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Elliott Davis to retire after 45 years on FOX 2

1 year 10 months ago
Elliott Davis, a long-time employee of FOX 2, is retiring after 45 years of investigative journalism, during which he exposed government waste and sparked legislative changes, and is looking forward to spending time with his family.
Joe Millitzer

South Korean ISP KT Caught Infecting Torrent Users With Malware

1 year 10 months ago
You might recall that “way back” in 2007 Comcast here in the U.S. was caught throttling BitTorrent uploads and subsequently lying about it. Since BitTorrent was popular, hoovering up network resources, and posed a threat to traditional cable TV, Comcast execs thought their best approach would be to make an entire file transfer system less […]
Karl Bode

Illinois' gas tax hike makes it second highest nationwide

1 year 10 months ago
COLLINSVILLE, Ill. - Illinois' gas tax will hit 47 cents per gallon. It will be the second-highest in the nation. Only California charges drivers more, at 60 cents per gallon. But in Illinois, the tax just went from 45 cents per gallon to 47. This means the average driver in Illinois will now pay 184 [...]
Laura Simon

O'Connell's Pub is for sale

1 year 10 months ago
โ€œThe goal is for a group to buy the place that knows and loves the place, and wants the tradition to continue," owner John Parker Jr. wrote of the St. Louis institution.
George Mahe

Police pursuit from Missouri ends in serious crash in Illinois

1 year 10 months ago
PONTOON BEACH, Ill. - A police chase beginning in Missouri crosses into Illinois before ending in a serious crash. County police say that the incident all began a little after midnight in the Jennings area of north St. Louis County. The incident started when an officer from the City of Jennings Precinct attempted to stop [...]
Chris Regnier

Radium in groundwater near West Lake Landfill in St. Louis County forces more testing

1 year 10 months ago

Crews working to clean up the West Lake Landfill in St. Louis County detected contamination in nearby groundwater, forcing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to investigate whether radium might have left the site. In a periodic update to nearby communities last month, the EPA said it would add groundwater monitoring wells around the site, which […]

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Allison Kite