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Another St. Louis institution is closing its doors. Hampton Avenue landmark Bayer’s Garden Shop will be closing permanently at the end of the month. The business has been open for 81 years and had two locations — the bustling city site at 3401 Hampton Avenue and a shop at 5926 Old State Road in Imperial, which is also closing its doors.

The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal from Mark and Patricia McCloskey, the husband-and-wife attorneys whose law licenses were placed on probation for pointing guns at racial injustice protesters outside their St. Louis mansion in 2020.

CNN may be abandoning its BREAKING NEWS heritage, but this blog isn't. On Sunday I didn't have any plans and Marian was off doing some stuff I wasn't interested in, so I went out and puttered around semi-aimlessly. But after only five minutes, I reached Madeleine and discovered that thousands of runners had invaded my ...continue reading "Lunchtime Photo"

Former staffer, who worked 19 years for Pinion, alleges host talked repeatedly about the fact that the man had entered a substance abuse rehab facility.

Senate President Pro Tem Dave Schatz joins St. Louis Public Radio's Jason Rosenbaum and Sarah Kellogg to break down his campaign for the U.S. Senate. The Sullivan Republican is part of a crowded field angling to succeed U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt later this year.

GRAFTON - The City of Grafton unveiled a replica of the Dinky rail bus to a large, enthusiastic crowd at the Grafton Visitor’s Center and Museum on Saturday, June 4, 2022. Mayor Mike Morrow, who presided over the ceremony, called upon Alton’s Honorable Mayor Reverend David Goins for the Invocation. Mayor Morrow led the group in singing the National Anthem. He then gave a brief history of how the Dinky replica came to rest in Grafton. From 1939 until 1953, the Dinky traveled its rails beside the Mississippi between Alton and Grafton, connecting all stops along the way in less than half an hour. Reversed by a man-powered turntable near the Loading Dock, it would head back to Alton. “We are happy to see such a great turnout today,” Alderman Jim Spencer, a member of the Dinky Restoration Committee, said. “Many people have moved this project forward over the last ten years to its dedication today.” “Isn’t it true that all good stories

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Today on TAP: Sometimes a feeble compromise is worse than nothing.

Todd Rundgren is among the well-known music artists who will take part in a new, 2022 edition of the Celebrating David Bowie tribute tour, which is scheduled to visit venues…

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ROXANA - The top male performance of the spring for a Roxana Shells boys athlete has to be Ashton Noble’s second-place finish at the IHSA Class 2A Boys State Track and Field Meet in Charleston in late May. Noble tossed the discus 51.01 meters, just behind the champion David Russell of Chillicothe (Illinois Valley Central), who threw the discus 52.35 meters. JehChys Brown of Centralia was third with a toss of 50.14 meters. Ashton is a Midwest Members Credit Union Male Athlete of the Month for the Shells. Roxana Boys Track and Field Coach Julie Akal said Ashton is just an “amazingly strong athlete.” “Ashton is very explosive and a big, quick guy, but very fast,” she said. “He also had a good throws coach this season in Lia Tulua.” Ashton is also a key member of the Shells football team. His coach said the Shells' athlete could play either football or throw the discus in track and field for a college. She hopes it's possible he can do both

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SCENE 1 ACTING UNDER AN ONEROUS TESTING MANDATE FROM THEIR TYRANNICAL LEFT-WING GOVERNMENT, KEVIN AND MARIAN ENTER PHARMACIE 217 IN THE 18TH ARRONDISSEMENT OF PARIS. ALL DIALOG IS BASED ON ACTUAL EVENTS. CLERK: Bonjour. KEVIN: Bonjour! Do you offer rapid COVID-19 tests for travel? CLERK: Yes indeed. Just scan this QCR code with your phone ...continue reading "A COVID-19 parable in three scenes"

This story was originally published by ProPublica. In the final days of Missouri’s legislative session in May 2019, lawmakers turned their focus to a bill that would outlaw abortion in the state if the U.S. Supreme Court were to overturn Roe v. Wade. The abortion ban passed by the legislature and signed by Gov. Mike […]

The post How Missouri helps abortion opponents divert state taxes to crisis pregnancy centers appeared first on Missouri Independent.

New Jersey's favorite son joined Coldplay during the British band's concert at East Rutherford's MetLife Stadium on Sunday night. The one and only Bruce Springsteen took the stage alongside Chris…

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Average national gas prices are just 15 cents away from $5 per gallon, GasBuddy reports.

St. Louis City is reporting high levels of COVID-19 transmission and in the community. The city’s Department of Health reported a 12.5 percent increase in new cases, pushing the city over the CDC’s guideline threshold into “red” territory. Due to this surge, the City of St. Louis and St. Louis County health officials have renewed their calls for residents to mask up.

The president of the St. Louis Board of Aldermen is under increasing pressure to resign after an undercover FBI probe produced audio recordings of cash bribes.

Leslie Joanne Wayne, mother of rap super producer and St. Louis native Metro Boomin, was reportedly killed by her husband over the weekend in an apparent murder-suicide. According to TMZ, who broke the story, the tragic slaying happened on Friday. Police reportedly informed the artist of his mother's death after they found Wayne's body just outside of Atlanta.

Two years ago, just as the COVID pandemic was beginning to radically transform day-to-day life for nearly everyone on the planet, the United States Postal Service decided to protect cops from passive criticism. One month after Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin personified America’s omnipresent racism by kneeling on the neck of unarmed black man George […]