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EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. - A house was destroyed and another was damaged after a fire Friday morning in East St. Louis. The fire occurred in the 500 block of N. 22nd St. Officials said the fire destroyed a vacant house and damaged an adjacent house when it spread. No injuries were reported from the [...]

Missouri’s oldest business association is the state’s newest big political donor. On Aug. 14, the Missouri State Medical Association split $1.5 million between two newly created political action committees, Asclepius PAC, named for the hero god of medicine in Greek mythology, and Patients First PAC. The association, which represents doctors and doctors in training, already […]

Their political differences grew harder to ignore. Then a shared family tradition helped mother, daughter and grandchildren stay connected.

The DEA marked the fifth anniversary of National Fentanyl Awareness and Prevention Day by highlighting the availability of naloxone to combat the rising number of drug-related deaths.

Veteran homelessness dipped slightly from 2024 to 2025, according to the latest results from the January 2025 point-in-time count. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development counted 32,495 veterans experiencing homelessness, 387, or 1.2%, fewer than the previous year. HUD counted 18,877 veterans in shelters, and 13,518 living unsheltered in places not meant for […]

The recent rise of matcha can be credited, in part, to social media, a tea expert said. 'It looks really pretty on the internet.'

ST. LOUIS - Police are investigating after a man was killed in a shooting Thursday night in north St. Louis. According to the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, the shooting occurred around 10:20 p.m. in the 3600 block of Penrose Street in the Fairgrounds neighborhood. Homicide detectives were called to the scene following the shooting. [...]

A mother carries her 12-month-old into the pediatrician’s office for a routine visit. The doctor recommends the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine- the MMR vaccine- just as pediatricians have for decades. This time, she pauses. She heard the President say the MMR vaccine was “sort of like a nuclear weapon.” She heard the head of […]

As public fervor over data centers continues in the St. Louis region and nationwide, local leaders are trying to put guardrails in place on the developments. St. Louis Public Radio’s Jonathan Ahl spoke with reporters Kate Grumke and Kavahn Mansouri about where we stand now with local data center policies.

ST. LOUIS - We’ll watch for some spots of fog again Friday morning. Otherwise, it will be a quiet start and a bit cooler than Thursday morning. We’ll see sunny skies Friday and highs in the mid to upper 80s. There is just a slight chance for some showers and thundershowers late Friday night into [...]

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Headlines from the August xx, 1926, front page include: Admits killing wife in quarrel over pair of socks

The season of extreme weather holds lessons for how the continent can climate-proof its energy systems.

Researchers are beginning to untangle how the “drought-disease paradox” works.