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St. Louis police are investigating a double shooting Wednesday that left one dead and a 14-year-old injured.

Back in the spring of 2021, we wrote briefly about yet another Steven Biss SLAPP lawsuit. This one was filed by the brother of disgraced former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn, Jack Flynn, arguing that CNN defamed him by showing a video of both Flynns and other family members, repeating the QAnon slogan “where we […]

EDWARDSVILLE - Liberty Middle School has a theme set for the school year for everyone to be “legendary.” If the start is any sign of the year to come, the Liberty School year will definitely fit that theme. Students were greeted by excited administrators, teachers, support staff, and students on Wednesday morning for the first official school day in the Edwardsville District. Liberty Middle’s veteran Principal Allen Duncan said he felt a great atmosphere was set for opening day and there was indeed “great excitement.” “We wanted to make the first day of school special for everybody and want them to come back tomorrow and continue to be fired up,” he said. “We want an atmosphere that is fun, and we want the kids to feel safe, welcome, and comfortable.” Principal Duncan said Liberty has a tremendous cast of students and he knows they will do great things this year. “We are going to have a good school year,” the 18-yea

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Missouri could be the first in the nation to pass a voter-led effort to require automatic legal forgiveness for some past marijuana crimes. Voters in November will decide whether to legalize adult recreational marijuana use.

In 2013, while six months pregnant, Julie Douglas lost her job with a technology company. She didn’t wallow in her circumstances. She instead decided to get into business herself, launching Dealer Pay LLC, a provider of payments and point-of-sale software for automobile dealerships. The company is now poised for major growth, after being acquired earlier this month.

The record-setting late July floods are still disrupting public transportation.

A Mexican restaurant in Florissant has closed its doors for good — just four months after opening, according to a post on its Facebook page. The restaurant opened its doors at 3407 Dunn Road in April.

This is a patch of Dame's Rocket blowing in the wind and photographed with a long exposure time. It's my photographic attempt to emulate Monet and his lilies. And while it might not be as good, it sure took a lot less time to make.

ST. LOUIS - Calling all nonnas! Mama Lucia's Pizza is searching for a grandmother to be their brand ambassador. The 2022-2023 gig is paid. Lucia's Pizza said they are "seeking a grandma to represent the brand on social media, offering wisdom to the next generation and expressing her uncensored opinions on topics of her choice." [...]

Two former Flordell Hills municipal employees were indicted by a grand jury today for stealing $663,000 from the small city's budget. The indicted individuals are Maureen Woodson, 68, the former city clerk, and Donna Thompson, 75, the former assistant city clerk. Both women are charged with two counts of wire fraud and two counts of mail fraud, according to a statement from the U.S. Attorney's Office.

After more than two years of warring with Republican leaders, the Missouri Senate’s conservative caucus will disband, the group announced Monday afternoon. In a statement released to the media, five …

I have been thinking that it might be time to get a hearing aid, so I was pleased to hear this: The F.D.A. has now taken a final step that could put more accessible, and potentially less expensive, hearing aids in stores by the fall. People seeking out hearing aids will no longer have to ...continue reading "Hearing aids are about to get rabbit punched by market capitalism"

Funds raised in Saint Louis University's comprehensive fundraising effort, launched publicly in 2018, were targeted to support SLU initiatives in academic excellence, scholarships, health sciences, athletics and business education.

A 19-year-old St. Louis man is accused of kidnapping his girlfriend at gunpoint and threatening to kill her in an attempted murder-suicide.

ALTON - West Elementary School Principal Dr. Brian Saenz and the rest of the administrative team, teachers, and support staff embraced a bunch of students today with smiles on their faces on the first official day of school in the district. Dr. Saenz said it was "a great day" to finally have the students back in school without masks after the long battle with the COVID-19 Pandemic. "To be able to see their faces and interact with them without a mask was like another new beginning," he said. "Everything is new to them from their clothes, supplies and they were ready to get started. "To see them coming back from last spring, many of them have grown so much and they look very different. It is amazing how fast they grow. Seeing their smiling faces and excitement to come back to school is why we do what we do." Dr. Saenz said when an educator sees the students on down the line after they leave West and graduate from high school, they can see they are making a difference in the world.

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A day after preliminary test scores showed Missouri students’ performance on standardized tests have not bounced back from the pandemic, education advocacy groups and parents urged state lawmakers to take a comprehensive approach at crafting accountability measures for schools. On Tuesday, the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education released preliminary test scores for the 2021-22 […]

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St. Louis' most boundary-busting, off-kilter and entertaining festival gets its own holiday After 10 years and countless performances, the organizers of St. Louis' Fringe Fest have damn near seen it all. As the city's premier purveyor of out-of-the-box, boundary-busting theater and off-kilter art, the annual affair reliably sees its performers swinging for the fences, working outside the confines of the conventional and taking all manner of risk in the name of showing audiences what art can be when the guardrails are removed.

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There are ties between the families of Goldman and Times publisher A.G. Sulzberger, who took an interest in the endorsement.