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U.S. City Safety Report: St. Louis no longer among top 10 dangerous cities
According to a new report, St. Louis ranked very low on the country's safest cities list, but not as low as other U.S. cities. Memphis, Tennessee, and Detroit, Michigan, bottomed out the list as the two most dangerous cities.
Air Force member celebrating wedding anniversary among dozens sickened in Shigella outbreak
FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS, Ill. — The St. Clair County Health Department is still trying to figure out what caused an outbreak of Shigella at the LongHorn Steakhouse in Fairview Heights. More cases have been linked to the Longhorn Steakhouse Shigella outbreak. At least 42 people have now become sick after...
Warm start to our October weekend but a chill is on the way
ST. LOUIS – Our gradual warming trend continues Friday. Not as chilly out the door, and it will be a warm Friday afternoon ahead. Highs will be in the mid 80s, 10 degrees about average. Mostly clear overnight; wake-up temperatures on Saturday will be around 60. Saturday’s highs will be almost 15 degrees above average, […]
St. Louis hires contractors to perform unwanted repairs, leaves 'absentee' owners with the bill
ST. LOUIS, Missouri — While St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones was welcoming the national conference on Reclaiming Vacant Properties to town at the Hyatt Regency Wednesday afternoon, her Building Division was implementing a new program targeting problem properties for mandatory repairs on the owners' dime. "It's no secret that...
Cahokia Heights mayor reunited with 7-year-old whose life he helped save
CAHOKIA HEIGHTS, Ill — During a city council meeting Wednesday, the Mayor of Cahokia Heights was re-united with the 7-year-old girl whose life he helped save during an asthma attack. A big crowd showed up to celebrate her. "I don't want to get emotional myself," Mayor Curtis McCall said,...
$450,000 on breathing exercises as St. Louis schools face huge deficit cause insiders to fume
ST. LOUIS — In north St. Louis, Shawntay Vaughn worries daily about leaving work early to pick up her daughter Jenna, a student at Sumner High School. Earlier this year, Jenna’s bus service was cut. Saint Louis Public Schools replaced it with a van service amid severe driver shortages — but they said it’s unreliable.
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