We know that you listen to us on air and check our website for news and information about our region. We hope that you look at our website every day, but we know that's not always possible. So, once a week, on Friday, we will highlight some of the website's top stories.
Day to remember
Friday marks the 70th anniversary of D-Day, June 6, 1944. On that day, Allied forces began the push to end the European front of World War II by landing in Normandy, France. Thousands died that day. Those that survived are now in their 90s. St. Louis on the Air and Marshall Griffin talked to some Missouri veterans who were there.
The long and winding roads
This week, St. Louis, St. Louis County, St. Charles County and other collar counties turned in their preliminary lists of projects that could be funded over a 10-year period with the transportation tax. Except for St. Louis, the surrounding counties have all focused on roads.
St. Louis and St. Louis County have plans for nearly $1.1 billion worth of transportation projects if a statewide sales tax increase passes this August.
Climate change -- ecological and political
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has proposed the first-ever rules to cut carbon dioxide emissions from existing power plants. The proposal sparked immediate debate over the impact, especially in states such as Missouri that depend heavily on coal.
Every one of the region鈥檚 Republican members of Congress have come out against the EPA's proposals while area Democrats are split. The stark differences in the partisan reactions reflects the belief that curbing greenhouse emissions is a no-win issue for Democrats concerned about retaining control of the U.S. Senate.
Sch0ol may be out -- but plenty of school work remains
With a veto of the school transfer bill all but certain, Missouri lawmakers who worked on the wide-ranging legislation say they hoped a compromise could still be reached on using public money to pay tuition at nonsectarian private schools, but it won't be easy.
Though the new Normandy appointed school board won鈥檛 be precisely like the special administrative boards now in place for the Riverview Gardens and St. Louis schools 鈥� and the one in Wellston before that district was dissolved and attached to Normandy 鈥� it has the same basic premise: It removes power from an elected board and gives it to one chosen by and accountable to the state.
Science lab
Most people have heard about the undesirable side effects that chemotherapy has on the body of people suffering from cancer. There's balding, fatigue and loss of appetite, to name a few. Until recently, however, chemotherapy鈥檚 effects on the brain weren鈥檛 widely recognized. Now they are -- and the syndrome is called "chemobrain."
Professor Tim Wencewicz is trying to help patients who have resistance to antibiotics. In his lab at Wash U, he has a fridge with 10,000 strains of frozen bacteria that can be used to help develop new antibacterial medicines.
Our town
How do you see St. Louis? That was the question the Sheldon Art Galleries posed as it asked people to send their photographic answer for prizes and a chance to have their work shown. An exhibit of professional and amateur photos opens Fri., June 6 and reveals a love affair with the city.
