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Severe setup possible leading into Tuesday afternoon and evening
Storms are currently training across southern Illinois, with flash flooding ongoing from Saint Louis down toward Mount Vernon. With additional rounds of storms likely through tonight, flash flooding is likely to develop. The current areas under a Flood Watch through Wednesday morning are in green below. This is mainly for...
Live updates: Heavy rain, flooding in St. Louis region | Weather Impact Alert
ST. LOUIS — Heavy rain and flooding have been weather concerns for the St. Louis area Tuesday. Tornado warnings expired in the region. A dam overtopped in Nashville, Illinois, causing flooding and evacuations. Roads were flooding in the region causing traffic concerns. This is a live blog of updates...
The city of St. Louis’ plan to make it easier to do cool things with real estate
Pick your hustle. Maybe it’s a vintage resale shop you want to open on Cherokee. Or a rental unit you want to create out of your garage in Dogtown. Or a slick new townhouse you want to build and sell in the West End neighborhood. These days, the likelihood that such endeavors will need a variance—an exception to the city’s zoning rules—is high. And that can require a hearing at the Board of Adjustment, letters of support (from neighbors and the alderperson), months of waiting, and possibly money, if you’re paying interest on a loan while you wait. And all this assumes you don’t give up.
St. Louis All Local AM: St. Louis shops for red light cameras but are they legal?
Attorney discusses what city must do to make new red light cameras legal, religious leaders criticize Sen. Hawley’s call for Christian Nationalism, St. Louis area has best hospital in state, former bank building now women’s business center
A professor’s past life: Richard Chapman
As a first-year student at Washington University in St. Louis, Sanchali Pothuru took an introductory screenwriting course taught by Richard Chapman, a senior lecturer in film and media studies in Arts & Sciences. She still remembers the first assignment. “We were supposed to think of people in our lives and...
MLB Draft Day 2 Picks
Blake is on vacation, so I am going to give you analysis on the picks the Cardinals made yesterday.... not. Yeah I’m not going to do that. What I will do is share who the Cardinals picked, information about them, maybe provide a scouting opinion from someone more qualified than me if I can find it, maybe a video of the player, I’m not really sure how much information is out there so I am not promising anything.
Business center opens at former bank building in STL
A business center has opened at the site of a former Commerce Bank branch in St. Louis. The Entrepreneurship and Women’s Business Center, at 4401 Natural Bridge Ave., houses the Women’s Business Center and the National Urban League Entrepreneurship Center. Some $650,000 in renovations were made to the...
Nonprofit shutters STL thrift store
The nonprofit Society of St. Vincent de Paul of St. Louis has shuttered a thrift store. Cool Valley, at 1225 S. Florissant Road, closed effective immediately. St. Vincent de Paul is reportedly dealing with financial issues.
St. Louis tick specialist dreads new invasive species native to eastern Asia (LISTEN)
Hikers in St. Louis County are being asked to help keep track of ticks, which can transmit many illnesses and allergies such as Lyme disease and alpha-gal. Brooke Dedrick, Vector-Borne Disease Prevention Specialist in St. Louis County tells Anthony Morabith her concerns over a new invasive kind of tick that’s popping up.
Heat-busting storms to bring heavy rain to St. Louis region Tuesday
ST. LOUIS – It has been a warm and steamy night. At around 2:00 a.m. Tuesday, it was still 87 degrees. It has been storming most of the night just to the north and northeast of the St. Louis region, but only a few non-severe storms have dropped into Macoupin, Montgomery, and Fayette Counties in […]
How a resurgence in affordable housing is reviving Jeff-Vander-Lou and north St. Louis
This story was commissioned by the River City Journalism Fund. In November 2023, a first-time homeowner closed on an affordable, fully rehabbed single-family home in St. Louis’ Jeff-Vander-Lou neighborhood. The home, distinguished by its inviting yellow door against a soft charcoal brick, stands unrecognizable from its former self —...
Flood Watch Issued for Southeast Missouri and Southwest Illinois Amid Heavy Rain Threat
St. Louis, MO – A flood watch is now in effect for parts of southeast Missouri and southwest Illinois due to heavy rain expected tonight. The National Weather Service (NWS) in St. Louis has warned that severe thunderstorms may develop, potentially leading to localized flash flooding. According to the...
Why a St. Louis medical organization will use drones to transport blood samples
A St. Louis-based organ transplant organization hopes to use drones to transport blood samples. Mid-America Transplant is an organ and tissue procurement organization that serves eastern Missouri, southern Illinois and northeast Arkansas. It currently transports blood samples and other organ donation-related matter by ground vehicle or aircraft, which can be time-consuming and costly. A trip to deliver blood samples by aircraft costs around $10,000.
St. Louis teen entrepreneurs are becoming world travelers — a bag of coffee at a time
“Good morning!” calls a cheery teenager from a stand at the Tower Grove Farmers Market. William Snow, a rising junior at Soldan High School, is working the booth for the Show Me the World program, eagerly asking passersby if they would like to learn more. “I’m not a very...
Local Red Cross volunteers respond to Beryl
Six St. Louis- based volunteers are on the ground in Texas, all are mobilized as part of the American Red Cross’ response to Hurricane Beryl. American Red Cross spokesperson Sharon Watson tells The Big Z those volunteers are primarily doing sheltering work or disaster assessment work. Your browser does...
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