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Residents dogged by frequent flooding have finally drawn attention from city and state officials.

As extreme heat worsens, cities are exploring ways to reach isolated individuals before it’s too late.

Flaws in federal flood maps leave millions unprepared. Some are trying to fix that.

Listen to an episode about Clark’s St. Lous Natatorium on our Here’s History podcast with KDHX. There have been many entertainment and recreational venues in the region throughout the years, but the St. Louis Natatorium was in a class by itself. In the 1880s, Professor Bill Clark, an Irish immigrant and former championship boxer, opened …

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Terry Clendenny of Cottage Hills, IL joined the Real Rock Army today

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The Riverboats at the Gateway Arch award guests one of the best views of St. Louis’ working riverfront, the Gateway Arch and the city skyline.   Narrated by the captain

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Two buildings in River City Business Park (RCBP) are scheduled to go online this month. Developed by Green Street Development, River City Business Park is a new mixed-use land development located at 220 Carondelet Commons Boulevard. The development is a 725,000-square-foot business park comprised of five buildings with built-to-suit light industrial, warehouse, manufacturing, distribution, and […]

The Guardian's front page is currently promoting a story that says antibiotic resistance is associated with air pollution—in particular, with small particulates called PM2.5, which are produced mostly by fossil fuels in richer countries and by dust and residential coal burning in poorer ones. Unfortunately, when I clicked through to the study this was based ...continue reading "New study says air pollution causes most antibiotic resistance. Maybe…"

They say it’s happening all over the country.

Anheuser-Busch InBev has reached an agreement to sell eight of its beer and beverage brands, including Shock Top and HiBall Energy, to a global cannabis company.

The plaintiffs, most of them Indigenous youth, say the state’s highway projects promote greenhouse gas emissions and threaten their constitutional rights.

The state's health department is offering a chance for Missourians to become entrepreneurs in the marijuana industry. 

When we met Vanessa Downen in late July, the air conditioner in her Hazelwood Forest Apartment unit had been removed but not replaced.

Trash woes have now hit one of St. Louis's top suburbs. It's not an issue of too much garbage in Wildwood, it's too many garbage cans stacking up in people’s driveways, yards, or garages, along with skyrocketing garbage fees.

Two families are coping with tragedies. A 7-year-old was accidentally shot and killed in Berkeley. Hours later in Belleville, a 5-year-old suffered a fatal gunshot wound to the face.

“We all have bad days,” Faulkerson said. “That doesn’t mean you run somebody over.”