DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Cover crops top the list of tasks U.S. farmers are told will build healthy soil, help the environment and fight climate change. Yet after years of incentives and encouragement, Midwest farmers planted cover crops on only about 7% of their land in 2021. Many worry the practice will hurt their…
The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services this week has transferred $13 million to the Missouri Veterans Commission. The money comes from the state’s medical marijuana program. It’s the 5th transfer since the program was formed after MO voters passed an amendment in 2018 requiring fees and taxes from medical marijuana be used for…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Two Missouri men accused of assaulting police officers during the U.S. Capitol riot, including pushing bike racks that were being used as barricades into a police line, have been charged. Federal charges filed Monday in Washington, D.C., accuse 41-year-old Jared Luther Owens of Farmington and 49-year-old Jason William Wallis of St.…
LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — Authorities have launched a multistate search on land and water for a U.S. Army reservist who they say fatally shot 18 people at a bowling alley and a bar in Maine. The shootings in the city of Lewiston on Wednesday night sent panicked patrons scrambling under tables and behind bowling pins.…
The National Park Service is inviting the public to celebrate the day in 1965 that construction of the Gateway Arch was completed. This Saturday marks the 58th anniversary that the final piece of the Arch on the STL riverfront was put into place. There was a fundraising event there Thursday night, but on Saturday the…
The St.Louis Circuit Court is distributing money to ensure that people show up in court. The Court says the money is meant to help people awaiting trial, by connecting them with housing, job training, and mental health services, and to improve their lives so that once their cases are settled, they don’t end up in…
Russia’s foreign minister has proposed regular security talks with North Korea and China to deal with what he described as increasing U.S.-led regional military threats. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov made the comments Thursday during a trip to North Korea, where he met leader Kim Jong Un and his top diplomat. Details of Lavrov’s meeting…
The St.Louis Department of Health has issued a report on its first year operating it’s Behavioral Health Bureau. When the Department established the Behavioral Health Bureau, the goal was to connect those struggling with mental health or substance abuse to the care and resources that they need. Now, one year later they say they’ve been successful.…
WASHINGTON (AP) — An attorney for ex-Proud Boys national leader Enrique Tarrio says his defense team will review federal prosecutors’ reasoning for appealing his 22-year prison sentence in the U.S. Capitol insurrection. The Justice Department is appealing the length of sentences for the Miami resident and three other Proud Boys leaders convicted of seditious conspiracy.…
This weekend is the kick-off of what’s billed as the “1st ever St.Louis Food Festival”. Ballpark Village in downtown St.Louis is hosting the event on Saturday and Sunday. Food from over 20 restaurants and food trucks will be on site, and to encourage you to sample a wide variety, all food items are priced at $5 or less. There will be food demonstrations and cooking challenges, but food is…