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Madison County Fair wraps up this weekend
The Madison County Fair is winding down with demo derbies this weekend at the Madison County Fairgrounds in Highland. The derbies will be the center of attention tonight (Friday) and tomorrow, and family day wraps up the fair on Sunday. Fair Board member Chelsey Amman tells The Big Z the...
Local Man Gets Permit, With Conditions
MADISON COUNTY — Nathan Miller got what he was seeking from the Madison County Board at its most recent meeting, approval of a special use permit for him to operate a landscaping services business at 8140 Lebanon Road south of Troy, but with the requirement that he add bathroom facilities for his nine employees at the site.
Earthquake scares on Social Media
Jonesboro, AR – (JonesboroRightNow.com) – July 27, 2024 – Several social media users recently have been highlighting recent National Guard earthquake drills in downtown St. Louis. Many of these social media users have begun to raise alarm for a potential major earthquake along the New Madrid Fault line. Videos seen by millions claim seismologists are predicting a catastrophic, about a 7.5 magnitude, earthquake to happen in the next fifty years, one that could split the country in half, cause damage to nearly half of the country, and put large parts of the country underwater. Though the question remains: Is a country splitting earthquake expected to hit the New Madrid fault line in the next fifty years?
Local activists had major impact before, during, and after ‘The Ferguson Uprising’
The St. Louis American Comcast-NBC Universal Fellow Devored A. Horton was a high school senior when high school graduate, college bound 18-year-old African American, Mike Brown was shot and killed by white police officer Darren Wilson in his neighborhood in Ferguson, Missouri, on August 9, 2014. Horton reflects on Ferguson and the St. Louis region ten years later in this special St. Louis American series “Ferguson 10 years after.”
Woman injured in shooting at gas station on Tucker Boulevard
ST. LOUIS — A woman was injured after a shooting in St. Louis early Saturday morning. District 4 officers from the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department arrived at the scene of the Shell gas station at Tucker Boulevard and Convention Plaza. Police said they found a 25-year-old woman who...
Suspected arsonist arrested for setting fire to relative’s home
Kevin Straub, 41, has been arrested and charged with arson and illegal possession of a firearm after allegedly setting his cousin's house on fire while the victims were asleep inside, and then firing several shots into the house.
St. Louisians celebrate the beginning of the 2024 Paris Olympics
Communities across the Bi-State hosted watch parties for the Paris Olympic Opening Ceremony. It was festive, patriotic, but also rainy in Paris for the spectacle. American athletic legends like Steph Curry and LeBron James dodged the rain drops in France on July 26 and rode the waves of the Seine to commemorate the 100 years since the Olympics were in Paris last in 1924.
Trey Lipscomb scores run in Nationals' win at St. Louis
Washington defeated St. Louis, 10-8, on Friday at Busch Stadium in St. Louis, Missouri. Former Vol Trey Lipscomb started at third base for the Nationals. He went 1-for-4 in the contest and scored one run, while also reaching on-base after a walk. Lipscomb was selected by Washington in the third-round...
'It’s a stress release for the brain'; Wheelchair tennis players compete in championship this weekend in Chesterfield
CHESTERFIELD, Mo. — When Darryl Rahn is playing on a tennis court, “outside life doesn’t exist,” he said. Rahn, from Lincoln, Neb., has been playing wheelchair tennis for decades. “It’s a stress release for the brain, as well as a good sport,” Rahn said. “It is...
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