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Council on Tuesday voted to trim County Executive Sam Page’s budget request, inadvertently making deep cuts to the county’s pandemic response efforts.

Jailer who died hailed as hero. But why were jail detainees at factory in the first place?

Damon Mason, 21, was found about 9:20 p.m. Wednesday in the 8800 block of Torii Drive and died at a hospital.

Martha C. Wainwright, 49, was killed in the Wednesday night crash on West Adams Avenue, just east of Ballas Road.

Tatyana Smiley was found shot to death about 10:30 a.m. Tuesday inside a building in the same block in the city's Hamilton Heights neighborhood.

Here are business reporter Austin Huguelet's five most memorable stories from 2021.

Fabolous, Trina and DJ Drama are also on the bill.

‘A large part of our population is still susceptible to the virus,’ the St. Louis Metropolitan Pandemic Task Force said in a statement.

The report says St. Louis firms attracted around $250 million this year in early-stage capital, up from $35 million in 2011.

Spread of unregulated slot machines has flummoxed state lawmakers and drawn concern from officials who regulate the state lottery and 13 casinos.

Andrew K. Carruthers of Edwardsville, replaces Associate Judge Clarence W. Harrison II in the Third Circuit that includes Madison and Bond counties.

Here are some of the memorable people I spoke with in 2021 as I covered breaking news for the Post-Dispatch.

Six of the 11 who were put to death were Black, including Ernest Lee Johnson, who was executed on Oct. 5 at the state prison in Bonne Terre.

The man, identified by police as John Rebsamen, shot himself about 7 p.m. Tuesday at 1306 Arbor Bluff Circle, in unincorporated St. Louis County.

A sentencing hearing is scheduled for April 14 for a Pennsylvania man who pleaded guilty to receiving child pornography in federal court in St. Louis.

MetroBus is hiring more security officers, tapping into overtime and boosting patrols after two recent shootings.

County health department takes a big hit when Page opponents vote to cut $28 million from the 2022 budget.

Years ago when my kids were young and I got fed up with them complaining about what they did or didn’t get for Christmas, I adopted a reply I repeated annually.

Daniel Faucett, 65, was pronounced dead about 90 minutes after the crash, which happened early Wednesday, the Missouri Highway Patrol said.

Most of the outages in the area were restored by midnight. Prepare for a return to more seasonal temperatures starting Thursday.