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

Headlines from the Aug. 3, 1926, front page include: Jacob Katz won't tell what he did with $8,000 fund

"I keep thinking about what it would be like to be bound and shot next to my 16-month-old kid...It didn't have to happen."

Six candidates vie to be the recorder of deeds. The license collector has a challenger. And the longtime collector of revenue is once again unopposed.

Five-year-old Missouri law helps domestic violence victims keep extended orders of protection in place for years.

The shooting was the second this year at a homeless encampment north of downtown.

St. Louis Police said officers responded to a vehicle crash at North Broadway and Sweringen Avenue at 3:50 p.m. Saturday.

One of the vicctims, 26, appeared to be an innocent bystander making a purchase at the restaurant.

Scott Leiendecker, a former Republican St. Louis elections director and founder of trailblazing election equipment company, is trying to move past GOP's attacks.

Catch up on local business awards, appointments, and promotions.

Their efforts, in the final weeks of the campaign, have highlighted starkly different strategies and messages.

Headlines from the Aug. 2, 1926, front page include: Polite burglar chats with pair as he robs home

Catch up on local business acquisitions, awards, and donations.

April 9, 1943 - July 25, 2026

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Balestra, Patricia (nee Souza) - Saint Louis, MO

March 14, 1945 - July 24, 2026

October 19, 1943 - July 28, 2026

July 27, 2026

September 29, 1924 - July 29, 2026