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Using an AirTag to track an adult without their consent is a crime, but it’s become an increasingly common way for parents to keep tabs on their own children.

A semi-truck driver was sentenced to one year in jail after pleading guilty to charges in an April 2023 crash that injured two Missouri Highway Patrol troopers and a Glendale police officer.

A St. Louis man awaiting trial for a murder in the city's Dutchtown neighborhood has been charged with sending threatening letters to a witness in that case and the victim in a domestic assault investigation.

From Mid Rivers Newsmagazine:  At the June 13 City Council workshop, Planning and Development Director David Woods presented a preview of four Planning & Zoning Commission (P&Z) items to be reviewed July 3. Asked after the workshop, Woods confirmed that all four of the items will be voted for approval at the P&Z meeting only […]

From St. Louis Post-Dispatch:  The city’s economic development office is taking over the job of deciding whether contractors meet guidelines for minority and women-ownership, ending a longtime arrangement that had outsourced those duties to St. Louis Lambert International Airport. The St. Louis Development Corporation Board is set to vote Thursday on a new three-year, $175,000 […]

A portfolio company of WILsquare Capital, a St. Louis-based private equity firm, has again expanded by acquiring another digital marketing agency.

From St. Louis Business Journal:  An industrial project in the works for years has advanced to the construction stage due to demand, according to its developer. River Valley Commerce Center, a $117 million three-warehouse speculative industrial project, received approval from the city of Maryland Heights in 2022. Although a groundbreaking for the project at 149 […]

The old track will be replaced with a new, larger track.

Police have identified the 72-year-old Eureka man killed Wednesday morning in a knife attack at a rest area in eastern Nebraska.

Sunset in Ontario. That's California, not Canada.

From MRN:  The Wentzville area is booming. It spans just over 20 miles and is home to over 47,000 people. As the city’s population continues to grow, so has the demand for residential and commercial developments. Just last month, Midas Hospitality celebrated the grand opening of TownePlace Suites by Marriott, alongside city officials. This four-story, […]

Billy Joel is getting ready to wrap his Madison Square Garden residency in July, and while fans got a taste of the show when his 100th concert aired on CBS…

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Four confirmed cases of tar spots have been spotted on corn this year in Missouri. Phyllachora maydis, a fungus, is the cause.

Alex Tabarrok points me today to a Washington Times story about rural broadband: Residents in rural America are eager to access high-speed internet under a $42.5 billion federal modernization program, but not a single home or business has been connected to new broadband networks nearly three years after President Biden signed the funding into law, ...continue reading "Rural broadband is rolling out on schedule"

From Intelligencer:  Edwardsville’s Public Works staff wants the city to amend an ordinance that controls residential solar panels to allow them to be taller, and in some cases, allow them in a resident’s front yard. The bulk of the June 13 administrative and community service panel was devoted to discussing these planned changes. Assistant City […]

If you found out that 500,000 books had been removed from your local public library, at the demands of big publishers who refused to let them buy and lend new copies, and were further suing the library for damages, wouldn’t you think that would be a major news story? Wouldn’t you think many people would […]

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WTWO/WAWV) — The Illinois State Veterinary Medical Association would like to remind pet owners to keep an eye on their pets during the Summer heat. “Consider if you had to live outdoors when the temperature gets hot outside, what would you do to try to keep cool?” asks Nicole Johnson, DVM, Pekin Animal [...]

Don Tracy sent a resignation letter on Wednesday.

A Sedalia man was in federal court today to be sentenced for asking a 14-year-old for sexually explicit photos.

A private equity firm with ties to St. Louis has closed on its planned purchase of Oberweis Dairy Inc. and launched what it calls a short-term plan for "rapid improvements" in the business.