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The investigators criticized the jail staff’s actions in the days and hours before they died, according to reports that were released by the county this week. The internal affairs investigators wrote that the jail’s nurses and correctional officers responded to one inmate’s health crisis “without a sense of urgency” and violated another inmate’s “right to health care” by not responding to his medical needs. Read More St. Louis Theater Circle St. Louis Theater Circle Announces 2020 Nominees, Celebrates 8 Years Of Awards File photo | Durrie Bouscaren | Some St. Louis Hospitals Bar Doctors From Certifying Medical Marijuana Patients Politically Speaking: How The Board Of Freeholders Is Struggling To Start — And Trump’s Chiefs Tweet By Julie O'Donoghue & Jason Rosenbaum • 2 hours ago File photo I Carolina Hidalgo | On the latest episode of Politically Speaking, ’s Julie O’Donoghue and Jason Rosenbaum take stock of the events that made headlines this week. At the top of the list is the release of state Auditor Nicole Galloway’s audit of Josh Hawley’s tenure as attorney general — which had made waves in Jefferson City several weeks before it was publicly released. St. Louis Soccer Stadium A Bit Closer To Reality By Rachel Lippmann • 5 hours ago HOK City support for the Major League Soccer stadium in downtown St. Louis took a small step forward Friday, with the introduction of bills outlining the financing and development plans. “Major League Soccer could be huge for the city of St. Louis,” said Lewis Reed, president of the St. Louis Board of Aldermen and the lead sponsor of the two bills. “We know just by the initial matches at Busch Stadium that there’s a huge appetite for Major League Soccer.” Pesticide Police, Overwhelmed By Dicamba Complaints, Ask EPA For Help By Dan Charles • 6 hours ago Every summer for the past three years, the phones have been ringing like crazy in the Office of the Indiana State Chemist . Farmers and homeowners were calling, complaining that their soybean fields or tomato plants looked sick, with curled-up leaves. They suspected pesticides from nearby farms — a kind of chemical hit-and-run. It was up to investigators like Andy Roth to find the true culprit. Missouri Department Of Agriculture Has Hundreds Of Unresolved Pesticide Complaints By Eli Chen • 14 hours ago David Kovaluk | Missouri agriculture officials are struggling to address a backlog of complaints from farmers who allege that dicamba-based herbicide drift from another farm has damaged their crops. The Missouri Department of Agriculture has about 600 pending pesticide investigations. Some of them date back to 2016, the year that Bayer-owned Monsanto began selling its dicamba-tolerant soybeans. State legislators are considering a budget request the state agriculture agency made last week to hire more staff to help address complaints. First Ordained Presbyterian Minister Of Gun Violence Prevention To Speak In St. Louis By Marissanne Lewis-Thompson • 14 hours ago The Rev. Deanna Hollas The first ordained Presbyterian minister of gun violence prevention is headed to St. Louis to teach elected officials and parishioners about ending gun violence. Washington University and Webster Groves Presbyterian Church will host a weekend-long event that will include a lecture, sermon and workshop with the Rev. Deanna Hollas. Hollas was ordained a minister of gun violence prevention through the Presbyterian Peace Fellowship last year. Report Finds Cortex Is Stoking St. Louis Regional Economy By Corinne Ruff • Feb 6, 2020 Cortex Innvation Community In nearly two decades, the Cortex Innovation Community transformed a once-blighted, industrial part of St. Louis’ Central West End neighborhood into a bustling tech haven. A study of the district released Thursday found Cortex is bringing more money, jobs and development to St. Louis. Cortex commissioned Ohio-based economic development research firm TEConomy Partners last year to conduct the study, which looked at the tech district’s first 16 years. Luminary Collaborates With ArchCity Defenders For 'America's Mythic Time' Exhibit By Lara Hamdan • Feb 6, 2020 Courtesy of American Artist and the Queens Museum Artists are no strangers to political activism. Through captivating installations, they’re able to visualize complex themes that resonate with movements and social causes. This weekend, a new exhibit at the Luminary Center for the Arts, “ America’s Mythic Time ,” will take it to the next level with an unusual partner — ArchCity Defenders. But the collaboration isn’t really that far out. The two organizations have worked together closely for years, co-sharing spaces and political expertise, such as when the Cherokee Street-based gallery hosted ArchCity’s Pro Se STL event. Their pro se guides are used to help people learn how to interact with police to represent themselves in court. St. Louis Fire Department Officials Field Questions About Work With 'Live Rescue' TV Show By Evie Hemphill • Feb 6, 2020 Evie Hemphill | News crews haven’t had a monopoly on live footage of breaking news and emergency situations in quite some time. Among other innovations, the proliferation of cellphone video — especially video taken by bystanders during first-responder interactions with citizens — has been a game-changer in recent years for the public’s understanding of such events. Production companies including Big Fish Entertainment have also turned their cameras toward the real-life drama....