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We’ve noted how Republicans are rewriting the 2021 infrastructure bill (they voted against) to ensure that billions of dollars in taxpayer-funded broadband grants wind up in the back pocket of Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos (and their low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellite broadband ventures, Starlink and Project Kuiper). This is billions of taxpayer dollars being paid to billionaires […]

SPRINGFIELD – Hunters in Illinois took a preliminary total of 81,225 deer during the seven-day 2025 Illinois firearm deer season that concluded Dec. 7. Comparatively, hunters harvested 82,496 deer during the 2024 firearm season. The preliminary harvest for the second weekend of the firearm season Dec. 4-7 was 29,816 compared with 27,835 deer harvested during the same period in 2024. The preliminary harvest for the first weekend of this year’s firearm season Nov. 21-23 was 51,409

Firefighters responded to a vacant house fire in north St. Louis early Wednesday morning when a floor collapsed underneath one emergency responder.

The Missouri attorney general said her office received notice last week that a suit had been filed in China against Missouri.

The council on Tuesday approved $55 million in cuts compared to this year's adjusted budget, including in the police, health and parks departments.

The work comes as the nonprofit is spearheading a redevelopment of the nearby Millennium Hotel with The Cordish Cos.

The St. Louis region is honoring the life and service of Lt. Sarah McCarthy Wednesday.

Emergency crews are responding to an accident involving a Metro Call-A-Ride Wednesday morning.

The 475-employees at the three plants will be offered jobs at one of Anheuser-Busch’s other facilities along with money to move and training to learn new skills.

Grant winners include a daycare, a bar, a florist and a recording studio.

A town hall meeting set for Wednesday will focus on a series of upcoming construction projects and the possible future expansion of Highway 61 to six lanes

If you were appalled by the spectacle of Donald Trump clumsily accepting a peace trophy that looks like a prop from “Night of the Living Dead,” then brace yourself. There may be worse in store. To recount, Trump was given — to nobody’s surprise — the inaugural “FIFA Peace Prize” during the World Cup final […]

The St. Louis jails are nearing a breaking point.  At the St. Louis City Justice Center, people behind bars have complained of going weeks without showers and months without fresh air or direct sunlight. One incarcerated person described how swiftly fights can break out without staff present. At the St. Louis County Jail, a former […]

The St. Joseph Housing Initiative revitalizes vacant properties in underserved St. Louis neighborhoods and renovates them before selling to first-time homebuyers. As St. Louis Public Radio’s Lacretia Wimbley reports, the program is making homebuying dreams come true, one renovation at a time.

The warmer weather pattern rolls on and will continue through Christmas. While there will be some ups and downs, temperatures are expected to mostly stay above average over the next eight days.

Van Morrison, E Street Band guitarist Stevie Van Zandt, George Thorogood and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers' Mike Campbell are among the artists set to perform at an upcoming benefit concert…

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