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Parson seeks $2.2M to send Missouri troopers, soldiers to Texas for border duty

2 years 2 months ago
Sending Missouri state troopers and National Guard soldiers to Texas’s border with Mexico will cost more than $2.2 million, state officials told the House Budget Committee on Monday. Gov. Mike Parson is sending 200 soldiers and 11 Missouri State Highway Patrol troopers to work with Texas law enforcement at the request of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott. There are about 250 National Guard soldiers already in Texas operating under federal orders, Maj. Gen. Levon Compton told the House Budget Committee.…
Rudi Keller

St. Louis Should Be Very Worried About Tornadoes, New Study Finds

2 years 2 months ago
The Great Cyclone of 1896 killed at least 255 people after tearing through a broad swath of Lafayette Square, Compton Heights and Mill Creek Valley. More than a century later, it's still the third deadliest tornado in U.S. history. But the risk of tornadoes isn't just in the past, as the twister that hit St. Louis Lambert International Airport in 2011 should have made clear.
Sarah Fenske

Alderwoman's Plan to Target Reckless Drivers: Let Cops Boot Their Cars

2 years 2 months ago
A new bill introduced at the St. Louis Board of Aldermen would give police the power to boot the cars of drivers they deem “reckless.” Ward 8 Alderwoman Cara Spencer says the move is necessary to prevent more pedestrian deaths in the city. Spencer introduced Board Bill 221 Friday, February 23, at the aldermanic meeting where it was referred to the Public Infrastructure and Utilities Committee. The legislation states that the pedestrian fatality rate in the city is three times that of the national average.
Kallie Cox

Smino Is Spotlighting 5 St. Louis Artists — to Uplift the City He Can’t Quit

2 years 2 months ago
A ray of St. Louis sunlight catches Smino’s rainbow tye-dye jacket as he sits in the window of St. Louis SC’s SoMa house. Today, he’s complemented the rainbow with carrot-colored cargo parachute pants, oversized school-bus-yellow sneakers and sunglasses, and a purple crewneck. He’s covered his twists with a purple beanie with braids that swing as he laughs.
Lauren Harpold