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Person dead after vehicle overturns on I-270 near Spanish Lake
ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. - One person is dead following a vehicle crash on Interstate 270--near Spanish Lake. The crash took place around 5 a.m. on I-270 at Lewis and Clark Boulevard. The person was pronounced dead at the scene and their vehicle was in a ditch, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol (MSHP). [...]
St. Charles County libraries enact new rules for book challenges
Six of the nine library trustees would have to agree to ban a book after reviewing all information regarding the appeal and reading the book themselves.
School starts in one month. Will St. Louis students be stranded again?
St. Louis Public Schools looks to a California company to solve its longstanding bus crisis even as a tornado scrambled the plan.
SLPS discusses 37 school closures
St. Louis Public Schools is proposing to close 37 schools, leaving only 31 remaining, as the district faces a loss of up to 2,000 students due to a tornado.
Immigrant family hides for their lives in St. Louis as ICE crackdown intensifies
This article was published in partnership with The Marshall Project – St. Louis, a nonprofit news team covering Missouri’s criminal justice systems. Subscribe to their email list, and follow The Marshall Project on Instagram, Reddit and YouTube. There was a precious time last summer when a Guatemalan immigrant finally felt at home in Missouri. He, […]
Maryland Heights OKs demolition of historic mansion to make way for senior care facility
Harmony Homes was granted a conditional use permit to raze a historic stone mansion and build six 16-bed buildings at 211 Midland Avenue.
Festus orders an end to stray cat feeding. Residents are outraged.
Festus passed a bill that bans the feeding and watering of stray cats. Critics say it won't work and won't result in fewer cats.
Missouri works to retroactively complete 16,000 cannabis employee fingerprint background checks
Missouri cannabis regulators say they’re halfway through getting fingerprint background checks for about 16,000 marijuana workers and volunteers who didn’t get them between 2022 and 2024. Anyone who wants to work in the cannabis industry must get an “agent ID badge” through the Missouri Division of Cannabis Regulation, which is when the background check normally […]
Bicyclist struck, killed by vehicle in Breckenridge Hills
A man was struck and killed by a vehicle overnight Monday morning in Breckenridge Hills, Missouri, and the Missouri State Highway Patrol is investigating the crash.
The ‘big, beautiful bill’ closes America’s golden door to the world’s refugees
While our government ramps up its hiring of immigration enforcement officers and “makes America safe again,” let me tell you about a family I know. I have written about them here before. They are eight global citizens who fled their homeland in the midst of a civil war. They waited years in a refugee camp […]
Monday, July 21 - A Nitty Gritty farewell
A group of Southern California teenagers formed the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band amid the folk revival of the mid-60’s. The group became a pillar of country music radio for decades, scoring 17 straight top-ten singles. The Dirt Band plays Chesterfield Amphitheatre on Thursday as the group bids farewell to touring.
Heavy morning rain and storms will briefly dial back heat
ST. LOUIS - Overnight thunderstorms have been producing heavy rain, between 2 and 6 inches in a short amount of time. The flash flood threat will continue through daybreak, as there is a lot of standing water on roadways. The wet and cloudy start may dial back the heat briefly on Monday, but this is [...]
Billy Joel guests on Bill Maher’s ‘Club Random’ podcast
Billy Joel sits down for a chat with Bill Maher on the latest episode of the comedian’s Club Random podcast, premiering Monday.The interview took place in Florida, with Maher chatting…
Deregulation Swings the Pendulum Toward Financial Crash
The Federal Trade Commission’s decline is a symptom of a public policy designed primarily to protect asset prices.
What the Working Class Really Believes
A new study tracks the evolution of working-class beliefs, and those of more upper classes, over the past 65 years.
The Cruelty of Medicaid Work Requirements
The bureaucracy needed to verify if recipients are working doesn’t just stop people from receiving health care—it’s difficult for states to set up.
The surprising reasons floods and other disasters are deadlier at night
It’s not just that it’s dark and people are asleep. Urban sprawl, confirmation bias, and other factors can play a role.
Kerr County’s tragic flood wasn’t an outlier. It was a preview.
Mounting evidence shows no state is safe from the flooding that ravaged the Texas Hill Country. Your community could be next.
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