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A Missouri task force wants to know more about solar farms and how they can be taxed. 

Kansas City police say a toddler and three other people have died from fentanyl overdoses in a two-week span during October.

The St. Peters-based barbecue joint walked away from the competition with $25,000, bragging rights and a chance to defend its title next year.

Amanda and Elyot are enjoying a romantic honeymoon – just not with each other. A chance meeting on their adjoined hotel balconies brings this divorced

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Metro East high school students experienced hands-on demonstrations and virtual-reality simulations of 12 construction trades.

So far in Phase One, school leaders have distributed more than 250 free gun locks to parents for gun safety inside the home.

Law enforcement officers have plenty of unfettered access to expansive databases containing plenty of personal information. This access is instrumental to law enforcement work, including ongoing investigations, attempts to locate wanted criminals, and the routine minutia of validating drivers licenses and registration. The problem is there’s so little oversight of officers’ use of these databases. […]

The GAO published a report today about maternal mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the nickel version is pretty simple: it got even worse from an already high base. You can read the whole report here. But you might be interested in taking a look at maternal mortality pre-COVID. Here's the growth rate from 2007-2019:¹ ...continue reading "Maternal mortality in the US just keeps getting worse and worse"

The Hazelwood School District said Jana Elementary School will shift to virtual learning for the rest of the semester before redistricting.

Judas Priest frontman Rob Halford recently revealed to ABC Audio that former guitarist KK Downing will be performing with the group when the band is inducted into the Rock &…

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Celebrate St. Louis’ jazz legacy and future, at the Wednesday Night Jazz Jam. Free and family-friendly, this weekly gathering brings jazz within reach for people

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GODFREY - Village of Godfrey Mayor Mike McCormick said on Tuesday that unfortunately, electric rates are going to increase, but by staying with the electricity aggregation program, residents will still save money with lower rates than Ameren Illinois. "The most important takeaway from this press release is, in order to participate in the aggregation program, or to continue participating in the program, do nothing," he said. "The Village of Godfrey, along with over 100 other Illinois communities, participates in the electric aggregation program. Homefield Energy, which has been the energy supplier since its inception, chose not to participate in the competitive bidding process for the next period beginning at the start of 2023." On bid day, Constellation NewEnergy was locked in as the new supplier. Here’s what to expect: "Residents will receive a notice from Ameren in the next few weeks stating that all customers will return to Ameren due to the aggregation expiring, THEN, D

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Our cold snap this week is a strong reminder that Winter is coming. One fruit, native to Missouri, has a history of helping predict how rough the season will be.

A north St. Louis County elementary school is going virtual after radioactive contamination was found at the school.

EDWARDSVILLE - On Friday evening, September 23, a special fundraiser was held to benefit the Edwardsville Arts Center called an ARTini competition. The event took place at the Edwardsville Art Fair. Six local restaurants were challenged to create a unique cocktail inspired by works of art. Attendees sampled the creative drinks and voted for who should be named ARTini’s Best Cocktail 2022. “All of the drinks were amazing, but Moussalli’s Prime “Melons” drink was voted by our attendees as ARTini’s Best Cocktail 2022," Colette Poettker, one of coordinators of the event, said. "Taking inspiration from both the subject matter and the colors found in “Melons” by Daoud Corm, their drink was made with Witness Distillery vodka, compressed watermelon, lemon juice, Aquafina, simple syrup, and sesame seed garnish with a slice of fresh watermelon.” The Arts Center capped the event at 100 attendees, and it quickly sold out. The competitors were

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Some parents of children at Jana Elementary School in suburban St. Louis say they’ll seek medical testing and guidance from doctors about what to do next, after a privately-funded environmental study found radioactive contamination inside the school and on the playground.