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NWS Suddenly Issues Urgent Warning of Dangerous Heat for Missouri
We already knew that a heat wave was incoming for Missouri and much of the Midwest early next week, but now the National Weather Service is sounding the alarm that temperatures and the heat index are now expected to rise to dangerous levels. While we'll begin to feel the heat...
WATCH: Guy Swears He Has Video Proof There’s a Dome Over Illinois
This just in. You might be living in a real life Matrix. Don't believe me? A guy swears he has video proof that there's a dome over Illinois. This brand new video share made me chuckle a little bit and I'm not trying to give the guy who shared this a hard time. To say that I don't understand everything I see in the skies above Illinois and Missouri is an understatement. His video entitled "Dome spotted in Illinois!!" is interesting.
Drought conditions creeping into more of Missouri
The weekly drought monitor is showing dry conditions extending into Missouri and part of Arkansas. August has brought little rain to the Ozarks, and the ground is drying out as a result. With the new update, Western Missouri counties are now abnormally dry, while parts of McDonald, Newton, Jasper, and Barry counties have upgrade to […]
Dad lauds Mayor Curtis McCall for saving his daughter’s life: ‘I’m thinking, she’s gone’
Daughter motionless was the scariest thing that had ever happened to Jarnell Dukes. He told how, while on an errand with his two kids in the backseat on Sunday, his 7-year-old daughter, Kennedi, unexpectedly stopped breathing. She didn’t have her inhaler on her and was experiencing an asthma attack.
Eagle Award Nominee: Dual-sports captain to continue Volleyball career
Senior Katelyn Turley has accomplished a lot during her time at Webster Groves High School, including being a member of NHS, Spanish NHS, Spanish club, playing Varsity volleyball and lacrosse for four years, being captain of both teams this year, and co-editing the Echo Yearbook. Turley received an offer to...
For many Asian Americans, Ferguson unrest set them on a path of resistance and reflection
Like a lot of people, Ellen Lo Hoffman was shocked and disturbed by the shooting death of Michael Brown, a Black teenager, at the hands of a Ferguson, Missouri, police officer a decade ago this month. Hoffman — an assistant regional director for the national campus ministry InterVarsity Christian Fellowship...
Ferguson 10 years later: A third of white population is gone; incomes for all not keeping pace
FERGUSON, Mo. — This month marks 10 years since the death of Michael Brown Jr. in the city of Ferguson, and the protests and civil unrest that followed. In that time, Ferguson has undergone some significant changes. A Business Journal analysis of demographic and economic data from the U.S. Census Bureau shows a "mixed narrative," according to Saint Louis University sociologist Ness Sandoval.
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