WARREN COUNTY, Mo. - Emotions could run high Thursday night as a crowd is expected to attend a Board of Aldermen meeting focused on an asphalt plant that could be built in the area. Some residents are upset that city leaders approved the facility to be built near their homes. As it stands now, the [...]
ST. LOUIS - A new report indicates St. Louis is among the large American cities seeing declines in crime. The 26-page report was released by the Council on Criminal Justice, a nonpartisan think tank focused on criminal justice policy. The report examines 13 different types of crime across 36 U.S. cities. In St. Louis, the [...]
SIKESTON — Not everyone at Lloyd Gilmore’s funeral knew him well. One woman, who had ironed her clothes two days in advance, said she just wanted to be there for his family. School-age children, guided by their parents, approached his open casket in the sanctuary of Cornerstone Baptist Church and peeked inside. Other people looked […]
More than 200 American mayors are calling on the federal government to reverse changes that will cost states billions and push millions of people off the food stamp program. This week, the United States Conference of Mayors asked the U.S. Senate’s agriculture committee to reconsider the deep cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or […]
CARSON, Calif. (AP) — Lukas MacNaughton and Marcel Hartel scored four minutes apart late in the first half to break open St. Louis City's 3-1 victory over the LA Galaxy on Wednesday night. Simon Becher scored in the second half after Galaxy defender Emiro Garcés was sent off in the 49th minute with his second [...]
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - An Endangered Person Advisory was issued early Thursday for a missing teenager in Springfield. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol (MSHP), 15-year-old Max Fashbaugh was reported missing around midnight Thursday after he fled from his father's vehicle and had not returned home. MSHP described Fashbaugh as a multiracial boy who is [...]
Extreme thunderstorms are happening more frequently in Missouri. These often lead to flash floods.
Jana Rose Schleis reports on how the increased threat of rising water is changing the work of emergency responders.
ST. LOUIS - We have another beautiful day ahead of us Thursday with temperatures only in the low 80s. We should have plenty of sunshine around through the day but clouds may start to increase Thursday evening as our next system approaches. We could see some spotty showers impact mainly areas west of the Mississippi [...]
Researchers in Vermont infected 5,300 American elms with a lethal dose of Dutch elm disease. Those that survive could help them build the most genetically diverse, disease-resistant population yet.
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