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St. Louis County Council to review budget, funding requests

2 months ago
The St. Louis County Council is set to meet Tuesday to review the budget and determine how millions of taxpayer dollars could be spent, including police funding requests, road improvements, public health programs, and a $4 million engineering contract for the West Florissant Great Streets Project.
Nick Gladney

Cori Bush targets Wesley Bell’s Israel stance in St. Louis congressional rematch

2 months ago
Wesley Bell and Cori Bush’s political careers were shaped by the protest movement that erupted in Ferguson in 2014 and grew into a national reckoning over race and policing.  As a Ferguson City Councilman, Bell witnessed nightly protests in the streets and volatile council meetings following the killing of Michael Brown Jr., an unarmed Black […]
Rebecca Rivas, Anna Spoerre

2 people injured in shooting in unincorporated north St. Louis County

2 months ago
ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. - Police are investigating after two people were injured in a shooting overnight Tuesday in unincorporated north St. Louis County. According to the St. Louis County Police Department, the shooting occurred around 5 a.m. in the 6800 block of Chilham Drive. Both victims sustained non-life-threatening injuries, police said. One was taken [...]
Nick Gladney

Tuesday, July 14 - New rules get into the weeds

2 months ago
The Environmental Protection Agency released new rules regulating the controversial herbicide dicamba earlier this year. While it can be an effective tool for farmers to control weeds, it can also drift in the wind and kill other plants. As St. Louis Public Radio’s Will Bauer reports, experts don’t expect the new rules to solve all the underlying issues with dicamba.

A more humid feel, chance for spot rain Wednesday through Friday

2 months ago
ST. LOUIS - Warm mornings followed by hot afternoons are expected through the end of the week with a gradual build in humidity over the next several days. Afternoon heat index values could pop above 100 F Thursday and Friday. Rain chances gradually return over the next several days, though there will be lots of [...]
Angela Hutti