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These are nothing more than financial trickery that lets polluters shirk responsibility.

The media (both mass and social) are full of freshly minted authorities on Eastern Europe and the complexities of warfare.

It's fine to be anti-Russia right now. Hell, it's hard not to be. It's OK to express this by writing about it; boycotting Russian products; supporting sanctions against Russia; hoping Vladimir Putin gets frogmarched to The Hague; and so forth. But in the spirit of avoiding another Freedom Fries folly, there are some things that ...continue reading "Maybe we should rein in the anti-Russia stuff a tiny bit"

(Note: This is released by Associate Judge Ryan Jumper) EDWARDSVILLE - Following the announcement by Circuit Judge William A. (Bill) Mudge that he will not seek retention, I am excited to announce that I will seek to fill that vacancy in the upcoming 2022 elections. Let me be the first to congratulate Judge Mudge on his distinguished career as a public servant, and wish him nothing but the best in his future endeavors. It has been fifty years since Clayton Williams was first appointed an associate judge in Madison County, since that time there has not been a single black circuit judge or county-wide officeholder. Although my candidacy is historic, I’m not running just to be the first black anything, I’m running because the 3rd Circuit needs good smart people who care about and invest in this county to join its leadership. I’ve spent my career both in private practice and on the bench working with principled friends from all backgrounds and know that whatever

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Matt Akers of Potosi, MO joined the Real Rock Army today

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The police chief in Joplin, Missouri, says an officer who was among three shot on Tuesday “will not recover” from his injuries.

A man died after being shot in the head in north St. Louis Thursday night.

A fatal shooting happened Thursday night near Interstate 70 and Union Boulevard in St. Louis.

During a search, police said they found more than 23,000 images of child pornography on his desktop computer.

Betsy Faria’s daughter said we are not hearing her mother’s real story. Her mom is now being portrayed in a national TV series about Pam Hupp.

A long-time chemical engineer in the oil industry and a senior energy columnist for Forbes says it’s time people know the truth about what’s behind soaring gas prices.   

We’ve been talking quite a bit lately about consolidation within the video game industry. As is often the case in times of economic strife, the pandemic has led to large entities in the gaming industry gobbling up smaller entities. Microsoft acquired Zenimax. Then Microsoft acquired Activision Blizzard King for a wild amount of money. Soon […]

Homicide detectives are handling the ongoing investigation.

St. Louis baseball fans are rejoicing over the news the Major League Baseball lockout is over and the season will start in time for the St. Louis Cardinals home opener to be played on April 7. 

A crash has shut down the southbound lanes of Interstate 55 near Meramec Bottom Road in south St. Louis County.

A woman was grazed by a bullet during a shooting in south St. Louis Thursday night.

As climate change threatens native plant populations, freezers in a lab in Gray Summit, Missouri are helping to preserve seeds vital to potentially restoring communities of these plants.

     

Meg Englehardt, Seed Bank Manager for Missouri Botanical Garden, is guardian of these precious resources. What's involved with Seed Banking? Why is this (vitally!) important? And how does the Garden's work in this area contribute to biodiversity, overall? This Earthworms conversation digs into Seed Bank details.

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THANKS to Earthworms Engineer, Andy Heaslet, and to KDHX Production wizards Jon Valley and Andy Coco.

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Steep gas prices in the St. Louis area are hitting some residents, businesses and customers in the pocketbook.