ST. LOUIS — Unemployment rates in St. Louis and Missouri have continued to tumble over the past two years, and are now close to pre-pandemic levels, exacerbating employers’ struggles to find workers.
By Janelle O’Dea and Annika Merrilees St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Starting with worst news, we were second-last out of 182 cities in health and safety; and we tied for dead-last in subcategory of highest violent crime rate.
Luke Einsel attributes the demise of Smart Beverage to Ronnoco Coffee, a St. Louis-based company best known for supplying java to Midwestern gas stations.
A St. Louis man has been charged after police say he left his gun next to him on a bed last month before a 3-year-old boy picked it up and accidentally shot himself with it.
Ciera Campbell faces charges of child endangerment and drug possession after a 10-month-old in her care went into cardiac arrest after ingesting fentanyl.
Ronald Christopher Lawrence, 23, of the 1400 block of Rue Street in St. Charles was charged with first-degree statutory sodomy involving a young child.
On June 28, Illinois voters will select their party nominees for every statewide office. These primary elections set the stage for the general election Nov. 8.
Two girls were wounded in downtown St. Louis as fights, gunfire broke out Saturday night among large groups of juveniles at Chestnut and Eighth streets.
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