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ST. LOUIS, Mo. - Police were called to the 4700 block of Wren to investigate a possible homicide. The victim's body was found in the front yard. There are about 30 evidence markers on the porch and in the yard. This is a developing story. More details will be posted as they come into the [...]

Reparations is often something people hear about in an international setting — such as ongoing reparations that are paid to Holocaust survivors or reparations South Africa paid to apartheid victims. This weekend, elected officials — including St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones and Congresswoman Cori Bush — will gather for a “Reparations Block Party and Teach-in” […]

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On Sept. 16, Everything Is Golden, a solo exhibition by St. Louis-based artist Lizzy Martinez, opens as the first exhibition of the 2022-2023 Millstone Gallery

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The FBI said there have been seven reports of carjackings or attempted carjackings of Uber or Lyft drivers in East St. Louis.

The victim's name hasn't been released.

We’ve noted for years how “Big Telecom” is desperate to have “Big Tech” pay them billions of dollars for no coherent reason. This effort is what began the net neutrality wars, and, despite the fact it’s routinely dressed up as adult policy making, it’s little more than a lobbyist-fueled cash grab. The effort always starts […]

Later this month Lion’s Choice is going full Willy Wonka. From Monday, October 24 to Friday, October 28 five lucky customers will find golden tickets included their orders. However, unlike in the Roald Dahl book, these golden tickets will not deliver you to some awful fate like swelling into the proportions of a giant blueberry or being dragged into a trash chute by a group of squirrels.

Here is a list of events being held around the area this year on the brink of the fall season.

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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The nation’s two largest U.S. operators of traditional supermarkets plan to combine.

ALTON - At 3:49 p.m. on Oct. 7, 2022, officers from the Alton Police Department responded to the 800 block of East 7th Street and contacted Catherine L. Wisniewski. Officers found that Wisniewski had an active warrant for her arrest for Unlawful Failure to Register as a Sex Offender through the Madison County Sheriff’s Office from 2019. Alton Deputy Police Chief Jarrett Ford said the further investigation by the Alton Police Department revealed that Wisniewski was residing in the 800 block of East 7th Street, Alton, Illinois, without registering this address since the middle part of 2020. Wisniewski was taken into custody and held at the Alton City Jail. On October 11, 2022, the Madison County State’s Attorney’s Office charged Wisniewski with Unlawful Failure to Register as a Sex Offender (2nd Subsequent Offense). Bail for Wisniewski was set at $30,000. “This investigation began with a tip from the public," Deputy Chief Ford said. "The Alton Police Department

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This year’s List of St. Louis' Top 150 Privately Held Companies includes 21 new entrants. Here's how much revenue each of the newcomers booked last year.

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Each year, the Missouri General Assembly appropriates billions of dollars in public school funding using a formula built in 2005. Given the age of the current funding formula and the level of investment made by the state, are we ready to trade it in for a newer model or is it just time for a […]

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