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Conor Sen suggests that lots of people view the economy poorly because interest rates have gone up for things like credit card debt and car payments: Food and energy as a % of disposable personal income is around where it was in the mid-2010’s. Personal interest payments as a % of income are skyrocketing: pic.twitter.com/LpVZMMUTIg ...continue reading "Are Americans unhappy with the economy because of high interest rates?"

Five Years Ago This week in 2018, the broadband industry sued Vermont over consumer protections and net neutrality, while a few states got into the broadband fight on the side of the FCC, and we noted how perfect the coordination was between the agency and telecom lobbyists. Another report showed that FOSTA increased sex trafficking, […]

A man was sentenced to four years in prison for aiding teenagers during an escape at the St. Louis County Juvenile Detention Center last year.

I caught some of Bill Maher's show last night, and midway through he began a rant about bureaucrats making it harder and harder to build anything. These "petty tyrants," he said, are constantly coming up with new rules that force you to jump through ever more hoops to get anything done. Maher is wrong to ...continue reading "Raw data: Construction over the past 50+ years"

A man admitted to supplying fentanyl that killed a teenager last year in Jefferson County.

Is our economy doing better or worse? See recent changes in local employment, regional inflation and more in these regularly updated charts and maps.

Get ready for an enchanting adventure in the land of Oz. A new pop-up bar experience for two months in St. Louis. 

Christopher Lee Simmons has been incarcerated at the Northeast Correctional Center since 1994. Originally sentenced to death, on August 26, 2003, he was re-sentenced to life without parole. 

The St. Louis County Police Department is currently looking into a deadly shooting that occurred in north St. Louis. This incident took place at 11:03 p.m. on October 27. 

Missouri, is home to a set of unusual legal and illegal statutes, some of which are bound to raise eyebrows.

"St. Louis needed a win. I think we're always fighting, all of us community members, we are fighting for something good in St. Louis," Danni Eickenhorst said.

Join the Central West End on Saturday, October 28 for our annual Halloween event! Festivities kick off with fun daytime activities for the whole family. Then, as the sun sets, […]

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Daniel Esteve comes from Brownsville, Texas, and now works as a sports host and reporter at FOX2 in St. Louis. He has always loved telling stories and has a strong connection to sports.

A homicide investigation is ongoing.

James S. McDonnell Foundation (JSMF) awarded more than $2 million over three years to the St. Louis area Regional Response Team (RRT). The grant will be used to build organizational capacity and refine the organization’s innovative, collaborative, rapid response infrastructure…

The man has not yet been publicly identified.