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72-year-old man hit and killed by teen driver in Oakville

2 years 9 months ago
ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. - A 72-year-old man died Tuesday night when he was hit by a vehicle in Oakville. The incident happened at about 6:33 p.m. in the 3200 block of Country Hollow Drive. The man was taken to the hospital for life-saving treatment, but he died from his injuries. A 16-year-old remained at [...]
Monica Ryan

FTC Politely Asks Education Companies If They Would Maybe Stop Spying On Kids

2 years 9 months ago
If you hadn’t noticed, the U.S. doesn’t give much of a shit about this whole privacy thing. Our privacy regulators are comically and intentionally understaffed and underfunded, we still have no meaningful privacy law for the Internet era, and when regulators do act, it’s generally months after the fact with penalties that are easily laughed […]
Karl Bode

Woman shot in the hip in south St. Louis

2 years 9 months ago
ST. LOUIS - A woman was shot in the hip in south St. Louis Wednesday morning. The incident happened at about 7:30 a.m. in the 5100 block of Pennsylvania just off of Broadway. Police were at the scene. It is unknown at this time what led up to the shooting. FOX 2's Nissan Rogue Runner [...]
Mike Border

Missouri ranks 7th in electric vehicle use, but access to charging remains a key barrier

2 years 9 months ago

This story was originally published by the Kansas City Beacon. Beto Lugo-Martinez is a grassroots activist who advocates for clean air. A big part of his work is fighting the expansion of “gas guzzling” vehicles and making sure that historically underserved communities receive infrastructure updates, partly to encourage driving an electric vehicle in Kansas City. […]

The post Missouri ranks 7th in electric vehicle use, but access to charging remains a key barrier appeared first on Missouri Independent.

Meg Cunningham

1711 Locust has a new owner

2 years 9 months ago

Held by Koplar Properties since 2007, hopes for 1711 Locust in Downtown West were buoyed recently with the start of rehab of the Butler Brothers building across the street. The property was listed for sale for $100k (Koplar paid $385k in 2007 according to city records) and under contract in April. Now city records show […]

The post 1711 Locust has a new owner appeared first on NextSTL.

Richard Bose

St. Louis area leaders react to mass shooting at Texas elementary school

2 years 9 months ago
ST. LOUIS - St. Louis area leaders have been reacting to the tragedy in Texas. Multiple leaders including St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones, St. Louis County Executive Sam Page, and Missouri Governor Mike Parson have all expressed sadness regarding the horrific mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. An 18-year-old gunman killed 19 [...]
Chris Regnier