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St. Charles County Council Hears Final Recommendations From School Safety Report 27 Aug 2013 | 07:56 am
On Monday night, members of the St. Charles County Council heard the final recommendations from a task forced that focused on how school safety can be improved. Assembled in the wake of last year’s s...
Mo. Lawmakers Criticize Requirement That DSS Workers Must Also Provide Voter Registration Services 27 Aug 2013 | 04:32 am
The Missouri Department of Social Services (DSS) has again come under the microscope of an interim legislative committee looking into whether state agencies are operating efficiently.
Discussion: What Do New Scores Mean For The Future Of St. Louis Area Schools? 27 Aug 2013 | 03:11 am
The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) released its Annual Performance Report for Missouri school districts last week. It is the first year in which schools were assessed...
First Phase Of CityArchRiver Project Is Underway 27 Aug 2013 | 02:52 am
The Missouri Department of Transportation began making improvements today to the ramps from the MLK and Eads bridges to westbound Interstate 70. It's part of the $26 million park over the highway. Mo...
Sleepy, Southern And Segregated: What D.C. Was Like In '63 27 Aug 2013 | 02:38 am
Fifty years ago this week, when hundreds of thousands of demonstrators came from across the country to take part in the 1963 March on Washington, the city was not yet the cosmopolitan capital that it ...
This Wedding Had A Lot Of Clowning Around 26 Aug 2013 | 04:24 pm
The groom had on a big fake nose. The bride: an orange wig. And before the groom could run away, she reeled him in with a fishing pole. Makes sense, as they were two clowns and were married at Clownfe...
Survey Asks Britons How Often Bed Sheets Are Changed 26 Aug 2013 | 04:09 pm
The mattress company Ergoflex sponsored the survey. Among men, aged 18 to 25, more than half said they put fresh sheets on just four times a year. Half of those guys said they thought this was perfect...
MTV Video Awards Celebrate 30 Years 26 Aug 2013 | 01:44 pm
The MTV Video Music Awards were held in Brooklyn, New York, Sunday night. The video of the year trophy went to Justin Timberlake for "Mirrors."
97-Year-Old Birder Has No Intention Of Slowing Down 26 Aug 2013 | 01:44 pm
At the Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge in Texas is where 97-year-old Karl Haller has been counting birds for decades. Haller says he plans to keep going for as long as he can. He already has been co...
Wildfire At Yosemite Expected To Break Records 26 Aug 2013 | 01:44 pm
Firefighters are battling a huge wildfire at Yosemite National Park in California. Only 7 percent of the fire has been contained. Thousands of firefighters are pitted against it, with more on the way....
