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The exit ramp from Highway 40 (Interstate 64) to Ballas Road will shut down at 8 p.m. Friday for repairs. It's expected to reopen by 5 a.m. Monday.

In 1938, an article noted that some of the tree trunks were bigger than four feet around.

Two local companies are staying downtown after renewing their office leases.

Here are a few of our staff picks for things to do Nov. 3-9.

Without radio or TV around, the Post-Dispatch hosted gatherings around town where bulletins would be read as movies played.

Affinia Healthcare opened a new clinic, its sixth, on Thursday.

St. Charles County is set to spend $12 million on upgrades to the technology at its 911 center.

About 25% of St. Louis residents who were interviewed told researchers they have experienced or witnessed police officers using force, according to a report released Thursday.

A 20-year veteran of the Missouri attorney general’s office accused her employer of illegal age discrimination and retaliation in a lawsuit filed last month.

An anesthesiologist from Chesterfield pleaded not guilty Thursday to trying to pay someone to kill his wife and lying on a federal form to get a gun.

The tax preparation companies are seeking a change of venue from St. Louis.

But the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District said this week that the main purpose of the work is to inspect the tunnel and its connecting sewer lines.

St. Louis County’s top prosecutor gets nod from former County Executive Charlie Dooley, former state legislator Jill Schupp, 13 county mayors and police chiefs.

Southbound I-55/westbound I-70 between Illinois Route 203 and Exchange Avenue will close at 9 p.m. Friday and reopen by 5 a.m. Monday, IDOT says.

Video released this week shows two former Velda City police officers shooting at a car fleeing a traffic stop. Both officers pleaded guilty to felonies.

Advocates for a sweeping new plan to help the homeless once again pressed their case to wary aldermen Wednesday night, telling a committee that the city’s current approach cannot stand.

The firefighter was treated at the scene, had some "bumps and bruises" and was back to work shortly after the fall, said St. Louis fire Capt. Garon Mosby.

Jersey County, home to about 21,500 residents, is among several downstate counties seeking to quit the Land of Lincoln.

The St. Louis Airport Commission on Wednesday OK'd a 17-month, $442,500 extension of a contract with Dovetail Inc. for "public engagement and creative services."

A stabbing victim jumped on a MetroLink train for help downtown and rode to the Central West End on Thursday morning, authorities said.