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Yesterday I ran across an item about the high murder rate in Washington DC. I also happened to remember this, based on the research of Marc Edwards: Beginning in the year 2000, Washington DC experienced an episode of lead contamination in its drinking water that wasn't discovered until 2004. For five years, DC's kids were ...continue reading "Lead and crime in Washington DC"

U.S. Army Cpl. James Hurt, 25, died as a prisoner of war during WWII.

Lucia’s, which the late Lucia Tumminello began in 1981 as a small, handmade pizza business on The Hill, currently employs about 70 workers, officials said.

State Sen. Tracy McCreery is the latest guest on Politically Speaking, where the St. Louis County Democrat spoke with St. Louis Public Radio’s Jason Rosenbaum and Sarah Kellogg about her first year in office. McCreery represents Missouri’s 24th District, which includes cities such as Kirkwood, Sunset Hills, Valley Park and Creve Coeur. Before getting elected to her post in 2022, McCreery served two stints in the Missouri House: The first was for roughly a year in 2012. The second was from 2015 to 2023.

Lt. Governor Mike Kehoe awarded Missouri Public Safety Medals on Thursday to honor heroic and life-saving actions of 18 first responders last year.

SSM Health welcomed hundreds to the hospital for a celebratory gathering with a kid-friendly theme.

The Illinois Department of Agriculture says one of the winged adult insects was reported on Sept. 16 at an undisclosed location in the state.

“This is a chronic contaminant that takes a while to build up in your system,” Silex Mayor Lynne Luckett said. “It is a carcinogen. It can cause cancer.”

Mayor Nick Guccione recommended that residents hire local and be wary of potential scammers in the area.

Potential victims are asked to call an FBI hotline set up for the case.

Garrett Mitchell doubled, walked twice and scored in his first big league game since April, and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the St. Louis Cardinals 3-0 on Thursday.

The music industry stars aligned by pure happenstance when Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins came together for an impromptu recording session at Sun Records in […]

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A jury trial has been scheduled for Daniel Riley in connection with a February crash involving out-of-town teenager Janae Edmondson.

Police said Chris Faulkenberry went to the teen's job on a day he wasn't working and posed as his father to get his hockey schedule from another employee.