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Crews hang from helicopter to install new power lines across Mississippi River

2 years 5 months ago
If you were in the Lemay area Monday, you may have seen men flying through the air tethered to a helicopter. It wasn't a stunt, it was power line construction. Crew members alternated between tethering to the tower and tethering to the helicopter, and in between, they installed key elements to the new structure. "The crews you see doing the work, I think they get excited about it," Construction Supervisor Adam McAllister said. "It takes a special individual to do that, I mean you are hanging from…
Tracy Hinson, KSDK

Imagining St. Louis Without Slip Lanes

2 years 5 months ago

There are many features on our streets that often go unnoticed when we’re driving, walking, biking, or taking transit. Roadway markings for construction or bike lanes, slabs of concrete in the roadway (or in St. Louis’ case, steel plates), and many other features are often just things most of us whiz past when we’re getting […]

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Sam McCrory

St. Louis area Starbucks employees file union elections

2 years 5 months ago
ST. LOUIS - The national push for Starbucks workers to join a union hit the St. Louis region. The Post-Dispatch reported workers at the Starbucks in Tower Grove South and another on Hampton Avenue just south of Forest Park voted to file for union elections. They are joining workers at the stores in Ladue and Bridgeton [...]
Monica Ryan

Today is Municipal Election Day in Missouri

2 years 5 months ago
ST. LOUIS - Tuesday, April 5 is Municipal Election Day in Missouri. Election leaders in St. Louis City and St. Louis County are both expecting a light turnout. County officials said some areas with hotly contested races could see more voters. The polls open at 6 a.m. and close at 7 p.m. The Rockwood School [...]
Chris Regnier

Sheena Greitens says she has photos, records to document abuse by former Missouri governor

2 years 5 months ago

Former Missouri First Lady Sheena Greitens says in a new court filing that she has photos and other evidence to back up her claims that former Gov. Eric Greitens physically abused her and their children as his political career unraveled. In a statement embedded in a court filing Thursday in Boone County Circuit Court as […]

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Rudi Keller