A three-alarm fire engulfed a historic vacant church Monday night in St. Louis.
The St. Louis Fire Department responded at around 8:45 to a fire at the former St. Augustine Roman Catholic Church, located at 3114 Lismore St., in the St. Louis Place neighborhood.
The building is designated as a St. Louis city landmark and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
St. Louis Fire Chief Dennis Jenkerson said this is the third fire at the church since 2022.
The church was constructed in…
With a swipe at the intraparty foes who have disrupted the state Senate for several years, Senate President Pro Tem Caleb Rowden on Monday dropped out of the Republican race for secretary of state.
Rowden, who as of January was sitting on the largest campaign fund in the field, said in a statement released via social media that when he announced in November, it was the best choice for his family but that he “no longer believe(s) that to be true.”
Rowden, a Columbia resident, entered politics…
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments Monday morning in a potentially landmark case involving the federal government’s efforts to encourage social media companies to remove misinformation from their platforms.
The lawsuit was filed in 2022 by attorneys general in Missouri and Louisiana. It alleges the federal government colluded with social media companies such as Twitter, now called X, and Facebook to suppress the freedom of speech.
The government specifically targeted conservative speech,…
Nippon Steel Corp. pledged to invest $1.4 billion in United States Steel Corp. facilities and said there would be no layoffs or plant closures related to the transaction, according to a regulatory filing.
A new apartment complex is being proposed in St. Charles County, at the site of a prior mixed-use development plan that was dropped during the Covid-19 pandemic.
The moves also are a “natural progression” of the bank's succession planning. The bank's 69-year-old CEO said he has no plans to retire, but added that the bank must be prepared for a transition.
Centene Community Ice Center in Maryland Heights in March is hosting two major collegiate hockey events, as well as other competitions expected to bring record crowds to the venue.
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