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A St. Louis County Jail supervisor asked guards to work alone. Then one was attacked.
County officials are considering disciplinary action after a whistleblower said a jail superintendent was flauting a policy meant to protect guards.
Fans of CITY SC get an assist from local designers
St. Louis fashion brand drops its first line of gear for Major League Soccer
Contractor for minir attic structural repair
New Missouri Law Would Make Temp Tags a Thing of the Past
Cars with expired temp tags are as common of a sight on St. Louis streets as Joy FM bumper stickers. But, according to Fox2News, a new state law is looking to do something about that (the expired tags, not the Joy FM stickers).
How to make lasting change in your workplace
Even when your work issues seem bigger than you, there is something you can do about it.
Sam Hunt's tour is stopping in St. Louis this summer
FOX 2 will be giving away tickets every day this week.
Weekly Events Thread 3/6/23 - 3/12/23
Hearing tornado sirens in St. Louis County? It's part of 2-day emergency testing
Nita Strauss rejoining Alice Cooper’s band for 2023 tour
Nita Strauss is back in Alice Cooper's band. The guitar virtuoso will join the "No More Mr. Nice Guy" outfit on the road for his 2023 tour after announcing she…
Missouri Republican state representative can’t defend her proposed K-12 ban on any teachings about sexual orientation and doesn’t know basic American history
Jury awards former ESOP president $300K in lawsuit against St. Louis
A St. Louis jury has awarded $300,000 to former Ethical Society of Police President Heather Taylor in a discrimination lawsuit against the city.
Taylor sued the city of St. Louis for damages in 2017, prior to becoming Mayor Tishaura Jones’ deputy director of public safety.
The lawsuit asserted that Taylor, who is African American, faced race-based discrimination while she was a sergeant with the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, including discipline, ostracization and targeted harassment…
Anywhere that you would trust as a car dealership?
Does the Urban League provide rental assistance?
Two people rescued from Meramec River flood
Crews rescued two people involved in a flood in the Meramec River Monday morning.
A St. Charles mom wanted one friend for her son. Thousands responded.
St. Charles mother's Facebook post seeking a friend for her 24-year-old with Down syndrome went viral with tens of thousands of responses.
In Selma, President Joe Biden vows to continue work on voting rights
President Joe Biden on Sunday praised the courage of civil rights activists and condemned efforts to restrict voting and attack the election process in a speech commemorating the 58th anniversary of Bloody Sunday in Selma, Alabama. In his 20-minute address delivered at the foot of the Edmund Pettus Bridge, where a law enforcement posse attacked […]
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Dutch Officials Warn That Big Telecom’s Plan To Tax ‘Big Tech’ Is A Dangerous Dud
For much of the last year, European telecom giants have been pushing for a tax on Big Tech company profits. They’ve tried desperately to dress it up as a reasonable adult policy proposal, but it’s effectively just the same thing we saw during the U.S. net neutrality wars: telecom monopolies demanding other people pay them an additional […]
Illinois students have day off in honor of Casimir Pulaski Day
Monday is Casimir Pulaski day in Illinois. Some public schools have the day off for the state holiday.
Monday, March 6, 2023 - Midwest farmers are using more cover crops
After studying satellite images, researchers have found the use of cover crops on Midwestern farmland has quadrupled over the past decade. But the crops that can help prevent erosion and give farmers an additional revenue source are still on less than 10% of farms.
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