Thousands are expected this weekend to attend the annual St.Louis Earth Day Celebration. It’s billed as the largest Earth Day Celebration in the Midwest and as many as 20,000 are expected Sat and Sun in Forest Park. Overall, the focus is on environmental stability, this years theme: Climate Action. Earth Day 365 Ex. Director Jessica…
HONOLULU (AP) — A new report shows that the head of Maui’s emergency management agency dragged his heels about returning to the island as wildfires ripped across the island last August. That came as a broader communications breakdown left authorities in the dark and residents without emergency alerts. The report released Wednesday says communications problems…
A bill sponsored by a Metro-area legislator is designed to combat Opioid trafficking. HB 2576 aims to address the escalating crisis surrounding deaths caused by potent opioids, including fentanyl, by strengthening penalties for trafficking the drugs. Sponsor David Casteel of High Ridge in Jefferson County says the surge in fatal overdoses of younger people makes…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A federal appeals court has ruled that West Virginia’s transgender sports ban violates the rights of a teen athlete. The 2-1 ruling Tuesday from the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the law cannot be applied to Becky Pepper Jackson. She has been taking puberty-blocking medication and publicly identified as…
Trailnet’s annual Crash Report for St.Louis City and County has just been released. Trailnet is a St.Louis based non-profit that works to improve walking, biking, and transit in the Metro area, and according to this new report, 2023 was the deadliest year on record. 646 were injured or killed while walking or biking in 533…
Reaction has come in regarding the death of O.J. Simpson after prostate cancer. He was 76. Simpson’s family announced the news on his X account. Relatives said he died Wednesday. The decorated football star was acquitted of charges he killed his former wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend, Ronald Goldman, but wound up in…
The Missouri Department of Conservation in conjunction with Open Space STL is looking for St.Louis area volunteers this weekend for one of the largest annual clean-up events in the Metro area. The Confluence Trash Bash is set for this Saturday at multiple locations in the City of STL and North County, where volunteers help clean…
PHOENIX (AP) — A near-total ban on abortions is set to take effect in Arizona. The Arizona Supreme Court says the state can enforce its long-dormant law making abortion illegal in all cases except when a mother’s life is at stake. Enforcement can take effect in 14 days. The ruling examined an 1864 law that…
A Bill sponsored by a State Representative from St.Louis County is designed to boost tourism with tax incentives on some sporting events. HB 1483, sponsored by Representative Brad Christ establishes a framework for incentivizing nonprofit organizations to host sporting events, which in turn would draw both visitors and revenue to MO communities. Christ says that…
By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press An early spring nor’easter is hammering the Northeast with heavy snow, rain and high winds, with some northern areas expected to get up to two feet of snow. Around 670,000 homes and businesses remain without power Thursday afternoon from West Virginia to Maine. Police say a falling tree in a…