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Kaitlyn Morningstar Signs Letter Of Intent With SIUE Women's Track Team, Discus Thrower Is Three-Time State Medalist

2 years 5 months ago
EDWARDSVILLE - Kaitlyn Morningstar, who finished on the podium three consecutive years in the IHSA Class 3A girl's discus throw, signed a letter of intent to compete on the women's track and field team at SIU-Edwardsville in a ceremony held Tuesday evening at Edwardsville High School Morningstar recently finished third in the discus in the state meet May 12-13 at O'Brien Stadium on the campus of Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, throwing 43.79 meters to take the bronze medal in the event. She finished on the podium in both her sophomore and junior years. Morningstar is an Edwardsville Female Athlete of the Month. Morningstar recently visited the SIUE campus and fell in love with it almost immediately, which helped make her decision to compete for the Cougars. "After going on a lot of visits after my senior track year, SIUE was one of the most recent ones I visited," Morningstar said in an interview following the ceremony, "and I just liked everything about it and that's

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EPA responding to chemical spill near St. Louis airport

2 years 5 months ago
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday said it was responding to the spill of a chemical that likely reached Coldwater Creek. The EPA said in a statement that trivalent chromium compounds were released from a Boeing Co. wastewater treatment plant. There were 1,000 gallons of wastewater released, according to the EPA. The treatment plant is near St. Louis Lambert International Airport. The EPA said Boeing stopped the release and started sampling water from Coldwater Creek. The Missouri…
Anne Stegen

Canadian wildfire smoke reaches St. Louis

2 years 5 months ago
Canadian wildfire smoke has reached near the surface across much of northern Illinois Tuesday afternoon.  An air quality alert is in effect for the metro St. Louis area and all of Illinois through Wednesday evening. The smoke levels near the ground will likely be the highest early Wednesday morning. During the day, the smoke should become less of a concern as the thickest concentrations move away or disperse. Those with heart and respiratory problems should limit the amount of strenuous activity…
Scott Connell, Kelsi Anderson

Air quality alert for St. Louis from Canadian wildfire smoke

2 years 5 months ago
ST. LOUIS -- Dense smoke that has been dropping south from Canada has made it into the St. Louis area. Visibility dropped to between 2-3 miles from the Canadian wildfire smoke. A warm front moving in today will help kick the thickest smoke to the east by afternoon. The worst of the smoke will be [...]
Angela Hutti

Black Missourians Fear Cannabis Microbusiness Licenses Will Fail Them

2 years 5 months ago
Jermasa Johnson-Dees has big plans. After operating a cannabis cuisine and edibles business, STL Spacetreats, Johnson-Dees hopes to someday open a dispensary under the same name in Missouri. That's why she plans to apply for one of Missouri's new microbusiness dispensary licenses, made possible by the 2022 constitutional amendment that legalized recreational marijuana in the state.
Monica Obradovic