. In a Tuesday morning hearing to determine whether to fine Trump for violating the order, Judge Juan Merchan warned […]

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Jacob Fischler

Foreign aid bill advances in U.S. Senate as McConnell chides GOP ‘isolationist movement’

1 year 2 months ago

WASHINGTON — An additional $95 billion in military and humanitarian assistance for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan is on a glide path to passage in the U.S. Senate after a bipartisan coalition of lawmakers voted Tuesday to limit debate on the package. The 80-19 procedural vote sets up a final passage vote as soon as Tuesday evening, […]

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Jennifer Shutt

Attorneys for embattled Missouri House speaker criticize ethics investigation

1 year 2 months ago

Private attorneys hired by the top Republican in the Missouri House demanded on Tuesday that the ethics investigation into their client be formally dismissed.  House Speaker Dean Plocher has still not publicly commented on the allegations of ethical misconduct that have hung over his final year in the legislature, or the later accusations that he […]

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Jason Hancock

KIA offering free anti-theft upgrades this weekend

1 year 2 months ago
ST. LOUIS - Workers with KIA will be in the St. Louis area this weekend installing free anti-theft software on vehicles, according to the Richmond Heights Police Department. On April 26 and 27, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., upgrades will be at Busch Stadium, located at 608 S. Broadway. On April 28, from 8 [...]
Megan Mueller

Love Bank Park is more than a park. It’s a hub conceived from community care

1 year 2 months ago
Nearly a decade after community members installed a single basketball hoop on a corner lot along Cherokee St., Love Bank Park has been developed in a big way. “To see it actually happening was just pure magic,” said Eric "Prospect" White, a core leader of Love Bank Park’s redevelopment. The park, founded by neighborhood residents and business owners, “is more than just a space to play basketball,” said Pacia Elaine Anderson, a fellow leader of the park’s redevelopment. “It's something that could be a lifeline for people that need it.”