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MoDOT officials said they don’t normally repair potholes on weekends, but the freeze-thaw cycle this season has made that necessary.

In order to help people determine whether they should be wearing a mask, the CDC released a new tool, “COVID-19 County Check." St. Louis, St. Louis County, and St. Charles are each “medium” risk.

David Kutchback, who led job-placement and training nonprofit MERS/Missouri Goodwill Industries as president and CEO for six years of a more than 40-year career with the nonprofit, died Friday.

In the past four decades, smaller-brained birds have been shrinking, but a Wash U study finds that’s less true of their bigger-brained counterparts. Study co-author Justin Baldwin shares what’s driving the changes, as well as his passion for birds both as a researcher and bird watcher.

Prosecutors recommended a 20-year sentence for Quentin Jackson.

There’s no shortage of praise around cannabidiol (CBD). Despite being relatively new to the supplement market compared to other extracts, CBD’s popularity skyrocketed in ways nobody could’ve imagined.…

In a career filled with best-selling albums, worldwide tours and jam sessions with nearly every legendary rock star on the planet, Dave Grohl may have found his most unexpected project…

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The 20th -- yes, the 20th -- season of American Idol premieres Sunday night on ABC.  While other singing competitions have come and gone since Idol premiered in 2002, judge…

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An aerial view of downtown Phoenix features the Arizona State Capitol and the House and Senate buildings on either side.

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A misguided Arizona bill would make it illegal to take photos or video of the police in certain circumstances, running directly against long-established constitutional protections for such recordings. Freedom of the Press Foundation has joined a coalition of two dozen media and press freedom groups opposing the proposal in a letter embedded below.

The house version of the bill, HB 2319, passed through the legislature's Appropriations Committee on Tuesday and through the full House on Thursday, despite its straightforward First Amendment problems. The House vote came down on party lines, with the body's Republican majority giving approval.

The original proposal would have rendered illegal recordings of police made without permission within 15 feet of an officer; as passed in the House, the limit is eight feet. Either limit is likely unconstitutional, as we explain in the letter:

We are extremely concerned that this language violates not only the free speech and press clauses of the First Amendment, but also runs counter to the “clearly established right” to photograph and record police officers performing their official duties in a public place, cited by all the odd-numbered U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeal including the Ninth Circuit. ... It is clear from well-established jurisprudence regarding this matter that officers performing their official duties in a public place do not have any reasonable expectation of privacy when it comes to being recorded and therefore taking enforcement action against someone who “fails to comply with a verbal warning of a violation of this section” is both impermissible and unconstitutional.

Nevertheless, the proposal now proceeds to the state Senate. We urge the lawmakers in that body to treat the Constitution and its press freedom guarantees with more respect than their colleagues in the House.

The rally is scheduled to take place at Tower Grove Park at 1 p.m. Saturday.

ST. LOUIS–An Alabama man will spend the rest of his life in prison after being sentenced to two life terms for the December 2019 deaths of three people in Bethalto. Brady Witcher, 41, was found guilty last month in the execution-style deaths of 59-year-old Shari Yates, her son 30-year old Andrew Brooks, and roommate 32-year-old John McMillan. Witcher and his [...]

Oscar Sewell, Jr. was last seen by a family member on Oct. 15, 2021, a press release from St. Louis police said.

The all-day event starts at 11 a.m. and will feature several food trucks, a special cocktail menu, live music from 5 to 7 p.m. and of course beads!

The CEO of Human Agency, is in contact with U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt’s office to get its contractors out of Kyiv.

ALTON - Jenny L. Voss, 39, of Sandoval, Ill. was charged Friday with four counts of failure to report an accident involving personal injury or death and other charges. She is accused of being involved in an accident on Dec. 31 at Landmarks Boulevard and Clark Bridge in which two people were injured. Two of the charges are for allegedly failing to report, and two are for allegedly leaving the scene. Bail was set at $50,000. ALTON - Kevin J. Patton, 25, of the 300 block of Pine Street, Carrollton, was charged Friday with aggravated driving under the influence involving great bodily harm. He allegedly was involved in an accident on May 27 in the 100 block of West Broadway while under the influence of fentanyl and the active ingredient in marijuana. Bail was set at $50,000. EAST ALTON - Aaron R. Glover, 28, was charged Friday with aggravated fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer and obstruction of identification. He allegedly fled from the police at more than 21 mph over

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Police were investigating the shooting in the 5100 block of Greer Avenue on Friday afternoon.

People who aren’t church members are still welcome to join parishioners at the prayer vigil, according to church deacon Eugene Logusch.

Police arrested two men Tuesday in connection with the shooting death of a 24-year-old North County man in University City earlier this month.

Local election officials want new state Senate district maps as soon as possible, Greene County Clerk Shane Schoeller told the Judicial Redistricting Commission Friday. But when the panel’s public hearing was over, no one would say when it must be finished. Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft’s office provided clarity a few hours later – the […]

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