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A 31-year-old St. Louis County man was charged with murder today for beating an elderly woman to death with a baseball bat on Wednesday. A Berkeley Police Department probable cause statement says that yesterday on the 8800 block of Kathlyn Avenue, Isaac Heath allegedly used the bat to beat Eileen Schnitker, 76. Schnitker is listed as living on Kathlyn Avenue.

Isaac Heath said "that felt good" when he stopped swinging the bat, killing neighbor Eileen Benson Schnitker, according to court records.

The National Press Club called Gov. Mike Parsons reaction “a particularly egregious example” of an attack on the free press.

The Summer Fun STL program helps kids ages 5-17 stay off the streets. It's held at eight different locations across St. Louis.

CITY HALL – Children are getting even more options for safe summer fun, with an expansion of youth programming locations and events. Summer Fun STL, a collaboration of the city, …

A high-def analog audio disc featuring a new version of Bob Dylan's classic folk song "Blowin' in the Wind," which Dylan recorded last year, sold Thursday at a Christie's auction in…

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For the fourth month in a row, Missouri's medical marijuana industry has raked in more than $30 million dollars in cannabis sales, according to June numbers released by the Department of Health and Senior Services. Missouri cannabis dispensaries did $30.94 million in sales last month, DHSS reports, bringing the total amount of money brought in by the industry to $393.09 million to date. That's a serious chunk of change, to be sure.

The interstate will be closed in both directions so crews can work on the Big Bend Bridge.

Her inauguration comes just a week after the U.S. Supreme Court welcomed its first Black woman, Ketanji Brown Jackson.

Some passengers waited more than an hour for a bus on Thursday morning.

The workers are the second group in Missouri’s cannabis industry to vote to form a union.

EDWARDSVILLE - James Zugmaier, who was one of the top bowlers in his four years with a developing Edwardsville High boys program, has signed a letter of intent to bowl for Lindenwood University in St. Charles, Mo. Zugmaier, who was one of the first bowlers when the Tigers started out, is looking forward to competing at the next level and will bring a positive attitude to the Lions. For his efforts, Zugmaier is an iCAN Clinic Male Athlete of the Month for the Tigers. "For one, just to start off, try to bring a positive attitude, and good work ethic every single day," Zugmaier said in an interview following the ceremony. "But especially with the drier conditions in bowling, I know a lot of kids on that team, I know they have a lot of high-break bowlers. I hope I try to specialize in the drier patterns and help the team out when it comes to that. Zugmaier, who bowled for head coach Craig Ohlau this past season, decided on Lindenwood based on a visit to one of his tournaments by Lions'

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Neighbors said the victim, Eileen Schnitker, was a sweet woman and a retired nurse.

Clayton's former mayor believes key to transforming the St. Louis region is to convene a Board of Freeholders. The key to making it work: Keep the word "merger" out of the discussion.

This week marks the beginning of the second chapter of the St. Louis Business Journal's Advance STL program, which explores what our audience thinks are the region's biggest challenges. Nearly 60% of the people surveyed by the Business Journal in February identified "unified leadership/government structure" as one of the biggest challenges in the region. We're exploring some of the reasons why our audience feels this way.

Demario Smith was home for the summer after his freshman year at Morehouse College in Atlanta, his mother said.

It’s no secret to long term Techdirt readers that Australia truly is the upside down when it comes to internet laws and policy. We’ve discussed in the past things like Australia’s news link tax (they hate when you call it a tax, and insist it’s just a “bargaining code,” but the bargaining is to force […]