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Our highways are littered with electronic signs that provide us with information. Sometimes they're amber alerts. Sometimes they tell us about traffic conditions. Sometimes they urge us to get vaccinated. Most often, though, they tell us to drive carefully. But what messages work best? In Texas the signs tell you how many people have died ...continue reading "Scary traffic signs don’t always reduce highway crashes"

The company may want to reconsider its original plan to build a theme park in the middle of the United States.

GRAFTON - The City of Grafton celebrated Earth Day last week with its first annual organized trash pickup along the riverfront. Nick Hutchens, Grafton’s Director of Public Works, organized the cleanup day and coordinated with several volunteer groups to make the cleanup efforts a success. Children and teachers from several grades and schools attended the First Annual Earth Day Cleanup. The kids knew a lot about Earth Day, and they did a great job cleaning up the riverfront and in Girl Scout Park. The groups participating in the cleanup day were Grafton Third Grade Elementary, Re-New Edwardsville, and Jersey Community Middle School Student Council. The Jersey County Queens assisted with cleaning and painting of the back wall of Girl Scout Park. Nick has volunteered his personal time to organize and work on this project. "The Park project began with Nick’s vision of transforming this vacant city lot on Main Street into a public “take and leave” library with

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The report — called an "Economic Justice Action Plan" — calls for focusing the investment across three broadly defined categories: economic empowerment; equitable and inclusive development; and neighborhood transformation.

The Clayton investment firm, which launched in 2020, has expanded its portfolio with the acquisition a California company.

Steven Pursley has been making ramen locally through a pop-up concept before finding what he calls the "perfect" space for his first brick-and-mortar location. The key? Finding a space that was small enough.

Moonrise over Silverado Canyon.

St. Louis has scored 302 goals and is third in the NHL averaging 3.8 goals per game. Vladimir Tarasenko leads the team with 34.

ST. LOUIS - St. Louis County Police Crimes Against Persons detectives are currently investigating a homicide in the 4800 block of Cloverfield Trails Court which resulted in the death of an adult male. On March 30, 2022, at approximately 11:30 PM, St. Louis County police officers from the North County Precinct responded to a call for service for a shooting in the 3800 block of Cloverfield Trails Court. Officers located an adult male suffering from an apparent gunshot wound. The victim was transported to an area hospital for treatment. On April 21, 2022, the victim, now identified as Darius Monda, 31 years of age, of the 4800 block of Cloverfield Trails Court in St. Louis, Missouri 63033, succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced deceased at an area hospital. The investigation is very active at this time. Additional information will be disseminated as it becomes available. Please contact the St. Louis County Police Department at 636-529-8210 to speak with investigators

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Amy Harms is going public with sexual assault allegations against Congressional candidate and current Missouri state Sen. Steven Roberts.

In recent months, a lot of attention has been paid to private companies who assist governments with surveillance. Most of this has been focused on companies like Clearview (a company that scrapes the public web for data to sell to its customers) and NSO Group (an Israeli company that sells powerful cell phone exploits to […]

In January, a group of high school students from St. Louis was one 57 teams to win the NASA TechRise Student Challenge. With the victory, the local team could send one of its experiments to space.

Today on TAP: It’s unconscionable and probably unconstitutional to punish the Walt Disney Company for opposing Florida’s anti-LGBTQ legislation. But Disney’s private-government deal is its own scandal.

ALTON - A pair of vehicles collided at the intersection of 20th and Alby Street in Alton over the lunch hour on Monday, April 25, 2022. The accident was the second serious one of the morning for Alton Police and Alton Fire Department. Airbags were deployed in the crash. The status of injuries in the accident was not yet known. Traffic was being rerouted from the accident scene by Alton Police. More to come.

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This story was originally published by Investigate Midwest. After a series of E. coli outbreaks sickened more than 160 people who ate romaine lettuce in late 2019, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration launched an investigation. Months later, in March 2020, the agency announced its plan to prevent toxic E. coli outbreaks linked to leafy […]

The post E. coli outbreaks linked to leafy greens continue despite FDA, industry prevention efforts appeared first on Missouri Independent.

A woman died Sunday night after the car she was riding in crashed into a utility pole in the city’s North Riverfront neighborhood.

Authorities on Monday released the identity of the man who died during a fire in his home early Friday in Granite City.

St. Louis managed to pull out a 5-4 win against one of the NHL's worst teams in overtime, but games like the one Saturday night aren't going to work in the playoffs.