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On the first Friday of every month, museums and galleries in Grand Center Arts District are free and open until 9pm. Discover the remarkable array

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Prosecutors on Friday charged two St. Louis teenagers with robbing two separate postal employees at gunpoint on Thursday afternoon.

About 30 area social justice groups are calling for the creation of a reparations commission to study the scope and impact of racial oppression in St. Louis.

CHICAGO — Postmaster General Louis DeJoy recently visited Chicago to meet with local Postal Service leadership to discuss the ongoing implementation of the Postal Service’s bold and innovative 10-year plan, Delivering for America. Several area residents the 120 newly named postmasters working for the state of Illinois. Those included James Shelton of Alton, Kyarra Woods of Edwardsville, Melinda Partridge of Glen Carbon, Kasey Dowd of Gillespie, Stephani Patton of Glen Carbon, Stephanie Marable of Maryville, Patrick Streeval of White Hall, Annette Pierce of Belleville, Cleveland Williams of O'Fallon, Jennifer Carlock of Pochohontas, Andrew Sertich of Highland, and Yolonda Lovelace of Troy. DeJoy administered the Oath of Office to the new postmasters. Others nearby this area were: Michele Brow (Ramsey), Carmengiya Hall (Albers), Brian Westerheide (Columbia), Kizzie Austin (Millstadt), Gretchen Winter (New Athens), Andrew Weinman (New Baden), Mark McGeehan (Red Bud), Zachary

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Visit the Cardinals Museum for a candid interview in our Sportsman’s Park Theater with former Cardinals closer Al Hrabosky on Friday, June 10th at 4:30pm.  

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The new archival Rolling Stones concert film and album Licked Live in NYC, which captures a January 2003 show that the British rock legends played at New York City's famed…

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Long-delayed work to add an epoxy coating to eastbound lanes of the Blanchette Memorial Bridge is set to begin Sunday night, transportation officials said.

Located at Schnuck Family Plaza in the center of the Zoo. Jungle Boogie is one of the many events and activities you can enjoy during Prairie

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Heat index readings may push 110 degrees.

ST. LOUIS – Federal agents and local police indicted 14 people involved in the "55 Boyz" fentanyl distribution ring in the St. Louis area. Several popular local rappers with promising careers were among the suspects indicted in April. Seven others were added to the indictment Wednesday. The "55 Boyz" group is accused of drug trafficking [...]

Last week, New York State became the first state to pass right to repair legislation. The bill was the culmination of years of consumer frustration with repair monopolies, obnoxious DRM, shrinking repair access, high repair costs, and impossible to find tools, parts, and documentation. While the bill only covered some consumer electronics, activists hope it […]

The opening U.S. House hearing in a series on the Jan. 6 attack included some eye-opening new details about the events of the day and the broader plot to halt the peaceful transfer of presidential power. The nine-member investigative committee put former President Donald Trump at the center of the plot, while accusing leaders of two […]

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On Wednesday, the federal government indicted seven more defendants for allegedly running a St. Louis area fentanyl distribution ring. This brings the total number indicted to 14. The original indictment was served in April and included local rappers Davante "Jizzle Buckz" Lindsey, 25, and Andre "Luh Half" Pearson, 25, of St. Louis and St. Louis County respectively.

The road collapsed at Ferry Street and Blair Avenue in north St. Louis on Wednesday afternoon after a rainstorm, creating a 40-foot crater.

Before closing its second-biggest coal plant, Ameren wants to run it on a limited basis while completing crucial transmission projects.

Did you watch the 1/6 hearings last night? I did, but thanks to lingering jet lag I dozed through bits and pieces of it. I think I mostly got the gist, but there were some things I probably missed. Anyway, it seemed pretty effective, though as usual it's all but impossible for me to judge ...continue reading "How many people still have uncertain opinions about Trump and 1/6?"

EDWARDSVILLE — Madison County officials continued a discussion on Thursday to lower food truck fees. The Finance Committee discussed the resolution to lower the fee for mobile food service establishments (food trucks) by $200 from $375, but it failed for lack of a motion. County Board member and Finance Chair Chris Guy of Maryville said that the Health Department Committee voted on June 3, 4-1, to lower the fee. The County Board will vote on the issue during its monthly meeting at 5 p.m., June 15. County Board member Jaime Goggin of Edwardsville and member of the finance committee said he is not in agreement with lowering the fees. “When (the County Board) set the fees they looked at the cost to the county,” Goggin said. “It actually costs the county more to inspect a food truck.” In 2018, the county established the operation of food trucks and its permit fees. Goggin said cutting the fee is going to cost the county and it should not fall on taxpayers

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Federal authorities have indicted 14 people, including two rappers, in the St. Louis region on allegations they ran a fentanyl distribution ring.

Get ready to see (and hear!) the famous Blue Angels in the area this weekend.