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1 dead, 1 seriously injured in Madison County crash
Ferguson-Florissant School District still recovering from the pandemic, superintendent says
The Ferguson-Florissant School District is doing its best to help students get back on track after using virtual learning during the pandemic. The superintendent says students are still behind.
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Kenyan Court First To Tell Meta It Can’t Walk Away From A Lawsuit Just By Claiming It’s Not From Around Here
A lawsuit filed over exploitation of content moderators will be allowed to continue, according to a recent ruling by a Kenyan court. Former employees of Meta sued the company in the Kenya Employment and Labour Relations Court last year, alleging being subjected to a “toxic work environment” while performing the often unpleasant task for removing […]
Block party kicks off history making weekend for St. Louis City SC
Soccer fans say it’s hard to believe the day has finally arrived. St. Louis City SC will play its first-ever home match at CITYPARK in St. Louis on Saturday.
Woman shot in St. Peters Schnucks parking lot
Police are investigating a shooting at a Schnucks parking lot Friday night.
Lincoln County community hosts fundraiser for 5 victims of deadly February car crash
Evacuation lifted in Winfield after potential hazmat incident
Missouri lawmakers back ban on Chinese ownership of land
The Missouri House voted Thursday to ban entities from China and four other perceived adversarial countries from purchasing land in the state, citing a need to protect farms from the possibility of falling under hostile control.
Cleanup underway of final 7 acres of historic St. Louis County cemetery
Metro Transit to reduce paratransit coverage area in St. Louis County
Metro Transit plans to reduce the area served by its paratransit Call-A-Ride vans next month.
Jury awards former St. Louis sergeant now public safety official $300K
Former police sergeant Heather Taylor sued the department for racial discrimination and hostile work environment.
St. Louis police in line for largest raises in recent memory
The deal, approved by police union members this week, calls for pay bumps later this year worth thousands of dollars per officer, up and down the seniority chart.
'It's all hands on deck': Businesses prepare for St. Louis CITY SC's first match at home
Lawsuit: Muslims praying at Missouri prison pepper-sprayed
Muslim men who were praying together in their housing unit at a Missouri prison were doused with pepper spray, physically assaulted by corrections officers and then retaliated against when they complained, according to a lawsuit.
Local organization hosts fundraiser for Janae Edmondson
When Anthony Taylor first heard of the Feb. 18 crash a few blocks away from the convention center that resulted in Janae Edmondson losing both her legs, he began thinking about a way to help.
No, Ukraine, The World Should Not Boycott A Video Game That Looks Kindly On Russian Communism
As we’re right at the 1 year anniversary of Russia’s unprovoked invasion of its sovereign neighbor, Ukraine, regular readers here will have followed along with all kinds of posts we’ve done on the subject, be it on tech-related items or some of the ways the video game industry has organized to help the country get […]
Public Meeting on March 13th
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on Monday, March 13th, 2023 at 5:00 PM, the Soulard Community Improvement District (the “District”) will hold a public meeting to consider and act upon the matters on the following tentative agenda and such other matters as may be presented at the meeting and determined to be appropriate for discussion at […]
Former Sgt. Heather Taylor Wins $300K Against St. Louis City
Today in St. Louis City court, a jury awarded Deputy Public Safety Director Heather Taylor a $300,000 judgement, more than five years after she brought a lawsuit against the city claiming she was retaliated against for speaking to the media. Taylor filed the suit in August 2017 when she was the President of the Ethical Society of Police, a union of Black police officers. Taylor's suit says that in 2016 she spoke to St. Louis Post-Dispatch columnist Tony Messenger in her capacity as ESOP president for an article Messenger wrote about how the department had turned off its Shot Spotter gunfire-detection technology because, as Taylor said, “the bill hadn’t been paid.”