09.29.2009 5:31 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Citing safety concerns, the Illinois Department of Transportation will close the Martin Luther King Bridge between Oct. 12 and Oct. 24 to convert the four-lane roadway into three wider lanes.
When it reopens, one of its two westbound traffic lanes will…
07.28.2009 1:18 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
The Gulf of Mexico’s dead zone is 3,000 square miles, smaller than the 8,000-square-mile projection. The dead zone is caused by runoff from farms and cities along the Mississippi River, which runs into the Gulf. The decrease in size is being…
07.27.2009 5:15 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Scientists who measure the “Dead Zone” in the Gulf of Mexico off the coasts of Texas, Mississippi and Louisiana report that this year it’s about half its average size of recent years. But even though it’s down to 3,000 square…
09.18.2008 2:42 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Lumière Place Casino and President Casino are very different, but owned by the same company. The Missouri Gaming Commission says business is down 54 percent so far this year at the President, which was closed because of high water.
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06.25.2008 1:00 am
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Guardsmen and engineers are working to keep one of the last local levees from breaking. The Mississippi River is expected to crest around 37.5 feet today in St. Louis.
Bird line suggestions:
- Go with the flow
- The crest is yet to come
- That sinking feeling
- Waterworld
Today’s Bird…
06.17.2008 2:14 am
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The rivers are getting high again — this time the Mississippi. Families and communities are working together to sandbag; the Weatherbird is offering his assistance.
Bird line suggestions:
- Current affairs
- River dance
- Crestfallen
- Wave runner
- Flow chart
- Deep and wide
Today’s Bird line: Levee madness
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