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The Missouri Senate passed a congressional redistricting map Thursday and then adjourned for the year. The 22-11 vote came after Senate Majority Leader Caleb Rowden invoked a rarely-used rule to bring a bill from the Senate Select Committee on Redistricting to the floor.  The adjournment came a day before the constitutionally mandated end of the […]

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Jurors told a judge they thought Robert Smith killed Todd Toston Sr. in self-defense in 2019. Smith received the minimum sentence: three years in prison.

In a cabaret far, far away, The Boom Boom Room presents Bombshells in Space. Storm troopers and the Imperial Guard have invaded the Boom Boom

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Since her debut in 2004, Nicole Henry has established herself as one of the jazz world’s most acclaimed vocalists. Ms. Henry possesses a potent combination

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Missouri voters will be required to present a government-issued photo ID to cast a ballot under a wide-ranging elections bill headed to Gov. Mike Parson’s desk. The bill includes several other provisions —  such as prohibiting touchscreen voting machines, and requiring a number of cybersecurity checks — that came out of hearings last summer, where […]

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Laura Keys, St. Louis' 21st Ward Democratic committeewoman, says she will ask the full city party committee to nominate her to run for the ward's vacant seat.

A education bill finally passed by lawmakers Thursday includes provisions for Holocaust education, computer science education and other programs.

The package of election changes includes a renewed effort to require photo ID to vote

George Benson has the rare dis/nc/on of being in the pop consciousness while remaining in the pantheon of jazz greats. The iconic guitarist/vocalist/songwriter fearlessly follows

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In the spectacular climactic sixth episode of the Star Wars saga, the fate of the galaxy hangs in the balance as the SLSO performs John

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Set in the late 1970s, August Wilson’s first play in his 10-play cycle of 10 decades of history in Pittsburgh takes place in the midst

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Experience the immense talent and versatility of COCA’s Dance Ensembles—Ballet Eclectica, COCAdance, and COCA’s Hip-Hop Crew—in the season-culminating repertoire, TRIumphant. Showcasing choreographic works staged by

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“You should be a mother,” was what my own mother said to me the week before she died. I held her thin, weakened hand across the hospital bed and nodded. I was in my early twenties, and children seemed a…

Acclaimed architect Gyo Obata, who died in March at the age of 99, will be honored at a public memorial service on Saturday.

"We have been receiving so many calls that we're actually in a pause right now," said Jamie Lueders.