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'The budget reflects the values of our community,' says St Louis County Executive Dr Sam Page, saying that, 'revenues haven't kept up with the growing costs,' of running St Louis County. The proposal would cut $25 million compared to last year's budget. He explained where supplemental funds could come from, including Rams settlement money. He says that a recession 15 years ago had led to the 'decl...

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Network TV's fall season has (finally) started. NCIS: New York is on CBS with LL Cool J partnered with Scott Caan, the original NCIS features a return of Michael Weatherly, and NCIS: Origins includes Mark Harmon.

FBI St. Louis Assistant Special Agent in Charge Dave Herr spoke with Megan Lynch. Inmates in Missouri are getting special decks of playing cards, cards which feature a cold case; an unsolved homicide, missing person or unidentified remains case. The hope is the cards may lead to new tips to solve the cases.

Jade Aubrey speaks with Robyn Wallen, a representative with RAISE Transit, about the pilot program.

KMOX Media Expert Julie Smith visits with Megan Lynch. More and more AI-generated responses are filling your feed with 'pink slime' websites, fake partisan operations masquerading as quality news reports.

Jim Murphy, Associate VP of Legal Advocacy with the National Wildlife Federation, he shares concerns that the 2026 waters of the United States proposal could have far-reaching impacts on drinking water. The government is accepting comments via Regulations.gov through the end of the week.

KMOX's Jade Aubrey visits with Robyn Wallen, a representative for RAISE Transit. MetroLink has started a new pilot program for the next 2 weeks, utilizing just one car. The same pilot program was run in 2023, but no report was ever written. Wallen says there are concerns from her group.

Debbie Monterrey visits with Genera Moore, a speaker at TedXStLouis. Moore talks about the economic driver in St Louis, arts and culture.

Soman Chainani is a NY Times Bestselling author whose books became a #1 Netflix film. He shares with Debbie Monterrey about moving from NYC to St. Louis when he fell in love with a goat farmer.

KMOX's Maria Keena visits with Jeff Cook, Chief Financial Officer with Lutheran Family & Children's Services. A recent executive order from Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe has established a task force to investigate the Missouri foster care system. About 14,000 children are in the Missouri child welfare system.

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KMOX Travel Editor Peter Greenberg, host of Peter Greenberg Worldwide on KMOX, says the US Dept of Transportation has released a new rule that would ease compensation requirements for airlines and delayed flights. Plus, a new cruise travel scam has popped up.

Senator Eric Schmitt's accusations, train whistles and an Alton strike made headlines this week. Megan Lynch looks back.

Joel Hensley, principal planner, St Louis County Planning Department, joins Megan Lynch. He's 'already thinking,' about the development opportunities that will occur when the new St Louis Zoo WildCare Park opens. 'We want to take that leadership role,' since a large portion of the area is in unincorporated St Louis County, 'but we recognize we need partnerships,' with the community, says Hensley....

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Debbie Monterrey visits with Missouri History Museum Public Historian Adam Kloppe and St Louis Post-Dispatch lead baseball writer Derrick Goold as 'St Louis At Bat' opens this weekend. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Dr. Kanika Cunningham, director of the Saint Louis County Department of Public Health, says the animal shelter in the county is 'way over capacity' of dogs and cats. She says adoptions happen during daylight hours, but says, 'we take in animals around the clock.' She says if you can't adopt, fostering an animal for a short period of time can help as well.

Best-selling author Lois Romano, a former columnist for The Washington Post and Politico,has taken a new look at Lincoln's widow, Mary Todd. 'History totally got her wrong,' says Romano, 'she played a monumental role in electing him, getting him elected.' “An Inconvenient Widow: The Torment, Trial, and Triumph of Mary Todd Lincoln" is available now. Roman's speaking this evening at the Abraham Lin...

Dr Myra Berry is the Superintendent of the St Louis Public Schools. 'Future Ready SLPS' is the name of the plan to consolidate schools in the district. They took a very large look at the district, and 'we worked backwards' starting with the high schools, which Berry called the 'core' of the districts. She acknowledged that all students and families will be impacted by the changes.

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KMOX's Debbie Monterrey visits with TV Guide's Matt Roush about several new shows debuting this week, including a new Thursday night offering on HBO.

KMOX Legal Analyst Brad Young weighs-in on a proposal from County Exec Sam Page to shift maintenance of arterial roads to local municipalities. He says state law says a, 'county cannot keep a road, and hand somebody else a bill.' Young also says the use of federal funds for 'public service' announcements that come close to political ads is a 'very subjective.' 'Where does public service end, and P...

KNX visited with PetSmart Charities President, Aimee Gilbreath about the need for donations to help pets.

Megan Lynch takes you inside a multi-generational woman-owned business, The Healthy Shopper in Concord Plaza in Sappington is owned by Heather Judd and her Aunt Jo.