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The air quality you experience in St. Louis depends on your zip code
Why are certain areas in St. Louis more susceptible to poor air quality? A researcher and an environmental advocate discuss the history of environmental injustice in St. Louis when it comes to the air we breathe and highlight solutions that can be achieved both on an individual and systemic level. We also hear from a meteorologist about how St. Louis’ air quality has changed over time.
Meet the man who designed St. Louis’ best greenspaces
Landscape architect Ted Spaid, founding partner of SWT Design, has designed over 1,000 parks in the St. Louis region. Two of his most talked-about projects are the new basketball courts coming to Tower Grove Park and Forest Park. Spaid shares how he creates green spaces that are welcoming and satisfies the needs of people that compliments the flow of nature.
Twin babies found dead in childcare center bathroom, unanticipated delivery
CHICAGO — The bodies of two infant girls discovered in a bathroom of a Streeterville childcare facility Thursday night. According to police, the twin babies were found inside a garbage bag in the bathroom of a childcare center on the 400 block of East Ontario Street in Chicago's Streeterville neighborhood just before 7 p.m. Police [...]
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Unidentified Cop Under Investigation After Allegedly Assaulting Man. Facebook Post Lit The Town Up SOURCE:https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-courts/northwoods-police-officer-under-investigation-after-man-found-assaulted-in-grass/article_6a24b508…
Take a look inside St. Jude 2023 Dream Home Giveaway
An inviting front yard welcomes you to the 2023 edition of the St. Jude Dream Home Giveaway.
NetChoice Challenges Yet Another Ridiculously Bad State Internet Law
NetChoice has been quite busy the last few years suing to stop a wide variety of terrible state laws designed to mess up parts of the internet. It took on Florida’s social media content moderation law and won (twice). It took on Texas’ social media content moderation law and won at the district court, and […]
Walgreens Edwardsville distribution center to close, affecting nearly 400 workers
Walgreens plans to close its Edwardsville, Ill. distribution center, affecting 393 workers. The pharmacy and drug retailer filed a notice with the state on June 29.
St. Louis Microbrewery Tour - Rockwell Beer Company
Next stop: Rockwell Beer Company in the Botanical Heights Neighborhood.
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner changes leadership to single CEO from co-chairs
Global law firm Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP, one of the St. Louis region's biggest, is changing its leadership structure from firmwide co-chairs to a single global CEO.
$50K Powerball prize won in St. Charles
Senator Harriss announces billion-dollar transportation improvement plan for 56th District
EDWARDSVILLE – State Senator Erica Harriss (56 th -Glen Carbon) is pleased to announce more than $1.3 billion in highway improvement projects could soon make their way to the 56 th District as a part of a newly announced transportation improvement plan by the state on Friday. “Infrastructure is the backbone of our communities and it’s important we continue investing in critical resources like our roads and bridges but also looking at ways to improve the overall safety and scope of our roadways,” said Senator Harriss. The new $41 billion, multi-year statewide effort spans over the course of six years and is the largest in state history. The plan invests in various modes of transportation including highway, rail, transit, aeronautics, and marine. Notable projects included in the proposed plans include: I-270: $101.9 million for interchange reconstruction, 1.2 miles of pavement replacement and additional lanes, bridge replacement and bridge superstructure
Man accused of lewd act near children at Collinsville water park
A 32-year-old faces criminal charges after being accused of masturbating near children at a Collinsville water park.
First Friday Art Viewing at Soulard Art Gallery
The Soulard Art Gallery will be hosting First Friday art viewing Friday July 7 from 5-8pm. The event is free and open to the public. Visit the current POP art
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Former Missouri boarding school staffer facing sex crime allegations released after arrest
Scott Dumar, 46, was arrested by Bolivar police Thursday night in southwest Missouri.
Missouri's state capital, the most forgettable in U.S.
JOPLIN, Mo. — If you had just 10 minutes to name all fifty state capitals, do you think you would get most of them correct? Which ones would you forget and which would you remember? The folks at BetMissouri.com also had those same questions, and thought it would be interesting to see which state capitals [...]
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Please Explain Governor Mike Parson's Taylor Swift Tweet to Us
We know who Taylor Swift is, having not been under a rock the last two decades. We, of course, know all too well who Governor Mike Parson is. Yet somehow we have no idea what anything in this five-sentence tweet by Parson about Swift means.
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