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HOUSE SPRINGS, Mo. - No injuries were reported after a fire destroyed a house early Monday in House Springs. The incident occurred around 12:45 a.m. in the 6000 block of N. Lakeside Drive. Four departments and more than 25 firefighters responded to the incident. The house was believed to be vacant, officials said. No injuries [...]

ST. LOUIS - Thousands of students are expected back in St. Louis Public Schools on Monday as the district begins a new school year. SLPS says "Future Ready" is both a plan for the year and a longer-term effort to reshape the district as enrollment declines. SLPS projects about 16,700 students this year, which is [...]

Jennings High School students are set to return to classes on Monday following significant repairs necessitated by a major water main break during the previous school year.

The crash was reported about 12:20 p.m. at milepost 11 in Glen Carbon, according to the Illinois State Police.

Northbound Interstate 44 at Arsenal Street was shut down Monday morning after a pedestrian was killed on the highway, police said.

On May 19, Macon County workers learned they had made a mistake.

The city calls it the result of a series of unfortunate events.

CAMDENTON — Polls had been open a few hours on primary day in August 2022 when Sophia Shore called her dad with a problem. She’d spent the summer running a long-shot campaign for Jill Carter, a family friend challenging an incumbent Republican state senator with vastly more money and nearly every advantage Missouri politics could […]

It’s been nearly a month since Key Cannabis Dispensary employees in Springfield ratified their first collective bargaining agreement that includes wage increases, bonuses and additional time off to workers. And employees are feeling pretty high.  “Now that the contract has been ratified, we’re rocking and rolling already,” said Sally Powell, a retail associate at Key […]

Lawmakers are hauling the Missouri Children’s Division back to the Capitol on Wednesday. The hearing will cover some of the agency’s recurring trouble spots: relative foster placements, child fatalities, reunification rates and how the department has carried out laws passed since 2020. Steph Quinn published two stories this week that, read together, are an argument […]

Getting to the dentist or doctor is necessary, but often inconvenient for us humans. Now imagine if you lived at the zoo. From dental X-rays, ultrasounds to CT scans, St. Louis zoo experts work to not only ensure the health of ‌an individual animal, but also its entire species.

ST. LOUIS - All lanes were closed on a portion of Interstate 55 Monday morning after a person was struck and killed in south St. Louis. According to the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, the crash occurred around 5:10 a.m. on northbound I-55 at Arsenal Street. Accident Reconstruction crews were called to investigate, SLMPD said. [...]

ST. LOUIS - A comfortably cool start to our Monday with many towns falling into the 50s. Let’s watch for some spots of fog early, especially in the river valleys. Otherwise, mostly sunny to partly cloudy skies and highs only in the low 80s Monday. A few clouds overnight, wake up temperatures Tuesday in the [...]

Children of teachers are more than twice as likely to enter the education field than children of non-teachers. It’s rarer, however, for sons to follow their mothers into the classroom.

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Nearly 80 Missouri laws take effect Friday, touching rural speed limits, downtown St. Louis development, DUI penalties, schools and more.

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Headlines from the Aug. 24, 1926, front page include: Bank employee's books found to be $16,000 short