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A viral post led people to believe violent suspects will be released pre-trial. Legal experts explain that it is not an automatic decision, it is up to the judge.

New York state-based artist Jean Shin, Laumeier’s 2022 Visiting Artist in Residence, describes her work as “giving new form to life’s leftovers.” Her sculptures and

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During a heat wave last summer, some Texans were shocked to wake up and find that their local energy company had turned up their thermostats in the night to save energy. Houston locals weren’t exactly thrilled to wake up sweating in the night to the sound of dehydrated, crying infants. As it turns out, consumers has participated […]

At Missouri House hearing, state Rep. Raychel Proudie, D-Ferguson, seeks answers over district's lack of due process on some suspensions.

A majority of the ballots in the special primary for aldermanic president went for Alderman Megan Green, who's promised to work to break down the city's racial and economic divides.

Broadway sensation coming to the Fox Theatre spotlights the music and goes behind the scenes of the classic Motown act.

U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Missouri) gave a speech that was "more like a sermon" at the National Conservatism Conference on Monday, claiming that, "without the Bible, there is no modernity. Without the Bible, there is no America," according to Salon. The three-year-old conference, often called NatCon, is about the future of the conservative movement and nationalism.

A new franchisee of Happy Joe's Pizza & Ice Cream plans to bring the brand "back to St. Louis."

The U.S. Department of Agriculture says vet clinics in non-urban areas have been declining since World War II. Lower pay and debt from medical school are some of the reasons why it’s tough to attract vets to rural settings.

Elad Gross, who won a big Sunshine Law victory over Gov. Mike Parson at the Missouri Supreme Court last year, says the city uses an online portal to “routinely violate” open records law.

St. Louis County Executive Sam Page will speak Wednesday morning about more Covid vaccinations in the county.

Turnout for a special primary election held Tuesday to determine who would move on to the November general election for aldermanic president fell short of the 10%-20% officials had hoped for. Out of the 191,587 registered voters in St. Louis, about 6% cast an absentee ballot or visited one of 15 locations throughout the city to vote for Alderwoman Megan Green or Alderman Jack Coatar — or both candidates. Green received just under 54% (6,497) of votes cast, while about 46% (5,607) went to Coatar. In…

Adam Wainwright and Yadier Molina. A journey fifteen years in the making leads the St. Louis Cardinals’ legendary tandem to their own unique place in baseball history.  

Leaders argue there is an urgent need for transparency, especially since police were not wearing body worn cameras and there are conflicting accounts of what happened.

Workers plan a protest Wednesday morning at the Amazon Fulfillment Center in St. Peters.

"This is meant to be. We’ve got to go celebrate him."

A state Board of Education Commission has been looking into the ongoing teacher shortage being seen across Missouri.

Lawmakers return to Jefferson City Wednesday for a special session on taxes called by Governor Mike Parson.

The Biden administration plans to distribute more than $3 billion to fund projects that will reduce greenhouse gas emissions and sequester carbon in agriculture and forestry — a tripling of its initial commitment in February. U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack was set to publicly announce the expansion of the Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities program on […]

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John Wood dropped out after Eric Greitens came in third in the GOP primary.