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Hundreds of flimsy stop signs failing across St. Louis

2 years 1 month ago
FOX 2 has confirmed the city used cardboard-like stop signs as replacements for damaged or stolen signs made of sturdier metal or fiberglass for a short period last year. Hundreds of the flimsy cardboard-like signs remain in use and are failing.
Kevin S. Held

Kansas State Police Tell Court It’s Too Much To Ask For Troopers To Respect The Constitution

2 years 1 month ago
Given enough time and attention, informal parlance just becomes… parlance. And so it is for the Kansas State Police. For years, troopers have evaded the Constitution and applicable Supreme Court decisions to make the Fourth Amendment irrelevant. There’s a term for this: “Kansas two step.” Enough drivers have encountered it that it is no longer […]
Tim Cushing

Missouri announces lottery results for microbusiness cannabis licenses

2 years 1 month ago
The state began the process of doling out small-scale cannabis business licenses on Monday, announcing the winners of a lottery determining who gets to participate in Missouri’s microbusiness program. Six winners were selected in each of Missouri’s eight congressional districts. Of the six in each district, two will be microbusiness dispensaries, and four will be microbusiness wholesale facilities – where the owners can grow up to 250 plants. The Missouri Department of Health and Senior…
Rebecca Rivas

'Still good bones left': SK8 Liborius' co-founders optimistic about the future, despite fire's destruction

2 years 1 month ago
Two months after the former church that held SK8 Liborius went up in flames, the building assessment started Thursday morning in north St. Louis. At the end of June, a massive fire destroyed the historic landmark. The church, at 1850 Hogan St., was built in the 1800s. A decade ago, the vacant church, known as St. Liborius Church, was transformed into a skate park and art studio known as SK8 Liborius. At the time of the fire, St. Louis Fire Chief Dennis Jenkerson told KSDK the flames spread quickly…
Justina Coronel

St. Louis Brick by Brick

2 years 1 month ago
From BELT Magazine:  St. Louis is startling in its brickwork. Every home, it seems, is built from similar rust-colored bricks. Sometimes I wonder if, just as you can see the lights of New York and Chicago from the International Space Station, if you’d also be able to make out St. Louis’ distinct red-hue. Despite the […]
Dede Hance