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There are more than 40 species of fireflies in Missouri, but for the last few years people have been concerned about the populations diminishing.

St. Louis Shakespeare Festival will head to the St. Louis Zoo where actors will perform a kid-friendly adaptation of “Romeo and Juliet” …with animal puppets.

The new Japanese owner of U.S Steel will invest 11 billion dollars in mills and mines across the United States. But it doesn’t appear Granite City Works will see any of those dollars.

The new Japanese owner of U.S Steel will invest 11 billion dollars in mills and mines across the United States. But it doesn’t appear Granite City Works will see any of those dollars.

Cote Brilliante Presbyterian Church is one of several Black churches in north St. Louis destroyed or severely damaged by the May 16th tornado.

The wide-ranging budgetary package making its way through Congress curbs a key funding mechanism that Missouri uses to help pay for its Medicaid programs.

China is a major buyer of U-S agricultural specialty products. Some producers worry the on-and-off tariffs with the country could hurt America's reputation as a reliable seller.

“Abide in Love” is a group of 50 that help detainees with contacting their families and small acts of comfort and kindness as the jail has become part ICE holding facility.

Tuesday is the special election in the 8th ward and IN UNISON members reflect on how music is helping them post tornado.

Over the past decade, there’s been more momentum behind the “land back” movement -- where native tribes try to regain ancestral lands.

A Stuckey’s just outside of Rolla is trying to meet the needs of an increasing number of Muslim truck drivers and road trippers.

As tornado recovery efforts continue across St. Louis, one person is trying to provide alternative housing for victims while teaching trades to a new generation.

Housing insecurity and May's tornado are straining St. Louis city and county animal shelters.

A bill currently on Governor Mike Kehoe’s desk would enable the Missouri Farm Bureau to offer its members a health plan. But the policies are not technically insurance and therefore aren’t subject to federal Affordable Care Act regulations.

A bill currently on Governor Mike Kehoe’s desk would enable the Missouri Farm Bureau to offer its members a health plan. But the policies are not technically insurance and therefore aren’t subject to federal Affordable Care Act regulations.

Lawmakers have strengthened Illinois’ nearly 50-year-old sexual abuse survivors law in an effort to make sure patients get critical care after sexual assault. The changes come after an investigation last year revealed that dozens of hospitals violated that law.

The Bullet Related Injury Clinic in St. Louis, known as The BRIC, is helping the community heal through acupuncture in the aftermath of the tornado that tore through St. Louis last month. The nonprofit is one of dozens of organizations that lost half of their federal funding just before the storm, but organizers say that isn’t stopping them from getting resources to residents who need them.

Today marks one month since a deadly tornado blew through parts of St. Louis. Since the storm, relief efforts led by the community and organizations have filled a much-needed gap.

The price of earthquake insurance in Missouri’s bootheel has skyrocketed over the last 25 years. There are some possible government solutions to the problem, but the will to implement them is lacking.

This month the Opera Theatre of St. Louis is producing a new opera by one of the world’s most-celebrated living playwrights. Lynn Nottage — the only woman so far to win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama twice — wrote the libretto for “This House” with her daughter, Ruby Aiyo Gerber. The opera looks at African American history through the intersecting powers of memory and place.