In the news: smoke from metro east salvage yard fire could be seen for miles, a regional atomic waste meeting next month for West Lake Landfill, private money paying for increased downtown police patrols, warnings over heat wave this week, getting COVID booster and flu shot, new brewery coming to O'Fallonm MO

The top local news with Michael Calhoun and the KMOX news team.

Stories include: Francis Howell School District parents showed up to voice their opinions about an anti-racism resolution. A new audit of the state's cannabis program is underway. THEY WERE prosecutors in Afghanistan before the collapse, going after the bad guys.  Now--some of the bad guys are going after them. 

Plus, Michael talks with Don Corrigan, of the Webster-Kirkwood Times, and Bill Reker, retired KMOX anchor, about Kevin Killeen's career, and we have Kevin's final Whole Nother Story.

In the news: A new group to fight violence in St. Louis, 16 sheriff's deputies back on the job, a homeless woman pitches tent outside mayor's office, the 'vertical city' plan for AT&T Tower is dead, Emerson Electric makes acquisition, school bus rule refresher, SLCC advanced manufacturing ground breaking, security plans for Metrolink advance.

In the news: Future jobs won't require a four year degree, manufacturing declines in St. Louis, tug-of-war over Manchester annexation, St. Charles water plant reopens, pulling the plug on coverage of St. Louis Chess Club, naming rights for City Park, AB heir says he could revive Bud Light.

In the news: a city charter school shuts down days before school starts, talking senior property tax breaks in St. Charles/St. Louis counties, one arrest in double-shooting by SLU campus, St. Charles water treatment plant still closed, St. Peters woman goes down for pandemic relief fraud, citizen can weigh in on how to spend Rams settlement money.

The top local news with Michael Calhoun and the KMOX news team.

Stories include: A deadly shooting right across the street from St Louis University. More issues with water in St. Charles City. It's time again to be careful around school zones. First steps in how the Rams settlement money will be used. Pot in quarantine.

Plus, Michael talks with CEO of St. Ann-based Save-A-Lot Food Stores, Leon Bergmann.

In the news: Another steel company makes a bid for U.S. Steel a day after another offer is rejected, a property tax break for St. Louis seniors gets another look tonight, Gov. Pritzker explains veto of nuke plant bill, the fight for assault rifles in Illinois not over yet, someone steals military plaques from Jefferson Barracks, pot products quarantined by state agency.

The top local news with Michael Calhoun and the KMOX news team.

Stories include: Steel workers in Granite City are hoping for the best. Expansion of I-70 moves ahead. Illinois' governor explains his veto of building new nuclear power plants. New life for a senior property tax freeze? More locations of Fields Foods unexpectedly close.

Plus, a small town Kansas police department raids the office of the local newspaper, and now it's national news with freedom of speech in dispute.

In the news: Gov. Parson to sign I-70 expansion bill into law, "bump & go" robberies and carjackings on the rise, another drowning at a JeffCo beach, US Steel/Granite City update, family entertainment complex in Branson update, popular local dog park could expand nationwide.

The top local news with Michael Calhoun and the KMOX news team.

Stories include: More questions about an unusual child abduction in Spanish Lake. Illinois Supreme Court upholds a new law banning many assault-style weapons and attachments. A shove at a grocery store lands a shopper in big trouble. 

Plus, events designed to give St. Louis teenagers something to do... and keep them out of trouble downtown... drew criticism from residents this week.