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KMOX Media Expert Julie Smith says fake shopping apps that allow the user to 'purchase' expensive items without actually buying or paying for them give the user a dopamine hit. Smith tells Megan Lynch how the site also shares user data from the interactions.

Parent alleges their special education student was not allowed to go outside for recess, missed P.E. classes, and did not receive specialized instruction time. We get more from reporter Jade Aubrey on the complaint and the Ferguson-Florissant School District's response.

'Just to be clear' in an email, is the most hated phrase in an email, reaching the top spot ahead of, 'per my last email,' as the most passive aggressive says Corina Leslie from Zero Bounce. She joins Megan Lynch with the full list of phrases you may have used, but are considered passive aggressive.

Statehouse reporter for Capitol News Illinois, Ben Szalinski, joins Megan Lynch following the mid-term elections. Newly re-elected Illinois Governor JB Pritzker released a several-hundred point plan just a day after the election. Is this a plan that will kick-start a Presidential campaign?

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Megan Lynch visited with AJ McNaughton,Communications Manager for the City of Crestwood, regarding that community's plans for an outdoor games complex.

'Americans have been very reticent to make long term bookings,' says KMOX Travel Expert Peter Greenberg. He says, 'within 24 hours,' of the midterm election, people are booking in advance, indicating people are more confident to book that far out.

In Case You Missed It, Megan Lynch recaps the stories that made headlines on KMOX for the past week. They include police drones, election results, the Millennium hotel & Steinberg Rink.

TV and film director Ken Kwapis is a Belleville native is well known for his work on 'The Office'. His newest film, 'We are the Shaggs', screens at the St Louis International Film Festival this weekend. 'I don't think anyone can be prepared to listen to The Shaggs,' says one of the people in the movie's trailer. 'I was completely stunned and puzzled,' says Kwapis of his first time hearing The Shag...

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SIUE is offering paid training for people who want to get to get their foot in the door of film and TV productions in the region. 'We are building connections,' says SIUE's Chair of Mass Communications, Suman Mishra. 'Our goal is to connect our trainees,' with the new production facility in Wood River, IL. She visited with Megan Lynch with the details.

Forest ReLeaf Executive Director Meredith Perkins joins Debbie Monterrey ahead of an event on November 11 in the Academy Neighborhood at 5055 Enright at 10am. The goal is to plant 100 trees. 'We are working in lockstep with City Forestry [Department],' and the Mayor's office to replant the trees that were lost in the tornado in May of 2025 at a 3-to-1 ratio.

Brooke Dedrick, Vector-borne Disease Prevention Supervisor for St Louis County says tires are 'prime' environments for breeding mosquitos, and not just in the spring and summer. 'Tires retain heat for long periods of time,' and water says Dedrick. Mice & rats also like the tires, they are 'prime micro environments,' for rodents. Tire collection event set for Monday, November 9, 7am-1pm 4100 Seven...

Brian Pieschel, Executive Director of Dogs for Our Brave, joins Debbie Monterrey. His group provides, 'professionally trained service dogs to veterans, at no cost,' across the country, 'It's a two year process,' and costs $50-thousand to train each dog says Pieschel. He's a Purple Heart veteran himself and says he made a career change to start his organization 2 years ago. November 8th is Sip & Sa...

Megan Lynch visits with ABC News Political Analyst Steve Roberts. Now that Democrats have a majority in the House and Senate, can they force an agenda-change by Pres Trump?

Laura Wolff is an instructor in economics at the SIUE School of Business and a member of the KMOX Business Team. She joins Megan Lynch with a look at how the public will encounter Anthropic as a public company.

'They can arrive on the scene way before uniformed officers,' says retired St Louis County Police Chief Tim Fitch. He now works as a police and security consultant, and joined Megan Lynch to explore the use of drones by police departments. St Louis Metropolitan Police just yesterday added drones to their force.

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Debbie Monterrey visits with TV Guide's Matt Roush, previewing a return of 'Black Dove', a 'tongue and cheeky spy thriller,' which returns after 2 years and features Kiera Knightly.

The new Byway Discovery Center at Great Rivers Park is set for a grand opening on Friday afternoon. Cory Jobe, President & CEO of the Great Rivers & Routes Tourism Bureau, tells Debbie Monterrey that the new center is located between Alton and Grafton on the Great River Road. Next spring, the group will break ground on a 55-acre park surrounding the center.

'The Democrats come in with an ambitious agenda,' says ABC News Political Analyst Steve Roberts. He talks about the big Democrat wins in the mid-term elections and what it means in Washington, DC over the final 2 years of the Trump regime with Megan Lynch. Will the Democrat-led Congress investigate the wealth directed to members of Trump's family and friends? Roberts expects so. (Photo by Finn Gom...

'Overall with the failure of Amendment 3 [abortion ban] to pass,' the status quo will continue to be the case says KMOX legal Analyst Brad Young. 'It is not a moot point,' says Young of the extra Dan Sullivan on the Alaska ballot. 'Realistically, this has never been prosecuted in the past,' reminds Young.

This week's Sound of Small Business features Killian Weir, operator of STL Sheds in Fairmount City, Illinois. He says Americans have a lot of stuff, 'we've got more stuff than mom and dad ever imagined. We've got the plastic snowman, we've got the plastic Easter eggs, they all gotta go someplace!' Visit STLSheds.com

​The work is being done by a 40-year-old University City nonprofit. We get the story from KMOX's Jade Aubrey and U City in Bloom's Executive Director, Jesse Gilbertson.

Saint Louis University Political Science Professor Steven Rogers is the director of the SLU/YouGov poll. He joins Megan Lynch following the midterm election nite. 'I think Missouri voters understood some of the questions,' says Rogers about the constitutional amendments. He points to Amendment 8, which actually changes the power to remove sheriff and hands it over to the Attorney General. 'We're s...