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Google Fiber Shows Signs Of Life, Promises 100 Gbps Service

2 years 11 months ago
Back in 2016, Alphabet executives made it pretty clear they had grown tired of trying to disrupt the U.S. broadband industry with Google Fiber. Executives were fired, hundreds of employees were laid off, and any real expansion in the project was effectively frozen. Alphabet and Google Fiber executives then just pretended none of this had […]
Karl Bode

What to do if you hit a deer with your vehicle in Missouri

2 years 11 months ago
MISSOURI — Because of wild animal movement in the fall, it is not uncommon to see more dead deer and other wildlife along the nearly 34,000 miles of state roads. The Missouri Department of Transportation reminds motorists that there are several options that can be taken when a deer/vehicle collision results in the death of [...]
Dustin Lattimer

Kingside Diner is coming to Lambert Airport

2 years 11 months ago
ST. LOUIS - Kingside Diner is coming to St. Louis Lambert International Airport. The addition of the restaurant to Concourse C was approved by the airport's commission on Wednesday. Paradies Lagardère’s proposed the addition of Kingside Diner. It operates two Vino Volo wine bars inside STL. One is in Concourse A and the other is in Concourse [...]
Monica Ryan

Missouri Man Gets Prison Time for $7.5M Health Care Fraud

2 years 11 months ago
A Missouri business owner was sentenced to 2  1/2 years  in prison on Thursday for his role in a health care scheme that submitted more than $7.5 million of fraudulent claims to Medicare. Jamie McCoy, 42, of Jackson, Missouri, pleaded guilty in November 2020 to three felonies before being sentenced last week. McCoy owned AE Wellness, a company that supplied durable medical equipment, including orthotic braces, to patients.
Ryan Krull

Saint Louis Public Schools picks interim superintendent, launches national search for permanent job

2 years 11 months ago
The Saint Louis Public Schools system chose an interim superintendent to take over the job after current Superintendent Kelvin Adams retires at the end of the year. In a press release Monday, SLPS announced Nicole Williams will take over the position Jan. 1, 2023, following Adams' retirement. Adams announced in August that he would be retiring at the end of the year. He has been the district's superintendent for 14 years. The release said Williams, who currently serves as Adams' chief of staff,…
Sam Clancy, KSDK

Lambert airport website restored after apparent cyberattack, flights not affected

2 years 11 months ago
St. Louis Lambert International Airport had its website targeted as part of a larger apparent cyberattack Monday, but officials said the airport was still functioning normally during the outage. Roger Lotz, a spokesman for Lambert airport, said the website went down early Monday but was restored at around 3 p.m. He said the outage did not affect any of the operations at the airport. While the website was down, the airport set up a hotline for people to get information and access services typically…
Sam Clancy, KSDK

Rapid Rise in Monkeypox Cases in St. Louis

2 years 11 months ago
After the first monkeypox infection hit the City of St. Louis in July, the number of infections has increased in recent weeks. The St. Louis Department of Health reported 52 cases of monkeypox in St. Louis on Thursday –– up from 36 two weeks ago. Cases in Missouri have stayed lower than most states with 128 total cases, the 29th highest in the country.
Benjamin Simon