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KDHX staffers go unpaid for months

1 year 9 months ago
The station’s most recent tax returns showed a 38 percent drop in revenue from 2018 to 2023, amid a series of controversies, including the firing of nearly a dozen DJs.
Sarah Fenske

Unite With Us Day displays value of volunteerism

1 year 9 months ago
The inaugural Unite With Us Day, a community-wide day of service to help our neighbors was a success! United Way of Greater St. Louis (UWGSL) united volunteers on Saturday, June 22, 2024 across the region, including several UWGSL supporters, board…
American staff

Man left dead after shooting at gathering in Glasgow Village

1 year 9 months ago
ST. LOUIS COUNTY - A man is left dead after a shooting occurred during a firework gathering in Glasgow Village Thursday night. The incident happened a little after 10:20 p.m. as officers from the North County Precinct responded to a call for a shooting that occurred on the 10200 block of Valley Drive. When police [...]
Nick Gladney

Missouri counties say they lose money housing people headed to state prison

1 year 9 months ago

The cost of holding someone in a Missouri county jail for those days and months before and after a conviction ultimately falls to the state. In 2024, the state spent about $50 million to reimburse counties for the cost. But it’s had trouble keeping up with that tab. That’s left counties stuck with most of […]

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Meg Cunningham

The Biden-Trump presidential debate was a disaster, but not just for obvious reasons

1 year 9 months ago

In the days following the Biden-Trump debate, news stories and Facebook posts introduced a new term for many — Gish Gallop — defined roughly as throwing out numerous arguments that are typically unsupported by facts making it difficult to respond. The debate strategy was named in 1994 for Duane Gish, a creationist advocate who was known […]

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Diana B. Carlin