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Two men are accused of conspiring to make a bidding process for building Aldi stores appear to be competitive when it wasn't.

By the time state lawmakers return to the Capitol next year, nearly all abortions could be illegal in Missouri. With a trigger ban already on the books that would go into effect if the U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, the GOP supermajority that controls the Missouri legislature is already mulling what types of […]

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The veteran Clinton lawyer is representing a developer accused of bribing Trump’s Deputy Secretary of the Interior.

This excerpt comes from Ben Westhoff's new book, Little Brother: Love, Tragedy, and My Search For the Truth, about his relationship with his mentee in the Big Brothers Big Sisters program, Jorell Cleveland. When Cleveland was killed near his home in Ferguson in 2016 at age 19, Westhoff set out to find the killer. I hadn’t seen Jorell in a couple months.

Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft will not use random sampling to verify whether a pair of initiative petitions submitted this month collected enough signatures to be placed on the …

The victim's name and details surrounding the crash have not been released.

A new concept from Billy Gianino, Jr. will serve classic diner fare and more at breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

Back in early 2016, Parma, Ohio resident Anthony Novak decided to have a little fun. He created a parody of the Parma Police Department’s Facebook page and began posting obviously satirical announcements, like the following: The Parma Civil Service Commission will conduct a written exam for basic Police Officer for the City of Parma to […]

Reservations will no longer be required to visit the Saint Louis Zoo (1 Government Drive, 314-781-0900) starting Monday, May 23. The reservation system started as a way to control capacity at the zoo while St. Louis faced COVID-19 restrictions.

This story was originally published by the Missouri Independent. Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt announced Thursday that his office has filed six new lawsuits challenging school masking requirements.

Our environmental safeguards are being decimated by none other than the agency meant to protect us from pollution, the Missouri Department of Natural Resources (DNR). Staff from DNR met secretly with corporations and consulting firms before releasing a proposed rule that would drastically reduce oversight at coal ash dumps by allowing them to continue leaching […]

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On June 4, the mentoring organization is hosting a pretty unique affair: a rock, paper, scissors battle at Busch Stadium.

Illinois reached a milestone Thursday afternoon. The average price per gallon ticked up from $4.99 to $5. While KSDK was on a virtual call with Gas Buddy's head of petroleum analysis, Patrick De Haan, his tracker updated to reflect the new $5 average. "I'm just sitting here," De Haan said pointing to his laptop, "I've been watching this Illinois state average at 4.99 and it's driving me nuts, wait oh look, it just hit 5." The $5 state-wide average includes heavy hitter prices, like the ones in…

Students and teachers told U.S. House members during a Thursday hearing that their right to talk about race and LGBTQ issues in public schools is being silenced due to an onslaught of new state laws as well as pressure on school boards from right-wing advocates. “To be crystal clear, this is about disrupting and destroying […]

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St. Louis alderman asks developer of $40 million student housing complex near SLU for donation to affordable housing fund.

FLORISSANT, Mo. - FOX 2 spent Friday morning in the Florissant neighborhood! There is a lot of good food to eat. FOX 2 visited Old Town Donuts, Hendel's, Made. by Lia, and the Knights of Columbus Food Trucks. Florissant has also found ways to give back through Sew Hope STL and The Latte Lounge. There [...]

Members of a U.S. Senate panel and election administrators raised a bevy of concerns Thursday about the challenges elections officials will face this fall, saying problems ranging from a lack of paper to coordinated misinformation campaigns could affect confidence in U.S. democracy. A bipartisan panel of current and former elections officials and experts told the […]

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