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St. Louis-based Build-A-Bear Workshop and Sanrio, best known for its Hello Kitty® brand, announced the national expansion of the Build-A-Bear x Hello Kitty and Friends Workshop.

Missouri lawmakers are taking a closer look at a bipartisan plan that would give every public-school student free breakfast and lunch starting in the 2026-27 school year. House Bill 1662 creates the "Missouri Free School Meals Program."

Monday marked the first day legislative members could begin pre-filing bills ahead of the new session next month. Among more than 500 pieces of legislation were pre-filed, one of which proposes adding the biblical Ten Commandments to Missouri classrooms.

Missouri state senators are hoping to force the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to lower underperforming school districts’ accreditation status a year earlier than the department’s policy allows. The Missouri Senate Education Committee convened a hearing Thursday morning to question Missouri Commissioner of Education Karla Eslinge about the department’s efforts to support underperforming schools […]

A large fire in the Metro East is producing heavy black smoke visible for miles in all directions.

COLLINSVILLE – Illinois State Police (ISP) Troop 8 Commander, Captain Casey Faro, announces the ISP will conduct Roadside Safety Checks (RSCs) in Madison and St. Clair counties during December. The use of RSCs combine a strong sense of public awareness and enforcement in order to save lives of the motoring public. The ISP has zero tolerance for impaired driving in Illinois. Officers working the detail will be watchful for motorists who show signs of impaired driving, operating vehicles

A Spanish Lake man is charged with 11 felonies and six misdemeanors for shooting into a duplex three different times because he believed his ex-girlfriend was staying there.

CHICAGO – Attorney General Kwame Raoul secured a preliminary injunction in an ongoing lawsuit to block the Trump administration from enforcing the “Defund Provision” in the recently enacted federal budget reconciliation law. The Defund Provision was designed to exclude Planned Parenthood facilities and other health centers that provide abortions from receiving federal Medicaid reimbursements for other essential health care services like cancer screenings, testing for and treatmen

Rosalita's Cantina is set to open a new location this spring, and it’ll be the St. Louis-based Tex-Mex spot's fourth location.

ARCO has promoted Dan Jones to Business Development Director for the company’s Senior Living and Multi-Family division. Jones, a construction professional with more than 18 years of industry experience, joined ARCO in 2018 as a Senior Project Manager. During his seven years with the company, Jones has managed senior living and multi-family developments nationwide, working […]

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The Missouri State Auditor's Office has requested more information from the Francis Howell School District over a former superintendent's $230,000 separation payout.

The Court of Justice of the EU—likely without realizing it—just completely shit the bed and made it effectively impossible to run any website in the entirety of the EU that hosts user-generated content. Obviously, for decades now, we’ve been talking about issues related to intermediary liability, and what standards are appropriate there. I am an […]

Lab-developed meats are not yet available in Missouri grocery stores.

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by Tom Finan, Executive Director, Construction Forum The five-alarm fire that tore through vacant warehouses Friday has put key economic incentives for Gateway South — the planned $1.2 billion mixed-use redevelopment south of the Gateway Arch — at risk. Bob Millstone, managing partner of Millstone Capital Advisors, which is co-developing the site with New York-based […]

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‘DRIVE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE’ FOOD DRIVE DEC. 6 Mayor Tim Lowery announced a food drive called “Drive to Make a Difference,” in partnership with the Greater North County Chamber of Commerce and TEAM Food Pantry. The Drive will be at Bangert Park on Saturday, Dec, 6 from 8 am – 12 pm Simply pull […]

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A new round of cast members have been announced for Sam Mendes’ upcoming films about The Beatles, The Beatles — A Four-Film Cinematic Event.The latest additions round out the members of…

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Judge Gwendolyn Goeke will decide whether the teen, who faces a first-degree murder charge, should be tried as an adult in February.