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by Ruth Talbot, ProPublica, Jennifer Smith Richards, Chicago Tribune, and Jodi S. Cohen, ProPublica

Illinois law prohibits schools from fining students for disciplinary reasons, but an analysis by the Chicago Tribune and ProPublica found that school officials have been referring students to the police, who then issue tickets for violating local ordinances. Search our interactive database, for a public school or district to see if reporters identified ticketing there.

The space provides a home base for STL Barkeep's Single Barrel Club and will play host this weekend to the Local Lands Poster Show, featuring a VIP tasting with Limestone Branch Distillery's Stephan Fante.

When New York-born actor, producer, and theater owner Noah Miller Ludlow arrived in St. Louis in 1819 with the goal of establishing the area’s first permanent professional theater, he was disappointed by what he found. Ludlow had recently been introduced to St. Louis newspaper publisher Isaac N. Henry, who informed him that although the population …

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Joe Bates of St. Louis, MO joined the Real Rock Army today

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LGBTQIA+ communities have been contributing to St. Louis’s history for centuries. Now the Gateway to Pride virtual exhibit will begin to uncover the rarely-shared or

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One of the major players in the state’s low-income housing tax credit program could benefit from the change in law.

A driver ran over the sign of the sacred site where Dr. Leroy Bundy lived. Bundy was accused and convicted of starting the race riot, but was later exonerated.

The Root 66 medical marijuana dispensary wants to open on Manchester Road in the current Paperdolls building.

Representative Shamed Dogan, from Ballwin, was one of two Republicans who voted against the ban.

Months of anticipation came to an end at O’Fallon Township High School (OTHS) in O’Fallon, IL, with a "big reveal" Wednesday.   

Brian Hilke is portrayed as a hero in the Pam Hupp TV mini-series. That part is true, as he was a key detective in uncovering the truth about Hupp, but he says the show's comedy tone did not do justice to the terrifying reality.

The St. Louis Youth Soccer Association (SLYSA) and its referees have had enough of the kicking and screaming youth soccer fans.

Field drug tests are awful. They’re insanely unreliable. Sure, sometimes the tests are correct: the suspected drugs are actual drugs. Broken clocks and all that. But they’re so often wrong they should be considered as scientifically sound as hiring a full-time psychic and promoting them to detective. Here’s a short list of things drug field […]

The Lincoln County Sheriff's Office is asking for the public's help in identifying a "well dressed" 1984 murder victim as they gain access to new DNA technology that helped cracked another cold case from 2006.

David C. Frazier and Bryon James Miller are among 75 people issued clemency this week, with Miller in custody longer than any other recipient.