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Five months after Missouri voters overwhelmingly approved a boost in the minimum wage and a paid leave plan, Republican lawmakers moved Tuesday to repeal the law.

Northbound Interstate 55 in south St. Louis will be closed overnight March 14 and 21.

Officials say it's part of revitalization plan for Kinloch, one they hope can help spur new development in the city for the first time in years.

The St. Louis Board of Education approved a plan starting next fall where students can attend a maximum of one year in three schools with 940 students.

Bill would provide grants for telemedicine projects focused on treating substance-abuse disorders. Communities of 20,000 or less would qualify.

At least four mobile home park owners or their tenants have sued the city of Arnold over its heavy-handed tactics.

Local artists designed the flag for the county as part of a $90,000 contract with St. Louis-based marketing agency Elasticity. Critics blasted it online.

But the cost to the state would be hefty: an estimated $334 million in the short term and over $200 million annually afterwards, according to a nonpartisan fiscal analysis.

Under legislation sponsored by Rep. Richard West, R-Wentzville, the personal property tax rate would drop 50% over three years, potentially reducing tax revenues going to local governments by $909 million.

The Stork Inn in St. Louis' Dutchtown neighborhood was listed for sale at $272,000, said real estate broker Mona Parsley.

Still a conservative standard-bearer and irritant to liberals, Missouri’s senior U.S. senator is carving out position as legislator concerned with workers’ rights, blue-collar benefits.

The Queeny Park show will feature traditional and modern quilts, and some that celebrate Route 66.

SERVICES: Visitation will be at the Chapel at St. Joseph Apartments (Cardinal Ritter Senior Services – 7677 Watson Rd., 63119) on Friday, March 14 from 10 – 11 AM, with a funeral Mass at 11 AM. Interment at Resurrection Cemetery.…

Penberthy, Deacon Robert, passed peacefully March 2nd. Visitation 9-11am, Mass 11am on Fri, March 14 at St. Paul Catholic Church in Fenton. Committal Sat, March 15 at 11am at St. Francis Borgia Cemetery in Washington, MO. cozeanfuneralhome.com

January 19, 1960 - December 29, 2024

Please be advised of the death of

IRON WORKERS LOCAL # 396

Marjorie Schweich Burstein, 83, passed away on March 4, 2025, in St. Louis, Missouri.

Donald A. Hunt, 85, passed away March 8, 2025. He was born to Lena (nee Emht) and Guy Hunt on September 11, 1939. He was the beloved husband of Dolores (nee Mueller); dear father to Paige (John) Altmayer; beloved grandfather…

Raymond Edwin Kern, Sr. of Farmington MO