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A tree caused a partial building collapse in St. Louis County, blocking Fowler Avenue and causing no injuries.

Five years years ago AT&T effectively stopped selling DSL and started hanging up on DSL and copper phone line customers. While killing landlines and DSL is understandable given the limitations of the dated copper-based tech, the problem is that thanks to concentrated telecom monopolization, many of these customers were left without any replacement options due […]

More than 4,200 customers in Missouri and 570 in Illinois are without power due to a severe thunderstorm in the St. Louis region.

Begin Again: Wak'a Garden is the second installment in Laumeier’s Begin Again series, honoring the Park’s 50-year history of collaborating with artists and supporting new commissions and exhibitions. The organic, amphitheater-shaped sculpture, built […]

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Begin Again: 50 Years and Counting marks Laumeier’s 50th anniversary by celebrating five decades of artist commissions and exhibitions. Featuring hundreds of artists and rarely seen works from Laumeier’s collection, […]

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Illinois lawmakers passed a nearly $56 billion state budget that includes new taxes, a pay raise for lawmakers, and a bill limiting students' access to cell phones during class, while a proposal to help keep the Chicago Bears in Illinois stalled.

WASHINGTON — Democratic Party leaders from a dozen states traveled to Washington, D.C., at the end of May to press for their voters to cast the first ballots in the next presidential primary.  State representatives argued that diversifying the early states would ensure Democrats nominate a presidential candidate who not only holds broad appeal among […]

ST. LOUIS - Police are searching for a hit-and-run driver after a man was struck by two vehicles and killed Friday evening in south St. Louis. The incident occurred around 10:30 p.m. in the 3500 block of Gravois Avenue in the city's Tower Grove East neighborhood. When officers arrived on the scene, they found the [...]

Missouri Treasurer Vivek Malek’s office made a last-minute push in the closing hours of the legislative session to stop lawmakers from moving the state’s private school voucher program to the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. But the largest scholarship-granting organization in the program did not join the public show of support. With just a […]

ST. LOUIS - A person was rushed to the hospital early Monday morning after a shooting in south St. Louis. The shooting occurred around 1:30 a.m. in a four-family flat located in the 3800 block of Chippewa St. near Gustine Ave. in the city's Dutchtown neighborhood. According to a lieutenant at the scene, the victim [...]

President Donald Trump’s extraordinary $1.776 billion fund to pay off allies and others who say they have been wronged by past administrations has drawn widespread condemnation by opponents, including some Republicans, who characterize it as an act of brazen corruption. But the Trump administration’s push to reward its supporters also harkens back to an earlier era […]

There’s an American flag hanging downtown that is frayed and ripping apart at the seams. It hangs mostly together and is recognizable as a flag when there is no wind, but with the breeze the red and white stripes flutter independently of one another. If the wind really kicks up, it all becomes a writhing […]

This spring, Missouri lawmakers sparred over whether to build – and how to fund – construction of new nuclear power plants. And as Jana Rose Schleis reports, the potential for new multi-billion dollar nuclear projects has reignited a 50-year-old debate.

ST. LOUIS - Cue up the Garth Brooks, the thunder will be rolling Monday morning as we start the work week with another round of storms. Some storms may be strong to severe, bringing the threat of strong and damaging winds, large hail, and heavy downpours. The storms will move out after 9 a.m. and [...]

The Police drummer Stewart Copeland is getting ready to launch Have I Said Too Much - The Police, Hollywood, and Other Adventures, a spoken word tour described as an evening…

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The case wasn't unique when filed, but it took a long, twisted path to national importance.

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Headlines from the June 1, 1926, front page include: Former St. Louis woman chief heir to $50 million.