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Affinia receives $30K grant to develop urban garden
Affinia Healthcare is one of eight community health centers across the U.S. selected to receive a $30,000 grant to participate in the National Association of Community Health Center (NACHC) Innovation Incubator. The St. Louis-based community health center will use the funds to develop an urban garden to increase access to healthy foods in areas considered a food desert.
Franklin County agency to take part in earthquake training in St. Louis
The Franklin County Emergency Management Agency will be one of 40 groups taking part in an urban terrain emergency training involving an earthquake scenario later this month in St. Louis. Regional agencies are working with Task Force 46, a Lansing, Michigan-based Army National Guard group, that, when activated, “provides command...
Abortion surveillance isn’t new but monitoring has increased post Dobbs, activists say
Abortion surveillance is something former President Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee for president, has said is up to states. But for abortion providers and advocates, surveillance and monitoring by anti-abortion activists has long been the reality. And post-Dobbs many states are actively trying to expand government surveillance. “There is a lot of confusion in our patient population […] The post Abortion surveillance isn’t new but monitoring has increased post Dobbs, activists say appeared first on Maine Morning Star.
A Missouri Black Bear Got Up-Close-And-Personal with a Trail Cam
If you've ever witnessed a black bear in Missouri, you can attest to the fact that they are fascinating and curious creatures. A trail cam learned this the hard way as one of these apex predators took special interest in it and paid the price. I just saw this video...
Popular Missouri Kids Offroad Cycle Recalled for Dangerous Defect
As a kid growing up in Missouri, I always wanted one of these cycles. It's considered one of the best first offroad motorcycles for the young, but now there's an urgent recall due to a dangerous defect that puts many Missouri kids in peril. The United States Consumer Product Safety...
Unexplained Noises Heard Along Missouri’s Meramec River at Night
Something is stealing fish at night along the Meramec River in Missouri and if you ask the campers and fishermen, they'll also tell you they're hearing things they simply cannot explain. These reports are part of a fascinating new investigation of the heavily-wooded area of the Meramec River in Missouri...
Coast Guard temporarily shuts down boat travel on Missouri River
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - The U.S. Coast Guard has temporarily shut down traffic on the Missouri River across almost the entire Show-Me state due to high water levels and levee conditions. The Coast Guard has put a “safety zone” in effect from mile marker 22 – in St. Charles...
Missouri River crests near St. Charles
ST. CHARLES, Mo. -- (First Alert 4) - As the sun rose along the Missouri Riverfront in Frontier Park, early morning walkers, joggers and fishermen stopped to examine the floodwaters slowly receding from Friday’s crest. At its peak, the river hit approximately 30 feet on Friday afternoon. By Saturday...
Suspect slams into police squad car after eluding traffic stop
NASHVILLE, IL (KBSI) – A Ford Explorer was pulled over for high rates of speed on St. Rt. 127 on July 5 at around 10:30 p.m. The car continued Southbound reaching speeds up to 100 mph while entering Pinckneyville, IL. When entering the town the driver struck police officer’s stop sticks successfully deflating one of the tires. The driver swerved right striking a deputy’s squad car sending both vehicles off the roadway.
Missouri Couple Attacked at Nebraska Highway Rest Area
On June 19th, a retired couple from Missouri was attacked in their RV by a knife-wielding assailant at a Nebraska rest area. James D. Thompson, Jr., 22, of Elyria, Ohio, has been charged with first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder, multiple counts of use of a deadly weapon, first-degree assault, attempted robbery, and operating a vehicle to avoid a felony.
St. Louis man dies after stepping in front of SUV driven by High Ridge man
A St. Louis man died Wednesday morning, July 3, after he stepped into the travel lanes on South Hanley Road north of Sunnen Road in St. Louis County and was struck by an SUV driven by a High Ridge man, the Missouri State Highway Patrol reported. At 4:45 a.m., Marcus...
Person struck by train in Kirkwood
KIRKWOOD, Mo. (First Alert 4) - A man sustained serious injuries Friday evening from being struck by a train. Kirkwood Police said officers were dispatched around 10 p.m. to a report of a person struck by a train near the intersection of Big Bend and Geyer Roads. The amn was transported to a local hospital.
The power of a bullet: 20-year-old woman paralyzed after Maryland Heights shooting, collateral damage
MARYLAND HEIGHTS, Mo. — A shooting in Maryland Heights has created life-altering wounds in the body and the minds of multiple people. On June 29 around 6:30 p.m., 20-year-old Scarlette Russell was at the Comfort Inn in Maryland Heights on Lackland Road when her ex-boyfriend approached the car she was sitting in and shot her in the back, according to the Maryland Heights Police Department's report.
Troy project among biggest in county
One of the biggest new economic development projects involving Madison County’s effort to attract such growth, Unitech Precision Gauge, located at 7600 Commercial Drive in Troy, has progressed to the point that employee hiring has begun for the site as reported to the county board grants committee which met earlier this month.
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