In the news: Steve Ehlmann wants to pause implementing regional crime plan, opinions differ on how short SLMPD is from full force, spike in violence against doctors and nurses, Kirkwood PD says car-clouters hard to catch, two Republicans want women who have abortions charged with murder

In the news: violent crime in St. Louis less widespread says crime expert, Kirkwood police warn shoppers of pick-pockets and thieves, Sen. Hawley angry about Senate move to strip radiation money, investigation into slow response to Carlinville funeral home complaint, food bank says demand up but donations down

Total Information AM's Tom Ackerman and Megan Lynch spoke with the man at the center of those conversations. Thomas Abt is the founding director of the Center for the Study and Practice of Violence Reduction (VRC) and an associate research professor in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Maryland.

In the news: St. Louis Circuit Attorney Gabe Gore says he will run to stay in office, Radiation Exposure Compensation Act stripped from defense bill, MSD has new ED, COVID on the rise in county, marijuana workers want to unionize

Budtenders and other members of Missouri's booming marijuana business are the latest workers looking to unionize. Sean Shannon with the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union Local 655 spoke about their efforts this morning on KMOX with Tom Ackerman and Megan Lynch.

In the news: St. Louis Circuit Attorney Gabe Gore six months on the job, new report on affordable housing in St. Louis, north St. Louis state rep focusing on prison reform, students march at UMSL for official position on Israeli/Hamas war, Granite City Steel layoff update, Pfizer layoffs coming

During his first 6 months on the job, St. Louis Circuit Attorney Gabe Gore has been building a team of attorneys to chop down the sizable amount of pending homicide cases left behind by his predecessor Kim Gardner. KMOX was in the room this morning when Gore delivered remarks about the progress.

In the news: new statistics on who is committing crimes and who are victims, update on 911 dispatchers in city, updates on O'Fallon police shooting and city jail death, group wants to ban government from requiring vaccinations, Katie's Pizza reveals huge donation total to charity

KMOX recently told you how drone technology is being used to help engineers create multi-layered geospatial maps. Tonight, KMOX Virtual Consumer Editor Megan Lynch takes us to Saint Louis Community College's Florissant Valley campus where instructors are training the men and women who have their hands on the controls.

In the news: in O'Fallon and Lake St. Louis police shoot at gun-toting suspects, another death at City Justice Center, regional crime strategy meeting today, only warnings for Missouri's hands-free law, what people say they want from Rams settlement, Delmar Makers District welcomes food options