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Elder abuse reports in Missouri continue to rise. Experts still consider them an undercount

4 months 1 week ago
The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services received and investigated 43,208 reports of Missouri seniors and adults with disabilities being abused or neglected in 2025. That’s about 1,300 more than the year before. Tim Jackson oversees Adult Protective Services for the state and said the increase in reports is a double-edged sword. “Obviously, we […]
Rebecca Smith

Trump DOJ Trying To Protect Musk From Lawsuit Over Memphis AI Data Center Pollution

4 months 1 week ago
For a long time organizations like the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) have noted how Elon Musk’s xAI data center in Memphis disproportionately pollutes the air in minority neighborhoods. A joint lawsuit by SELC, Earthjustice, and the NAACP filed last April argued that Musk and friends didn’t even bother to get the necessary permits to […]
Karl Bode

Nationwide survey shows ongoing struggles for pregnant patients on Medicaid

4 months 1 week ago
A survey of more than 3,800 people nationwide who gave birth in 2023 and 2024 found those using Medicaid described worse outcomes than those on private insurance, that access to care remains limited for some, and that women often feel unheard and disregarded during pregnancy and labor and delivery. The Listening to Mothers survey, conducted […]
Kelcie Moseley-Morris

Wak’a Garden

4 months 1 week ago

Begin Again: Wak'a Garden is the second installment in Laumeier’s Begin Again series, honoring the Park’s 50-year history of collaborating with artists and supporting new commissions and exhibitions. The organic, amphitheater-shaped sculpture, built […]

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Myranda Levins

Officials to discuss Union-Lindell Bridge reconstruction plans

4 months 1 week ago
The Forest Park Advisory Board is set to meet Thursday to discuss plans for the reconstruction of the Union and Lindell Bridge near Forest Park, which involves a five-leg intersection over Forest Park Parkway and MetroLink tracks and has been the site of a fatal accident in 2018.
Nick Gladney

Sentencing set for man convicted of shooting two Hermann officers

4 months 1 week ago
FRANKLIN COUNTY, Mo. - A man is set to be sentenced in Franklin County Thursday after being convicted of killing a Hermann police officer and severely injuring another. Kenneth Simpson was found guilty in January of first-degree murder and eight additional counts related to the 2023 shooting death of Detective Sgt. Mason Griffith and the [...]
Nick Gladney

Missouri voters passed a sales tax cap. Under Amendment 4, it would have failed

4 months 1 week ago
Missouri voters approved a constitutional amendment in 2016 barring state and local governments from imposing new sales taxes on most services — a measure its backers pitched as protection against future taxes on haircuts, car repairs, childcare and other everyday expenses. It passed with nearly 57% of the vote. Under a proposal on the Aug. […]
Jason Hancock

Lingering showers in the wake of our cold front, drier to end the week

4 months 1 week ago
ST. LOUIS - While the gustiest winds and the biggest storm threat are gone, we are still being impacted by a cold front settling south across the St. Louis regions. The chance for storms Thursday will linger through daybreak south of I-44 in MO and I-64 in Illinois. Then, this afternoon, we could see some [...]
Angela Hutti