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GODFREY – Campus and community emergency response teams – including ambulances, fire trucks and a helicopter – converged on Lewis and Clark Community College’s Godfrey Campus Friday morning for a simulated HazMat incident. “We hold a mock disaster training exercise every few years to ensure the campus is prepared in the event of a real emergency,” said L&C Campus Emergency Management Consultant Chris Sichra. “This year, we were able to include students in the exercise, and give them some hands-on training for how to operate during a complex emergency incident.” L&C deployed its Emergency Operations Team at 10:23 a.m., and crews began responding to the area near the Hatheway Cultural Center. Godfrey Fire Chief Eric Cranmer, who served as incident commander, laid out the scenario. Godfrey Fire received a (mock) call about a HazMat incident involving chlorine, in which a new delivery person was involved in an accident inside Hatheway that

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URBANA – Crouched between rows of tomatoes and peppers tucked inside a high tunnel, researchers pluck insects off plants in the name of science. Because to catch a pest, you may have to release a predator. The flourishing local foods movement is driving more Illinois farmers to grow fruits and vegetables, using high tunnels to extend the growing season. All that fresh produce in an enclosed space makes insect outbreaks common. To help growers protect their investment, University of Illinois Extension is researching how to use predator insects to control pests. Bronwyn Aly , an Extension local food systems and small farms educator in Southern Illinois, knew local farmers needed a safe, efficient, and cost-effective way to deal with pests in high tunnels. This need prompted her to reach out to University of Illinois researcher Kacie Athey , assistant professor in the Department of Crop Sciences , for a solution. The question is, can other insects – their natural predators

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ST. LOUIS - Machine Gun Kelly will play St. Louis' Enterprise Center on Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2022, with various special guests. Machine Gun Kelly announces this international Mainstream Sellout Tour - a colossal 52 arena run across North America and Europe featuring an incredible roster of special guests including Avril Lavigne, Travis Barker, blackbear, Trippie Redd, WILLOW, iann dior, PVRIS, and 44phantom on select dates. The multi-platinum selling artist’s first-ever arena tour will also feature a special hometown stadium performance in Cleveland, OH at FirstEnergy Stadium, the largest venue in the city. The genre-bending performer has amassed over 15.5 billion streams online and sold over 10 million album units. Produced by Live Nation, the North American leg of the tour kicks off this June at Moody Center in Austin, making stops in Miami, Boston, Phoenix, Los Angeles, St. Louis and more before wrapping up in Cleveland at FirstEnergy Stadium on August 13th. The 15-stop European

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The Conversation - You probably clean your shoes if you step in something muddy or disgusting (please pick up after your dog!). But when you get home, do you always de-shoe at the door? Plenty of Australians don’t. For many, what you drag in on the bottom of your shoes is the last thing on the mind as one gets home. We are environmental chemists who have spent a decade examining the indoor environment and the contaminants people are exposed to in their own homes. Although our examination of the indoor environment, via our DustSafe program , is far from complete, on the question of whether to shoe or de-shoe in the home, the science leans toward the latter. It is best to leave your filth outside the door. What contaminants are in your home, and how did they get there? People spend up to 90% of their time indoors, so the question of whether or not to wear shoes in the house is not a trivial one. The policy focus is typically on the outdoor environment for soil, ai

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URBANA – Have you noticed the windowed packets of seeds at garden centers with brightly colored “seeds”? These pelleted seeds are small or irregular seed that have a specialized inert coating applied to improve planting, spacing, and germination. Often the coating, which increases the weight and size of the seed, is colored which aids in planting several varieties of seed in one tray, a row in a garden, or a field. Mary Fischer, University of Illinois Extension horticulture educator, says while pelleted seed was originally developed for commercial production with a mechanical seeder. Then, seed companies began producing pelleted seed for vegetables and flowers and seeds are now available at local garden centers and big-box stores. Pelleted seed has been used intermittently since WWI. The improved pelleted seed was introduced for cereal seeds in the 1930s by a British seed company, Germains. In the 1940s, the U.S. used several types of pelleted seed in reforestation

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Cassandra "Casey" Williamson should be turning 27 this year. Sadly, whatever hopes or dreams Casey and her family may have had for her life were cruelly snatched away nearly 20 years ago. One man, a family acquaintance, robbed Casey Williamson's family of all she ever could be.

This story was originally published by ProPublica. After learning from a ProPublica analysis that his southwest Missouri city is a hot spot of toxic air pollution, Verona Mayor Joseph Heck demanded that government officials look into the local cancer rate. Three months later, the state health department confirmed his fears: The rate of Non-Hodgkin lymphoma […]

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Casey’s General Store is denying allegations that the company’s pizza-delivery drivers are being shortchanged on their wages. The company, which operates roughly 2,300 stores in 16 states including Missouri, allegedly pays its drivers a flat rate of $2 per delivery, but doesn’t track drivers’ actual vehicle expenses or make any attempt to reimburse drivers for […]

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BALLWIN, Mo. - In an effort to help the unhoused in St. Louis City, and St. Louis county, Fit Body Boot Camp in Ballwin is hosting a fundraiser Saturday morning to help the St. Patrick Center.  Every month, Fit Body Body Boot camp tries to help a different charity - whether it's a local charity or [...]

Michael Daniels, a mayoral aide in the mid-1990s, is among 4 Democrats who have registered to run against U.S. Rep. Cori Bush. The filing deadline is Tuesday.

Rep. Jim Murphy, a south St. Louis Republican, says the ban is local government overreach

The first Category 5 storm to hit the U.S. mainland since 1992 caused $18.4 billion in damages in Florida, but advocates say FEMA red tape has slowed recovery for some Panama City residents.

More images from the collection of Emma Beauvais Thomas Grumley. This is the ninth post in that series. A particularly enjoyable part of this mission that I have set for myself is having had the opportunity to closely examine hundreds of original photographs with a connection to our community. The image quality of many of […]

Alena Simpson said she knew she had to do something. That's why she organized a supply drive for refugees.

(WHTM) - Taylor Hawkins, drummer for the Hall of Fame rock band Foo Fighters, has passed away, according to a statement from the band's Twitter page. He was 50 years old. The band's statement released on Friday evening said Hawkins's passing was "tragic and untimely" and that his "musical spirit and infectious laughter will live [...]

St. Louis City 2 defeated Rochester New York FC 2-0 in the Inaugural MLS Next Pro game hosted at the Hermann Stadium on Saint Louis University's campus. 

Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins has died at age 50. In a statement posted late Friday night, the Dave Grohl-led band wrote, "The Foo Fighters family is devastated by the…

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The father of 14-year-old Tyre Sampson, who was killed when he fell from an amusement park ride in Orlando, said he feels as though his world has suddenly stopped.