Aggregator
Democratic Criminal Justice Reformers Did Well on Election Day
The Republican plan to win the midterms on racist crime messaging failed miserably.
Swifties Go Berserk Toward Ticketmaster
The ticketing monopoly may have messed with the wrong group of millions of rabid fans.
Altercation: The American—and Jewish—Divide Over Israel
My new book analyzes the 55-year-old rift, now grown to a chasm, in which the right’s remaking of and romance with Israel has detached young U.S. Jews from organized Judaism.
People in Business: Three VPs hired for new BWE office; Kwame, BEX hire
Mom’s House hires; Bryan Cave names partners; Carmody MacDonald adds partner; Alzheimer’s Association promotes
Hundreds show up for EPA meeting in St. Charles to question wellfield contamination
Looking for a Gym with a Sauna!
Dennis Hancock
St. Louis County Councilman-elect Dennis Hancock is the latest guest on Politically Speaking. The Fenton Republican talked about his win in this month’s 3rd District County Council race and his expectations for when he takes office in 2023.
Hancock will represent the council’s 3rd District, which includes municipalities like Fenton, Kirkwood, Valley Park and Manchester. He defeated Democrat Vicki Englund in what was the most competitive county council race of 2022.
Hancock will succeed Tim Fitch, a Republican who chose not to run for another term after his residence was drawn out of the 3rd District.
Lighting Up Gaslight Square
When a tornado tore through the bohemian neighborhood of Greenwich Corners in St. Louis in February 1959, it spelled the end for this up-and-coming St. Louis hotspot near Olive Street and Boyle Avenue in the Central West End. Over the previous six years, a few clubs and restaurants had moved in and turned this strip …
Taz DeLuca of Hardin, IL
Taz DeLuca of Hardin, IL became a Real Rock Hero in the Real Rock Army today
Residents link security videos to combat crime in their neighborhood
FOX 2 obtained home surveillance video of a gunman who police say was looking for potential carjacking victims in the St. Louis Hills neighborhood of south St. Louis just before 11 a.m. on Wednesday.
'Sleep Out' sleepers prepared for possible coldest night on record
About 80 people spent Thursday night sleeping in the bitter cold as part of the Sleep Out: Executive Edition benefiting the Covenant House Missouri.
BBB warns of online retail fraud ahead of holiday shopping season
Ahead of the holiday shopping season, the Better Business Bureau warned consumers about online retail fraud.
Families of fallen MoDOT workers fight for safety one year later
Relatives of Kaitlyn Anderson and James Brooks fear Missouri is no safer on the one-year anniversary of a fatal work zone crash in south St. Louis County.
Ukraine's school is helping Ukrainians across the country amid war
FOX 2 continues to follow a seminary in Lviv, Ukraine, founded and supported by a group of St. Louisans.
St. Louis Urban League and area food bank prepare to feed families for Thanksgiving
EPA host community meeting in St. Charles about well water concerns
Hundreds of people filled the Memorial Hall in St. Charles on Thursday to get answers about the city's contaminated water wells.
Army Corps tells public, Jana Elementary is radiologically safe
The St. Louis District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers invited the public to learn more about preliminary results from testing at Jana Elementary School during a public meeting at the Florissant Municipal Court building on Thursday night.
Appeals Court Calls DEA Drug Tests Into Question, Overturns Sentence Based On Expert’s Assertions
We all know field drug tests are inaccurate. The cheap, portable tests turn everything from diesel to humans ashes to contraband, resulting in the wrongful arrests of people who’ve done nothing wrong. Cases often get tossed once these substances are tested by drug labs, but the harm has often already been done. The faulty tests […]
stLouIST