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The United States Census Bureau sent out 120 million letters to tell us that the Census will arrive next week. The I-Team's Leisa Zigman checked into the cost of mailing those letters and asks why the government feels the expense was necessary.
Six billion dollars is the figure to remember. That's the amount of money that the U.S. Treasury says it owes on old bonds that were purchased and apparently forgotten in the mists of time.
The I-Team has confirmed several local car dealers have pulled out of the 'Cash for Clunkers' program because of the federal government's failure to reimburse them.
A Brentwood dating service is in the crosshairs of some area consumers and the St. Louis Better Business Bureau.
A group of activists, generally opposed to billboards, met at a downtown hotel Wednesday to talk about the dangers of electronic or digital billboards (DBB's).
A new policy promulgated by the St. Louis Police Department says officers, and even civilian employees, must not have visible tattoos.
An I-Team investigation into the St. Louis County Board of Elections reveals how salaried directors earning more than $100,000 a year are also receiving extra pay for extra hours on the job.
A St. Charles mother of four is hammering the courts and the judges and the lawyers over more than $18,000 in back child support her husband owes her but she cannot get.
When President Obama unveiled the Making Home Affordable Program nearly a year ago, he said it would help "responsible folks who have been making their payments" reduce their monthly mortgage bills and avoid losing their homes to foreclosure. But the I-Team's Leisa Zigman reports more and more consumer advocates are calling the plan a failure.
A lot of reaction is coming in to NewsChannel 5 following an I-Team report on AT&T and its new tax on 1,000,000 Missouri customers.
One million AT&T customers in Missouri might want to check their monthly bills for some new charges. In November, AT&T reached a $65 million settlement with about 300 Missouri cities. But as the I-Team discovered, the company will not be paying a dime; its customers will foot the bill.
More disturbing questions are being raised regarding the alleged underwear bomber and how he was able to get into this country. In the meantime, a national security watchdog wants the federal government to make its secret "no fly list" public.
National security watchdog wants no fly list made public
Government officials said the list has improved thanks to a program called 'Secure Flight.' That program is set to launch early next year. It is six years behind schedule and has cost more than $239 million.
The trustees of a rustic, wooded subdivision which straddles the St. Louis County line at Franklin County are unhappy about a cell phone tower proposed for their community.
The Southeast Missouri Regional Planning Commission had about $370,000 to hand out to companies and governments to help them cut diesel exhaust emissions.
Charges of fundraising ethics violations are surfacing in the race for St. Louis County Executive.
It's an I-Team report that is taking on a life of its own.
With the price of gold at an all-time high, NewsChannel 5 set out to conduct a little experiment. We wanted to know who would offer us the most cash for our gold.
I-Team follow up report
The Missouri Department of Natural Resources has completely changed its website message regarding St. Joe State Park.
From the moment you pay to park, it's clear that nothing at the airport is cheap. But the pricing policies and the city's annual earnings from concessions might
In February, Congress passed the $787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Its number one goal was to create and maintain jobs. In our ongoing effort to track stimulus dollars, NewsChannel 5 found some pretty low jobs numbers in two out of three local communities.
Missouri Governor Jay Nixon is saying nothing following an I-Team report detailing how his Department of Natural Resources issued a series of conflicting statements about lead safety at St. Joe State Park.
The I-Team is raising serious questions regarding whether those running Missouri's Department of Natural Resources are misleading the public about hazardous lead levels at one of the state's most popular parks.
The Missouri Department of Labor has collected about $800,000 so far this year from employed Missourians who claimed they were not.
Missouri's Lieutenant Governor is calling for the immediate cancellation of a state contract after the I-Team exposed an embarrassing issue for Governor Jay Nixon's administration.
If you own an iPhone or you are thinking about buying one, the I-Team has a consumer alert for you. Experts are advising that under no circumstances should you hold the device if you have sweaty or wet hands.
For many residents of rural Missouri, high-speed internet is unavailable, but a push by Gov. Jay Nixon could take DSL to outlying areas.
Some research and digging by the I-Team has discovered E. coli in drinking water at some Lake of the Ozarks restaurants. In addition, there are scores of businesses all over the state that provide well water to customers and those wells have been contaminated with the intestinal bacteria.
In NewsChannel 5's ongoing effort to follow stimulus dollars and see if jobs are really being created or saved in Missouri, a new expense caught the I-Team's attention.
I-Team-All businesses in the city of St. Louis must have a license.
But a recent state audit found hundreds of those businesses skirting the law while city officials have been turning a blind eye.
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