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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...
1 hospitalized after being shocked at Ameren substation in north St. Louis County
COOL VALLEY, Mo. — One person was hospitalized early Friday morning after being shocked at an Ameren substation in north St. Louis County. The incident happened sometime before 1 a.m. Friday at an Ameren substation at the intersection of Scoville Drive and Evans Lane in Cool Valley. Officials at...
St. Louis family hunkers down for Hurricane Milton just days after moving to Tampa Bay area
TAMPA, Fla. — "I haven't been able to sleep," Niadu Allen said. Allen was gearing up for possibly even more sleepless nights as Hurricane Milton pounded Florida Wednesday evening. "I can hear the howling of the strong wind. It's like the rain is just beating against the building," Allen...
$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.
One year later, the fence around St. Louis City Hall remains with no end in sight
It’s been over a year since a fence has been erected around City Hall and neighboring Poekler park after the grass became home to a tented homeless community. A spokesperson for the city said there is still no timeline to remove the fencing.
Remains of MIA soldier from Korean War returning to Missouri
Corporal Gerald "Jerry" Newton Wilson, a soldier missing in action during the Korean War, is returning to Missouri today, with a procession taking him from St. Louis to Camdenton, where he will be laid to rest with full military honors.
Fields Foods faces more lawsuits
ST. LOUIS — Shuttered St. Louis grocer Fields Foods is facing more litigation. Two new lawsuits have been filed against the former grocery chain. One suit, filed Monday by the Mid-America Carpenters Regional Council, claims Fields Food hasn’t made payments on a $500,000 letter of credit. The other, filed Sept. 16 by Leaf Capital Funding LLC, says Fields Food has defaulted on an agreement for the purchase of software and scanning systems.
The Save Lives Now! council developing plan to reduce violent crime
ST. LOUIS — The Save Lives Now! council met to go over some strategies to help in their region-wide initiative to reduce violent crime. The council is made up of city and county governments, police departments and other agencies that will all work together. From analyzing other cities that...
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