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Wentzville Girl Hospitalized after Rare Mercury Spill

Home - Local, Local, NewsBy AP November 8, 2021 Leave a comment

WENTZVILLE, Mo. (AP) — An eastern Missouri girl is hospitalized and three households have been evacuated after a rare mercury spill. Jen Niswonger of Wentzville first took her four children to the doctor this summer when they all broke out in rashes. Her 11-year-old daughter didn’t get better. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that it…

Climate Change Rarely Mentioned in Missouri Senate Race

Home - Local, Home Slider FeatureBy News October 8, 2018 Leave a comment

JEFFERSON CITY, MO (AP) — Even with the Environmental Protection Agency predicting that climate change will cause more flooding and more extremely hot days in Missouri in the future, the issue has been virtually absent from the state’s U.S. Senate race. Incumbent Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill, and her Republican challenger, state Attorney General Josh Hawley,…