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One dead, four injured after crash near Defiance

1 year 7 months ago
ST. CHARLES COUNTY, Mo. - A St. Charles woman was left dead and four others were seriously injured after a single vehicle accident on Highway 94 early Friday morning. The accident occurred overnight a little before 2 a.m. on Highway 94, east of Howell Road, near Defiance. The accident involved a Honda Accord with five [...]
Nick Gladney

Charter Spectrum Begins New Charm Offensive To Address Cable’s Well-Earned Reputation For Sucking

1 year 7 months ago
Cable broadband giants like Charter Communications (Spectrum) and Comcast (Xfinity) generally don’t have to try very hard, because they enjoy a monopoly over broadband access across vast swaths of the U.S. That lack of competition traditionally results in high prices, spotty access, slow speeds, and some of the worst customer satisfaction ratings of any sector […]
Karl Bode

Lawsuit seeking to block Missouri ban on gender-affirming care for minors heads to trial

1 year 7 months ago
A lawsuit filed by transgender children and their parents challenging a one year-old Missouri law restricting minors from accessing cross-sex hormones and puberty blockers heads to trial in Cole County Circuit Court beginning Monday.  Plaintiffs are asking Circuit Court Judge Craig Carter, who typically serves in Wright County, to block the law’s enforcement. Pretrial briefs […]
Annelise Hanshaw

Friday, September 20 - Threats of violence disrupt area schools

1 year 7 months ago
Over the last two weeks, school officials and law enforcement have been bombarded with threats of violence against schools in the St. Louis region. St. Louis Public Radio’s Brian Moline spoke with reporter Lacretia Wimbley about the toll these threats are taking on students, teachers and law enforcement.

Some states want to make it easier to cancel subscriptions

1 year 7 months ago
When Tennessee state Rep. Bob Freeman, a Democrat, studied his cable and internet bill last year, he kept seeing recurring charges for app subscriptions he didn’t recognize. Turned out, his 14-year-old daughter had been signing up for subscriptions with introductory rates and never canceling when they rolled over to the full price. “I would question […]
Elaine Povich