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The victim’s mother said Clarence Brown and her son had been friends for about five years and knew each other from school.

The woman was found near an abandoned house in the 3800 block of Virginia Avenue, police said.

Police said they were called Dec. 19 at about 4 p.m. to the 8400 block of Water Street.

St. Louis County police said they were called at about 11:20 p.m. to the intersection of Gravois Road and Laclede Station Road.

Following Pizza Champ's closure, the brewery will open Side Project Pizza in its place.

Here are some key retail and business openings and closings for the St. Louis area in December:

The administrative upheaval in the St. Louis city schools, Wesley Bell's defeat of Cori Bush and passage of an abortion rights measure are among the major local and Missouri stories this year.

The negotiation is another step forward in the city's efforts to buy the vacant building in order to eliminate a public safety hazard and revitalize downtown.

Without identification, College Church volunteers say, people are locked out of jobs, housing and other basic services.

Other changes include an increase in the minimum wage and tax benefits for military veterans

Missouri’s senior senator and H.W. Crocker III have similar views on America’s moral challenges, embracing calls for a revival of Christian faith.

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Mike Parson, whose term as Missouri governor ends on Jan. 13, says he’s left his successor “a really good foundation to build on.”

Columnist Bill McClellan writes: Medicare is great. Make it to 65 and you realize why these are called the Golden Years. You’ve hit the health-care jackpot.

It’d be another potentially expensive Band-Aid to Hazelwood’s staffing problem.

The Los Angeles Rams contend the contract with the regional authority requires that disputes be settled in arbitration, not the legal system.

In 1882, the Post-Dispatch published this article detailing fortunes that were made, then "lost." (Some were not lost so much as divided between many descendants.)

What a wonderful year 2024 has been for investors.

Here are this week's local business awards and appointments.