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A St. Louis ordinance aimed at transforming the way the city investigates allegations of police misconduct went into effect on Sept. 2.  A week later, three police organizations successfully got a preliminary injunction, putting a pause on the city’s expansion of civilian oversight of police work.  In a decision with statewide implications, St. Louis Circuit […]

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Prior to becoming dean of Lindenwood University business school, Molly Hudgins was an entrepreneur. She's now seeking to use that experience to elevate entrepreneurship at the private university in St. Charles.

Boeing says its move comes as it looks bring on employees for roles in manufacturing and product development.

A woman is recovering after being shot in south St. Louis early Thursday morning.

Marvin Humphrey, 64, argued he acted in self-defense when he shot one man and killed another outside a north St. Louis gas station in 2019.

A new law criminalizing books in Missouri schools will have the biggest effect on libraries already targeted by some parents. In one local high school, police responded twice last year to calls about books. That librarian is speaking out.

A south St. Louis family is safe Thursday morning after a fire left a lot of damage to a two-story house in the area.

Wells Fargo & Co. has agreed to pay a roughly $145 million settlement following a U.S. Department of Labor investigation alleging the company overcharged employees for its own stock.

The stormy weather Wednesday night did a bit of damage across the area.

The news, under Noble Health letterhead, arrived at 5:05 p.m. on a Friday, with the subject line: “Urgent Notice.” Audrain Community Hospital, Paul Huemann’s workplace of 32 years, was letting workers go. Word travels fast in a small town. Huemann’s wife, Kym, first heard the bad news in the car when a friend who’d gotten […]

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Track has attracted few racers so far but is ready for when EV racing takes off

The final hearing is set for the week of Dec. 12, court records show.

Thursday marks the first official day of fall, and with it comes pumpkin-flavored everything and eventually a landscape full of colorful leaves.

Missouri holds its second annual Hazel Erby Day Celebration Thursday.

COLLINSVILLE - Edwardsville senior midfielder Axton Anom played very well for the Tigers in their 2-1 loss at Collinsville Tuesday night at Kahok Stadium, as did the entire team. After the loss, the Tigers' spirits were still up and positive, and Anom felt the Tigers did play as well as they could in the second match of the year against Collinsville. "I'm always feeling bad after the loss," Anom said in a post-match interview, "but I think the boys gutted it out from the beginning to the end. I think we worked hard on defense, but we sat out. We had a mission coming into this game to work hard and play our soccer and I think we did that. A little mistake for the goal, but I'll take the blame for that one on that one, but I think we just move on after this." It was a very clinical, goal-scorers type of goal that Reiniger score to give the Kahoks the three points, but the Tigers still worked hard throughout the 80 minutes, just falling short in the end. "Yeah, we went out there, we

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture will send more than $500 million in loans and grants to telecommunications providers to bring high-speed internet to rural areas across 20 states, Secretary Tom Vilsack said Wednesday. The department will spend $360 million in grants and $141 million in loans through its ReConnect Program to benefit sparsely populated communities, including in […]

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Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt made a campaign stop in O'Fallon, Missouri Wednesday.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. House passed on Wednesday a bill updating a 19th-century law in an attempt to prevent the subversion of future presidential elections. The Presidential Election Reform Act, which passed 229-203, is meant to deter a repeat of the insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021, in which the U.S. Capitol was attacked by a mob of […]

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Moscow Mills locals are being asked to conserve water Thursday morning.