Kite Tubing Ban Possible

A new form of water recreation has been quickly banned on some of Missouri’s lakes, and might soon be banned on the others. It’s kite-tubing, which involves people climbing onto a large triangular-shaped inner-tube thing with a fabric bottom and being...

Tragic String of Events Leads to Five Deaths

It seems a tragic string of events led to the death of five youth and the serious injury of another who had been playing in the Meramec River at Castlewood State Park in south St. Louis County. Sergeant Ralph Bledsoe with the State Water Patrol says two eyewitnesses...

Five Drown in the Meramec River

A tragedy is unfolding in south St. Louis County this morning as the State Water Patrol reports five youth have drowned in the Meramec River. Water Patrol Sergeant Ralph Bledsoe says details are sketchy at this time, but it appears six young people, ages 9 to 15,...
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