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ST. LOUIS - You can take home furry friends named after the St. Louis Blues as they bring heat to the ice! Five Acres Animal Shelter is celebrating the St. Louis Blues' run in the Stanley Cup Playoffs by naming animals after some players. The pets get the name of the player who scores first in [...]

These Republican states are passing clean energy bills in the name of freedom and economics.

ST. LOUIS - Tuesday sees a clear and mild morning. Expect sunny, muggy, and hot conditions Tuesday through Thursday with temperatures in the low-90s. The area may tie or break records. Friday will be a touch cooler, but it will still be well above normal. It will be cooler this weekend with a chance of [...]

The Philippines lays out a plan for addressing climate change — and holding the biggest polluters accountable.

The Department of Transportation needs to be more aggressive in protecting consumers from price-gouging.

The oil and gas industry could jeopardize federal funding to clean up the state’s thousands of abandoned and leaking wells.

In Part 1, I introduced the tale of James and Gretchen Hetzel, a St. Louis couple who decided to spend their honeymoon bicycling around the world on a tandem bicycle. They made it all the way to India before having to turn back. Newspaper accounts of their journey mostly agree on the timeline; however, there …

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Paul Mueller of Collinsville, IL 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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I mentioned in the previous post that (a) national polls about abortion are useless, and (b) attitudes toward abortion have been very stable. So here's a set of (a) three national polls (b) showing that attitudes toward abortion have become more liberal over the past couple of decades: These three polls are all reliable and ...continue reading "Abortion attitudes have become more liberal since 2000, all thanks to Democrats"

The average of new daily cases in St. Louis County is17.3 cases per 100,000 per day, up 111% over two weeks, according to the county's Department of Public Health.

The historic Pop Myles pool has sat vacant for more than a decade. That’s expected to change with extra funds coming from the state.

People are so frustrated with potholes on St. Louis-area roadways, they've started filling the potholes themselves.

It took months for police to identify a possible road rage suspect in Bourbon, Missouri. One man now faces a felony assault charge.

In news that is altogether so unsurprising it needs a “resigned sob” emoji attached, a Reuters investigation has found that far-right extremists are training cops because of course they are. Given law enforcement’s beginnings as an entity tasked with ensuring plantation owners maintained their access to free labor, it’s little wonder that cop shops have […]

If enacted by voters, the proposal also would have put constitutional restrictions on how teachers discuss race and racism.

FOX 2's You Paid For It team is investigating why St. Louis County does not have a county-wide system to change lights when emergency vehicles come through intersections.

The longest running Blues jam session in the nation.   Home of great music, Broadway Oyster Bar has become known as “One of St. Louis’

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