St. Louis Morning Brief: Parasitic Diarrhea Spikes 400 Percent, Fire Station Flag Mystery Continues, and a Teen Shot in Road Rage Downtown

The St. Louis Morning Brief tackles a growing health scare as cyclosporiasis cases spike over 400 percent statewide, with Mark and Kim reminding listeners not to panic — cook your vegetables, don't buy into the hysteria. The upside-down flag controversy at Firehouse 35 continues to simmer with still no comment from the Fire Department and no clear timeline on when the photo was taken. Then a sobering local story: a 13-year-old boy shot in an apparent road rage exchange in downtown St. Louis, a stark reminder of how quickly things escalate on the streets these days. Rounding out the brief, the data center fight rages on with a lawsuit setback in Festus and New York becoming the first state to slap a moratorium on large-scale data centers — a fight Mark says isn't going away, no matter how many politicians try to dodge where they really stand. Real news, real St. Louis, real talk — that's the Marc Cox Morning Show. Coming up next: business with Nicole and In Other News. Hashtags: #MarcCoxMorningShow #StLouisMorningBrief #StLouisNews #PublicSafety #DataCenterDebate #Festus #FireStation35 #CommunitySafety #ConservativeTalk #FaithFamilyFreedom #CommonSenseConservatism #StLouisRadio