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Trump Co-Defendant

ATLANTA (AP) — Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is in court to argue for the revocation of the bond of one of former President Donald Trump’s co-defendants in the Georgia case related to efforts to overturn the 2020 election. In her first time appearing in court in the case since the indictment was filed…

Urban Fishing in St.Louis

Trout fishing season has begun, and to encourage fishing in urban areas, The Missouri Department of Conservation has begun stocking St.Louis area lakes with thousands of fish. The state’s STL Urban Fishing program has begun, the Dept. Of Conservation will be stocking nearly 40,000 rainbow trout from November until February in nine STL City and…

U.S.-China Relations

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — President Joe Biden says his goal for his upcoming meeting with Xi Jinping is to get the U.S.-China relationship on a “normal course.” The president made the comments Tuesday just before departing the White House for San Francisco, where he will meet with Xi and attend a summit of Asia Pacific…

Arch Grants Announced

Arch Grants has announced winners of this year’s startup competition. Arch Grants is a non-profit designed to both attract and retain entrepreneurs in St.Louis ,and to ignite economic development . 22 startups have been awarded a total of $1.9 million in grant funding and have pledged to base their businesses in STL for at least…

Grammys

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Grammy nominations have been announced and SZA leads the way with nine nominations. The R&B star earned record, album and song of the year nominations for her album “SOS” and her hit song “Kill Bill.” The Recording Academy announced the nominations Friday. Phoebe Bridgers and Victoria Monét closely followed with…

2022 Flooding in St.Louis

Volunteers from several states have arrived in St.Louis  this week for a project to restore homes seriously damaged in last summer’s historic record-breaking flooding.  It was July 26th last year that life threatening flash flooding hit STL  after a line of Thunderstorms dropped up to 10 inches of rain in just a few hours, killing at least one,…

Hangar Fire

TUSTIN, Calif. (AP) — Fire is raging in a historic World War II-era wooden hangar that was built to house military blimps based in Southern California. The fire broke out early Tuesday in Tustin, southeast of Los Angeles. The Orange County Fire Authority says in a social media post that allowing the massive structure to…

Youth Leadership

Students from one St. Louis High School are joining students from the Metro East this weekend to learn about leadership skills and community service. The Metro East Leadership Weekend Saturday and Sunday will bring together around 45 young black men in 8th thru 12th grades from 8 Metro East Schools, and this year students from…

Cover Crops

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…

MO Marijuana

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…