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1 dead, 5 injured in four-vehicle crash on Illinois Route 13

3 months 2 weeks ago
ST. CLAIR, Ill. - One person was killed and five others were injured Sunday evening in a four-vehicle crash on Illinois Route 13. According to the Illinois State Police (ISP), the crash occurred around 6:40 p.m. on Illinois Route 13 south of Red Ray Mine Road. One person was pronounced dead after the crash, ISP [...]
Nick Gladney

Musk’s Starlink Socks Customers With $1500 ‘High Demand’ Surcharge

3 months 2 weeks ago
For years I’ve noted that while Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite broadband system can be very useful for people with no other options (warzones, RVs, boats, rural Americans), the network has struggled to maintain performance as it grows into more mainstream markets, resulting in not only widespread slowdowns, but also the company socking users with massive […]
Karl Bode

Wak’a Garden

3 months 2 weeks ago

Begin Again: Wak'a Garden is the second installment in Laumeier’s Begin Again series, honoring the Park’s 50-year history of collaborating with artists and supporting new commissions and exhibitions. The organic, amphitheater-shaped sculpture, built […]

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Myranda Levins

Amendment 4 puts rural Missouri at center of fight over ballot power

3 months 2 weeks ago
Supporters of Amendment 4 say it would give rural Missouri a stronger voice. Antwann Rhodes says it would take one away. Rhodes lives in Waynesville, a Pulaski County town of about 5,600 just outside Fort Leonard Wood, where he settled after retiring from the U.S. Army. He is a Realtor in south-central Missouri and treasurer […]
Jason Hancock

Missouri’s ‘gray market’ gambling fight was never as gray as advertised

3 months 2 weeks ago
Every good hustle needs a snappy name, and for a long time Missouri had a beauty: gray market games. It rolled off the tongue and suggested a place between the lines, a zone the lawyers hadn’t gotten around to coloring in yet. The companies behind the machines in bars and VFW halls and convenience stores […]
Jason Hancock

Man shot, killed Sunday night in north St. Louis

3 months 2 weeks ago
ST. LOUIS - Police are investigating after a man was killed in a shooting Sunday night in north St. Louis. According to the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department (SLMPD), the shooting occurred around 10 p.m. in the 2000 block of Obear Avenue in the College Hill neighborhood. An investigation is ongoing. Details on the shooting [...]
Nick Gladney

Quiet weather stretch with gradual warming this week

3 months 2 weeks ago
ST. LOUIS - After last week’s active weather, we are getting a bit of break thanks to a big blocking area of high pressure across the upper Midwest. This pattern will actually shift the country’s hottest temperatures to our northernmost states. Some temperatures could be record breaking there. For St. Louis, Monday will be sunny, [...]
Angela Hutti