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It may still feel like winter in Missouri, but spring is just a few weeks away. One early sign of the season: Hummingbirds are already on the move in the United States and could make their return to Show-Me State earlier than usual this year.

One of the species calling the river home is the endangered eastern hellbender, the largest salamander in North America by weight.

The live chat starts at 1 p.m. on Wednesday.

Local municipal leaders raised concerns about the “broad scale and scope” of the county's 9% budget cuts.

On display at the ever-popular orchid show, the Missouri Botanical Garden’s vast orchid collection includes more than 6,000 individual plants representing almost 700 unique species, and approximately one in 10 […]

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A single swipe can start a romance—but for most of human history, a “match” was something your family negotiated, your neighbors watched, and your community enforced. Courtship has never been just about two people liking each other. It has always been tied to money, safety, social rules, and the way people meet. What’s changed over the centuries is who gets to choose, how public the process is, and what counts as “serious.” The shift from supervised visits

Two day care workers have been accused of attacking seven children.

On February 25, 1956, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev delivered a closed-door address that quietly shook the communist world. In what later became known as the “Secret Speech,” he condemned the crimes and abuses of Joseph Stalin, criticizing mass arrests, executions, and the culture of fear that had defined much of Soviet life for decades. At the time, the speech mattered because it cracked the image of an infallible state and signaled that the Soviet Union might change course after

A small group of sidewalk food vendors have been a staple of the downtown night scene for years. Now two downtown community groups are trying to end afterhours sidewalk vending.

In St. Louis, several Black artists emerged over the decades that changed the blueprint of global music and left a lasting impact on local artist culture.

I’ve long written about how the U.S. establishment press no longer genuinely serves the public interest. Years of consolidation at the hands of (usually) rich, white, male, Conservative owners has resulted in a lazy U.S. press that reflects the interests of ownership. As a result you get a lot of feckless “he said, she said” […]

This morning starts off with cloudy skies and a few light rain showers in spots. Temperatures hover around the low 30s to upper 30s, feeling a bit chilly around 41 degrees with a light north wind just under 6 mph. By midday, the clouds begin to break up, giving way to a blend of sun and clouds. The high temperature reaches a cool 52 degrees in the afternoon with a gentle north wind that gusts up to 8 mph. As evening falls, cloud cover thickens again with breezy conditions picking up from the northeast,

Mark Loehrer looks back at highlights from his experience helping organize the Missouri History Museum's current Mill Creek: Black Metropolis exhibit.