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How Zach Post Makes an Art of Breeding Cannabis

2 years 1 month ago
On a recent Saturday at George Washington Carver Farms, a room full of teenagers have a lot of questions.  About 10 had gathered at the nonprofit’s location in north St. Louis’ Fairgrounds neighborhood to learn about the cannabis industry.
Monica Obradovic

Single Mom Was Stabbed to Death at St. Louis Gas Station

2 years 1 month ago
Family members say the woman who was stabbed to death at a gas station in St. Louis last week was the single mother of an 8-year-old son. Natalie Stepney, 33, has been identified by law enforcement as the victim in a violent interaction at the Gas Mart at Delmar and Goodfellow boulevards last Monday.  A police incident summary says that officers arrived on the scene to find Stepney "unresponsive" and "suffering from multiple stab wounds." Booker T. Boyd, 52, has been charged in her death.
Sarah Fenske

Apple Realizes It’s Swimming Upstream, Now Supports California Right To Repair Bill

2 years 1 month ago
Eager to maintain a lucrative repair monopoly over its products, Apple has had a long history of bullying independent repair shops. Apple lobbyists have also falsely claimed that making its products easier and less expensive to repair would result in vast untold consumer privacy and security nightmares, turning states that consider “right to reform” legislation […]
Karl Bode

St. Charles County Council votes down controversial subdivision development

2 years 1 month ago
The St. Charles County Council on Monday voted down a proposal for a massive housing development along Highway DD. The council was met with loud applause by those in attendance when it voted unanimously during its regular meeting not to approve plans for the controversial 299-acre Tall Tree development in unincorporated St. Charles County. The development, which would have bordered the Busch Wildlife Conservation Area and Broemmelsiek Park, faced pushback from many local residents; on two occasions,…
Kelsi Anderson

St. Louis ends residency requirement for city employees

2 years 1 month ago
A more than century-old hiring practice in the city of St. Louis came to an end Monday, and Mayor Tishaura Jones hopes it will help fill the city’s more than 700 vacancies. Since the city’s charter passed in 1914, if you wanted to work for the city, you had to live in the city. The legislature changed that, and the residency requirement was permanently lifted Monday. Jones marked the moment with a press conference flanked by city employees to encourage people to apply for city jobs – giving…
Christine Byers