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Introduction
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Welcome to SciFest08
Learn more about this week's SciFest '08, the American premiere and a collaboration between Cheltenham Festivals and the Saint Louis Science Center. [more]
Biography of new police chief Daniel Isom
Colonel Daniel Isom joined the Metropolitan Police Department on August 29, 1988. He was appointed Chief of Police on Oct. 6, 2008. Colonel Isom is the city’s 33rd Chief of Police. [more]
Report shows big drop in illegal immigration
Read the study released by the Pew Hispanic Center. [more]
Peculiar deception rattles small town
Investigators were still trying to sort fact from fiction in the story of the fake DEA agent. [more]
AUDIO: Listen to the distinctive whooping cough sound
Listen to the distinctive whooping cough sound. [more]
Mom: Drunk, killer, victim
Just 26 minutes after she was born, Zreanna was pronounced dead, poisoned by the alcohol her mother drank that day. [more]
CDC on the flu
Learn more about influenza and how to prevent it from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. [more]
Sinkholes poses problem for Cape Girardeau
Just a few weeks ago, stunned work crews watched as the sinkhole swallowed several tons of rock they had poured inside in an attempt to fill the mammoth hole on Cape Girardeau's south side. [more]
Potbellied pig draws St. Charles council's attention
The Jones family says their potbellied pig, Sarah, is well-behaved, doesn't squeal loudly and stays inside the house most of the time. [more]
Boy, 13, is fatally injured playing catch
Tanner Boynton's death has been labeled a freak accident. And medical studies show the risk of death in youth baseball is extraordinarily small. [more]
Doctor called too free with potent drugs
Dr. Seth Paskon has not been charged with a crime for the deaths in Washington and St. Francois counties. But prosecutors say he has been churning out prescriptions for years, ignoring patients' warning signs and prescribing powerful doses of painkillers and anti-anxiety drugs without a legitimate medical purpose. [more]
Judge won't lift doctor's license over prescriptions
A judge rejected on Monday an emergency attempt by prosecutors to cut off prescription-writing authority for a Potosi doctor they say is linked to dozens of overdose deaths. [more]
Power loss traps visitors in the Arch
About 200 people are estimated to be trapped in the structure. There were no reports of injuries. [more]
Foreclosure pain spreads
Foreclosures are here, and they’re happening all over the region, decimating working-class neighborhoods in north St. Louis County, stalling redevelopment in south St. Louis and spreading fast in the manicured cul-de-sacs of St. Peters. [more]
It all starts with one missed payment
Sometimes homeowners and bankers can make arrangements. But often both end up in a process neither one ever wanted. [more]
Mokwa: I did nothing wrong
Police Chief Joe Mokwa has called a 4 p.m. news conference today in the wake of controversy over the use of cars from a lucrative towing contract with the city. [more]
Midwives without nursing degrees risk prosecution
The midwife is part of an illegal underground network in Missouri and Illinois helping women have babies at home. The two states are among 13 that prohibit or outlaw midwives without nursing degrees. But parents face no penalties for using them. [more]
Caretakers, lawbreakers: Center delivers babies legally
Two midwives work under doctor's supervision at this mid-Missouri clinic. The birth center is a low-tech independent facility for women with low-risk pregnancies, the only one in Missouri and Illinois. It's also the only place where non-nurse midwives can legally care for women. [more]
Prepaid funeral firm halts sales after Missouri probes practices
National Prearranged Services' website says the firm is based in St. Louis, but it doesn't give an address. The local phone number listed apparently is for a fax machine. [more]
Regulators try to reassure consumers who bought funeral contracts
Nationwide, consumers have invested $18 billion in prepaid funeral and burial contracts, according to the National Funeral Directors Association, based in Brookfield, Wis. [more]
Hornbeck's mom says foundation will survive
Shawn Hornbeck's mother said today that she and her husband take full responsibility for the failures that led the state to order the shut down of the foundation they formed after their son was kidnapped. [more]
Steelman aide's work, pay data don't match
Issue is whether he was on vacation while working on boss's political campaign. [more]
Steelman deputy paid by state while serving on her campaign
The deputy treasurer of the state of Missouri has been working full time for his boss Sarah Steelman's campaign for governor for the past six weeks. But he is still getting paid by taxpayers. [more]
Residents to get say on Arch grounds
After nearly 50 years of operating the same way, the Arch is opening up a suggestion box. [more]
Noteworthy — and now notorious — burial site will get park
A children's playground and park are in the works at one end of Greenwood Cemetery, but the rest of the St. Louis area's most notable African-American cemetery is continuing a decline of nearly a half century. [more]
Pine Lawn police may use golf carts for patrol
To save gas and better connect with the community, the Pine Lawn police chief wants to acquire two golf carts for patrol. [more]
Suspect charged in shooting of mail carrier
The suspect, Adrian Renard Mabry, lives with his grandmother in the 3400 block of Giles Avenue, along the mailman's route and one block east of where the shooting occurred Monday afternoon. [more]
Like mother, like daughter
Read Susan Weich's breast cancer journal, originally published Nov. 17, 1996. [more]
8/19/07: Exchange student takes first steps of year's long journey
Vinicius Caixeta gathered his homework from his locker at St. Charles West High School and wished he could have just one, easy conversation in Portuguese. [more]
10/28/2007: Exchange student takes U.S. to heart
More than two months removed from his home in Brazil, Vinicius Caixeta sported a black hoodie with the Mizzou logo emblazoned on the front one recent day at St. Charles West High School. [more]
12/24/2007: Through the magic of video, exchange student stays in touch with his family in Brazil
Read the third in a series of stories about Brazilian student Vinicius Caixeta. [more]
Missouri luring Canadian aircraft maker
Gov. Matt Blunt's administration wants the Legislature to give a Canadian aircraft maker the biggest tax incentive the state has ever issued to a business. Headed for House approval as early as today is a bill that would provide Bombardier Aerospace up to $40 million a year for 22 years to build a $375 million assembly plant near Kansas City. [more]
Cost of MetroLink suit is heavy
As its lawsuit against a team of contractors dragged for years, the Metro transit agency saw its legal bills balloon — at times topping $1 million per month. Among the bills Metro paid was a $624-a-night hotel room, and group dinners at high-end restaurants that topped $300. [more]
MetroLink changing security service -- again
Guards with Securitas Security Services will assume security work Monday in St. Clair County and will be phased in during the next several weeks in St. Louis and St. Louis County. [more]
Clay, others pledge to keep Delta Queen afloat
Rep. William Lacy Clay and other supporters of the embattled Delta Queen steamboat vowed Tuesday to work around the powerful chairman of the House Transportation Committee and keep the 1920s-era vessel on American rivers. [more]
SIUC chancellor is put on leave after 9 months
For the second time in two years, Southern Illinois University President Glenn Poshard is taking steps to remove the chancellor of the Carbondale campus. [more]
Corrections agency gets sympathy at hearing
Missouri's director of corrections got a sympathetic ear Wednesday from legislators looking into why his department didn't offer sex-offender treatment to an admitted sexual sadist years before he allegedly raped and murdered a Chesterfield woman. [more]
Suspect had sought help, never got it
Less than a month out of prison in 2003, convicted burglar Brian Walters told his parole officer a secret he'd carried for years. He had sexually assaulted a teen. He said it "felt wonderful." He fantasized about doing it again, about hurting women — and killing them. He said he needed help. [more]
Floyd Irons paid so they could play
One of Missouri's most successful high school basketball coaches has admitted that, for more than four years, he rented an apartment for two Illinois teens, bought them food and clothing, and even had a housekeeper cook and clean for them. [more]
Inquiry into player eligibility leaves Vashon's titles at stake
Vashon High School — former home court for coach Floyd Irons — now stands to lose as many as five of its 11 state championships. [more]
WU leader steers it to stratosphere
Looking at him now, it's hard to picture the Washington University chancellor as a thrill-seeking free spirit. [more]
Officer in trouble over motorist's video in South County
A car-mounted video camera — more commonly used by police than against them — captured a loud and threatening confrontation in this tiny St. Louis County community that left an officer on suspension and the whole world able to listen in. [more]
Young man taunted by policeman wants officer fired
Brett Darrow, 20, met with St. George Police Chief Scott Uhrig for more than an hour Tuesday afternoon and also filed a formal complaint against the officer, Sgt. James Kuehnlein. [more]
St. George video
See the video (on Google videos) that Brett Darrow recorded in St. George. Caution: Some of the language is raw. [more]
Missouri Special Needs Scholarship Tax Credit
Read the legislation introduced in the Missouri Senate. [more]
At home with Mary Jo Bang
National recognition may come to Ferguson native whose academic odyssey has taken her to WU. [more]
Area woman's beagle steals the show
For those who think high-end dog shows can be snooty affairs for the tuxedo set, plain-speaking Kathy Weichert offers an alternative. [more]
Area beagle wins hearts
Uno is the first dog in his breed to win the Best in Show prize at the Westminster Kennel Club competition, the world's most prestigious dog show. And many dog lovers couldn't be happier. [more]
Video of Uno the prize-winning Beagle
Watch this AP video of the champion dog from Belleville. [more]
Mother who shot at teens is charged with murder
Her son also is charged; boy, 15, in crowd was killed [more]
Investigator, other police clash over claim of serial killer's role in attack
MOUNT VERNON, Ill. — More than a quarter century after the knife attack on 72-year-old Ida White, police in this Southern Illinois city still insist Grover Thompson was the culprit. [more]
Sexual harassment case is the talk of Smithton
Court documents filed recently state the village is working on a settlement agreement with a female Smithton police officer who alleges the mayor stuck his hand down her pants. [more]
6 dead in shooting rampage at Kirkwood City Council
The last things Charlie Lee "Cookie" Thornton said to his family were "To God be the glory" and that he loved them. Then Thornton headed to Kirkwood City Hall, gunning down a police officer outside. He burst into the City Council meeting and opened fire. [more]
Feds officially abandon FutureGen project
Three-quarters of the money was to have come from the agency, with the rest from power and coal companies known as the FutureGen Alliance. [more]
Trooper in fatal crash was going 126 mph
An Illinois state trooper's cruiser was traveling 126 mph moments before it veered out of control, crossed an interstate median and killed two teenage sisters, a coroner's jury was told Wednesday. The jury ruled the deaths a "reckless homicide." [more]
Successful charter school group considers St. Louis
Read earlier coverage of KIPP schools, originally published Nov. 12, 2007. [more]
Foundation takes up case of Meramec student
Group demands to know why the student was disciplined without a hearing and for speaking out about a class. [more]
Execution nurse had criminal past
Before a Missouri executioner could go to Indiana in 2001 to help federal authorities put mass killer Timothy McVeigh to death, he had to take care of one detail: He needed permission from his probation officer to leave the state. [more]
July 30 2006: Behind the mask of the execution doctor
Revelations about Dr. Alan Doerhoff follow judge's halt of lethal injections. [more]
Stuffed doll was no hate crime
The FBI has ruled out racial hatred as the motive for hanging a stuffed monkey doll inside a city fire station, the agency said Thursday. [more]
Site plan for Westminster Christian Academy
View plans for the school's campus in Town and Country. [more]
Harrowing ride for F-15 pilot
Only a few seconds earlier, Maj. Stephen Stilwell had been in the cockpit of an F-15, practicing a dogfighting maneuver with another fighter plane. [more]
Washington University
Learn more about the school that will host next year's vice presidential debate. [more]
Riverview Gardens School District travel, 2003-2007
Scroll the records and click dollar amounts to see details on each trip. [more]
Bond calls for review of military discharges
Sen. Christopher "Kit" Bond said Thursday he will urge President George W. Bush to set up a special panel to review the cases of 22,000 Iraq and Afghanistan veterans who have been discharged for "pre-existing personality disorders." [more]
Graphic presentation of players in Mitchell Report
Click on a player and learn more about his situation. [more]
Law lags as taunts ruin lives
One night last week, well after most of the families in this quiet community went to bed, a half-dozen police cars sped down Waterford Crystal Drive, lights flashing. [more]
Jury urges death for killer of Kirkwood police officer
Kevin Johnson should pay with his life for gunning down Kirkwood police Sgt. William McEntee while the officer was on patrol in the Meacham Park neighborhood in July 2005, jurors decided Friday. [more]
Missouri's public counsel tells utilities regulators: 'They know somebody is watching them'
Lewis Mills heads the Office of the Public Counsel, a tiny state agency that has saved Missouri consumers hundreds of millions of dollars in utility bills. Lately he's been flexing his muscles. [more]
'Moment of silence' mandated for schools
As of today, Illinois public school teachers are required to start the day with a "moment of silence" in class, after an Illinois House vote Thursday that weighed in on the nation's continuing school prayer debate. [more]
Video of eight-limbed girl who underwent surgery
View this presentation from The Associated Press. [more] |
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