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The city manager previously retracted his resignation months ago, citing harassment because he is gay and interference from council members for doing his job.

The task force will look at whether regulations and building codes need to be updated to boost worker safety after the deadly tornado in 2021.

For a brief and interesting time, the New York Times employed a Public Editor to serve as a liaison with its readers. One of the most interesting of these was the fifth, Margaret Sullivan, who would go on to become a media columnist with the Washington Post and then, as of today, a weekly columnist […]

Guitarist Anthony “Top” Topham, a founding member of The Yardbirds, passed away Monday after a battle with dementia. He was 75. Topham, who adopted the name Sanderson Rasjid after joining the Subud spiritual movement,…

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Kansas City is the only major city in the country where the city’s elected leaders don’t control the local police department — a state-appointed police board does. Up until 2013, St. Louis was in the same boat.  However, the city gained local control of its police department after a 2012 statewide referendum.  Now 10 years […]

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Emergency crews are responding to a situation Wednesday afternoon at Delmar Boulevard and North 20th Street.

The St. Louis Convention and Visitors Commission has brought back seven positions it cut during the height of the coronavirus pandemic.

Sunday thru February 26 Orchid Show at Missouri Botanical Garden. Tickets Thru Feb 5th- Audubon Society Bows for Birds Challenge. Where: Missouri Botanical Garden, Forest Park, Lafayette Park, Bellerive Park, Powder Valley Conservation… Prizes include Tickets for Big Muddy Adventures, Alpine Shop, Cardinals Baseball… Start broccoli, brussels sprout, cabbage, leek, onion seeds indoors this week. … Continue reading This Week In Gardening & Nature →

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The Neiss family drove from St. Louis to Jefferson City on Tuesday, a trip they’ve made many times over the past four years. The reason is always the same: Legislation they fear will harm their transgender son. On the agenda Tuesday night in the House General Laws Committee were a litany of bills aimed at […]

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Friday the 13th isn't typically associated with good fortune, but one lucky St. Louis Poweball player won $100,000 when he opted to play on that day. The winning ticket was purchased at St. Louis' Joel's Benton Park BP, 1815 Arsenal.

ST. LOUIS — Missouri's nursing workforce has grown over the past two years, according to a new report, a hopeful sign for hospitals and nursing homes recovering from the worst staffing shortages of the COVID-19 pandemic. But despite those gains,…

St. Louis police have convened a small task force in response to a three-day crime spree across south city that left one woman dead and another injured.

The following map displays the observed snowfall quantities across the region.

The state of Missouri is in the middle of the United States. It is bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska. Kansas City is the state's biggest city, and Jefferson City is its capital.

Yet more astronomy today! I'm a believer in multitasking, so when I go out to the desert I bring both my telescope and my camera. While the telescope is doing its thing, the camera might as well be doing something too. Lately I've been playing with star trails, figuring out the best settings and exposure ...continue reading "Lunchtime Photo"

Missouri American Water is pushing for a 25% rate increase, a bump of about $150 a year for the average customer.

Brian Kowert, 72, admitted Wednesday to avoiding requirements to use minority-owned subcontractors on a development that received city tax breaks.

I don't subscribe to Bloomberg so I can't read all of Tyler Cowen's column this week about artificial intelligence. But here's an excerpt from his blog. The topic is ChatGPT, an example of a Large Language Model: I’ve started dividing the people I know into three camps: those who are not yet aware of LLMs; ...continue reading "AI is still not here. But it’s getting damn close."

I just wrote about Utah’s ridiculously silly plans to sue every social media company for being dangerous to children, in which I pointed out that the actual research doesn’t support the underlying argument at all. But I forgot that a few weeks ago, Seattle’s public school district actually filed just such a lawsuit, suing basically […]