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Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile Finally Fined $192 Million For Abuse Of User Location Data

1 year 6 months ago
For several decades, major wireless carriers AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile collected vast troves of sensitive user location and movement data, then sold access to any random nitwit with two nickels to rub together. The result was a parade of scandals wherein everybody from stalkers to law enforcement (or pretending to be law enforcement) abused the […]
Karl Bode

Urban League in St. Louis unveils greenhouse, hydroponic farm at its headquarters

1 year 6 months ago
The Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis on Tuesday unveiled a brand new facility to help solve our region's food crisis. It's the first and only Urban League in the country to have a greenhouse and hydroponic farm at its headquarters. The project is called George Washington Carver Urban Farming. The Missouri native is regarded as one of the most prominent Black scientists of the early 20th century. Missouri Gov. Mike Parson and local leaders gathered Tuesday afternoon for the ribbon cutting. The…
Justina Coronel

Developing: Officer shoots at armed man in north St. Louis

1 year 6 months ago
ST. LOUIS -- An officer fired a gunshot at an armed man in the Baden neighborhood Wednesday morning. The incident happened in the 700 block of Ponce Avenue. Police say that the man has a knee injury, but it is still unclear whether a bullet struck him. Officers were initially called to the area to [...]
Joe Millitzer

St. Louis Public Schools pays parents to drive kids to class

1 year 6 months ago
ST. LOUIS -- Parents can get paid to drive their children to school amid a bus driver shortage. St. Louis Public Schools has begun offering gas cards to families affected by "chronic bus absenteeism" throughout the school year. This initiative was detailed in a letter sent to parents on Monday. Starting May 13, all families [...]
Joe Millitzer

Forecast: Stormy weather through the weekend

1 year 6 months ago
ST. LOUIS -- The chance for morning rain fades as the sun comes up. Partly to mostly cloudy this morning with some spot showers and storms possible again Wednesday afternoon. Highs in the low 80s. Partly cloudy tonight. Out the door Thursday temperatures will be in the 60s. Breezy and warm Thursday, highs in the [...]
Angela Hutti

Saint Louis University students to hold anti-war protest

1 year 6 months ago
ST. LOUIS -- Saint Louis University students are set to hold a pro-Palestinian, anti-war protest today. This follows a similar demonstration by Washington University students, faculty, and activists in Forest Park yesterday, as community passions intensify regarding the conflict in Gaza. The protest at Saint Louis University comes in the wake of tensions escalating after [...]
Laura Simon

Cottle Village Farmstead + Distillery to Open in Cottleville This Year

1 year 6 months ago
We love getting out to the green pastures of Cottleville, and now we’ll have even more incentive to do so when Cottle Village Farmstead + Distillery (6470 Highway N, Cottleville) opens later this year. By then, this 4.5-acre plot of land and its various buildings (farmhouse, shed and barn) will have been retooled to create a unique drinking and dining experience, as reported by St. Louis Magazine. Stephen Savage, of Wheelhouse, The Midwestern and Start Bar, owns Cottle Village with his wife Emily Savage.
Alexa Beattie

Two killed in separate north St. Louis shootings

1 year 6 months ago
ST. LOUIS -- Two people were killed in different parts of north St. Louis Tuesday night, just hours apart. A suspect is in custody for one of the homicides. The first incident occurred near North Grand and Barrett in the Fairgrounds neighborhood, where police responded to a shots fired call just before 1 a.m. Upon [...]
Chris Regnier

Dirty 20 Nerd Bar Opens Saturday, Bringing Ballwin a Dungeons & Dragons Hub

1 year 6 months ago
If you were opening a bar designed to be a hub for tabletop games and nerd culture, you might decide that there could be no better day to open for business than May 4. "May the Fourth be with you" puns have been an important play on Star Wars dialogue going all the back to 1979 and the reign of British Iron Lady Margaret Thatcher (yes, really). But as it turns out, that's not why husband-and-wife team Jason Moughton and Ruth Camburn are opening their new dungeons & dragons-focused eatery, Dirty 20 Nerd Bar (14051 Manchester Road, Ballwin), on May 4.
Sarah Fenske