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A public meeting on Monday at Normandy High School is one step in an ongoing effort by the Normandy Schools Collaborative to improve student outcomes and regain full accreditation. State statutes require hearings before full accreditation can be considered.

Intense rainfall Sunday night led to flooding in East St. Louis, which has been a problem for decades, according to residents.

People are talking about a recent FOX 2 report involving mistaken identity which led to a mysterious police encounter. We solved it for the driver while working with two police departments to clear their name as being mistakenly wanted from the license plate reader system.

The St. Louis Mayor’s Office is setting the record straight on the future of the former Medium Security Institution prison, known as the Workhouse.

Jackson County Sheriff Darryl Forte' and LSFD reported train derailment in Lee's Summit, Missouri, two people non-life-threatening injuries

Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats, a contemporary rock 'n' roll band, filmed their new music video Monday in Belleville.

Chris Smith went on a first date with Leslie Reeves right before Thanksgiving in 2021. Her ex-boyfriend tracked them down.

Its new location, at 5447 S. Lindbergh Blvd., is less than a mile down the road from the old restaurant.

An investigation into accusations of misconduct by Missouri House Speaker Dean Plocher was dismissed Monday at the end of a tense hearing where members of the ethics committee blocked the chair from reading an email about how Plocher’s office had allegedly intimidated possible witnesses. The email, obtained by The Independent through an open records request, […]

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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A panel of lawmakers dismissed on Monday an ethics complaint against Speaker Dean Plocher, breaking from a Republican who argued that Plocher used his power as the House leader to block an investigation. Members voted 7-2 to dismiss allegations against Plocher for misuse of taxpayer dollars, using his influence to [...]

Having just warned you about issues with polling, here's a snippet from the Harvard Youth Poll about which issues are most important to young people. The pollster has a pretty good way of measuring this that involves asking people to choose among pairs of topics. The pairs are rotated randomly and then added up. Here's ...continue reading "Here are the issues most important to young people"

Delmar Hall presents Palace with Jens Kuross live in concert on Monday, April 29th at 8:00 PM.

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There's a reason not to put too much faith in polls. Here's an example from the Harvard Youth Poll, which surveys only people age 18-29: In the first question, 4% of the respondents say they are transgender or non-binary. In the very next question, a tenth of those who said they are, now say they ...continue reading "Beware of polls, young people edition"

The transaction, pending regulatory and shareholder approval, would boost UMB’s assets from $44 billion to $64.5 billion while staying at a 67% loan-to-deposit ratio, said Mariner Kemper, chairman and CEO of UMB Financial Corp.

House Speaker Dean Plocher, R-Des Peres, compared himself to former President Donald Trump and his legal woes.

Students were scrambling for a place to live and professors were wondering if they'd teach again after they were barred from Washington University's campus following an anti-war protest that ended in mass arrests.