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There are no suspects in custody at this time, according to the Belleville Police Department.

The rainfall footprint from Hurricane Helene was tremendous. It stretched from the Florida panhandle up into the Carolinas and then back into the Ohio Valley and Midwest. 

The Washington Post has a story today about payment apps like Venmo and PayPal. The gist of the piece is that they're inconsistently regulated and potentially not safe. I know I'm an old dinosaur, but I don't really get the appeal of payment apps. Oh, if you use them solely to transfer small amounts to ...continue reading "Use credit cards, not payments apps"

Are we having fun yet? Over the past three years, consumption has grown 13.7%: Now, these are annual figures, and the latest one represents an increase over the pandemic low. So it's maybe not totally fair. But it's still a great illustration of how strong the Biden recovery from the pandemic has been.

A west St. Louis County must appear in court next month after being charged with exposing himself in the food court at West County Center earlier this year.

Over the past three years, the United States has produced 378 million barrels of oil per month: This is yet another 50-year high. You may decide for yourself if it's unalloyed good news, but it's certainly strong economic news.

A cooler airmass is here for the short term as a cold front surges southeast.

Are you still hungering for great economic news? Over the past three years the poverty rate among working-age adults has averaged 9.3%: This is not quite a 50-year record, but only because Biden set that record last year.

St. Louis County Police Department no longer needs the public's help.

Police are investigating after a man was found shot at an abandoned train and bus depot along the Mississippi Riverfront, just north of Downtown St. Louis.

Want more about how great the economy has been? Over the past three years GDP has grown 1.4% faster than potential GDP: This is not quite a 50-year record. The economy was slightly hotter during the dotcom boom of the late '90s. But it's still pretty damn strong.

Riley Kruse, now a pre-med student, was born two months early in 2005 with a condition called hemifacial microsomia.

Do you want to know how good the economy is? Over the past three years unemployment has averaged 3.8%. This is the lowest sustained rate of unemployment of the entire past half century. Better than Morning in America. Better than the dotcom boom. Better than Trump. The best in more than 50 years.