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Huber, along with the rest of the 2022 class of Hall of Fame inductees, will be honored at .ZACK on November 4.

This story originally appeared in Investigate Midwest.  Two of America’s largest meat companies — JBS and Tyson Foods — have invested in a smartwatch application that allows managers to monitor workers’ movements. The startup behind the application, Mentore, claims to improve worker productivity while reducing injuries. The repetitive, fast and taxing work of cutting and packing protein […]

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Advance retail sales figures for September are out today. And just to be different, I'm reporting them adjusted for both inflation and population growth, annualized into a full-year spending figure. Ordinary newspapers will tell you that retail sales were flat compared to last month, but only this blog will take the next step and adjust ...continue reading "Real per-capita retail sales dropped 0.4% in September"

Florissant fire crews worked to carefully and safely rescue a kitten stuck inside an HVAC unit Thursday night.

When county officials showed up at her home, she said the animal control officer told her that even with six stray dogs on her property, he couldn't do anything.

Celebrate the life and work of Dr. Jane Goodall, who braved the unknown to provide a remarkable window into humankind’s closest living relatives – chimpanzees.

The post Becoming Jane: The Evolution of Dr. Jane Goodall appeared first on Explore St. Louis.

An upcoming event this weekend about an hour outside of St. Louis could be the site of a new Guinness World Record.

CHICAGO (AP) — AT&T Illinois has agreed to pay a $23 million fine to resolve a federal probe into its illegal efforts to influence former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, prosecutors announced Friday. The U.S. Attorney's office in Chicago said in a news release that under the agreement, the company admits that it arranged to [...]

ST. LOUIS, Mo. - Police were called to the 4700 block of Wren to investigate a possible homicide. The victim's body was found in the front yard. There are about 30 evidence markers on the porch and in the yard. This is a developing story. More details will be posted as they come into the [...]

Reparations is often something people hear about in an international setting — such as ongoing reparations that are paid to Holocaust survivors or reparations South Africa paid to apartheid victims. This weekend, elected officials — including St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones and Congresswoman Cori Bush — will gather for a “Reparations Block Party and Teach-in” […]

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On Sept. 16, Everything Is Golden, a solo exhibition by St. Louis-based artist Lizzy Martinez, opens as the first exhibition of the 2022-2023 Millstone Gallery

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The FBI said there have been seven reports of carjackings or attempted carjackings of Uber or Lyft drivers in East St. Louis.

The victim's name hasn't been released.

We’ve noted for years how “Big Telecom” is desperate to have “Big Tech” pay them billions of dollars for no coherent reason. This effort is what began the net neutrality wars, and, despite the fact it’s routinely dressed up as adult policy making, it’s little more than a lobbyist-fueled cash grab. The effort always starts […]

Later this month Lion’s Choice is going full Willy Wonka. From Monday, October 24 to Friday, October 28 five lucky customers will find golden tickets included their orders. However, unlike in the Roald Dahl book, these golden tickets will not deliver you to some awful fate like swelling into the proportions of a giant blueberry or being dragged into a trash chute by a group of squirrels.