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Some of the best schools in Missouri are located in the St. Louis and Kansas City areas.

Club member LaiJeon Williams and St. Louis Internship participant Angelia Viviano each won $1,000 scholarships for volunteerism and leadership.

Claire, our final Blues Junior Reporter, wrapped up the series by talking to Torey Krug about what you need to know about getting in to competitive sports and the inside scoop on his teammates!

Take a load off and take in the views on a relaxing daytime cruise that shows St. Louis from the river that built it. Narrated

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The Kansas City Police Department is conducting a criminal investigation of the Friday ride-along by former Gov. Eric Greitens as a possible violation of a 1940s law enacted to root out political corruption linked to notorious political boss Tom Pendergast. All the department’s records surrounding the ride-along are closed because they are now part of […]

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St. Louis nonprofit LaunchCode has been helping Missouri inmates learn computer programming skills since 2018. The program has since evolved and expanded — and graduates who have been released have already begun to find jobs; LaunchCode’s Vice President of Impact Haley Shoaf says this is just the beginning.

Play the game and test your skills » Can you survive the Startup Trail? Today we’re launching a browser-playable startup policy simulator game called Startup Trail, developed in partnership with Engine. Here’s your chance to learn about all the challenges of building a successful tech startup in the face of all sorts of obstacles. Over […]

The project's centerpiece construction projects include a five-star hotel, a second hotel, a 500-seat amphitheater and a golf course.

Supporters of the only attempt to add money to the state’s record operating budget during Senate debate Tuesday also complained loudest that the state is spending too much. As the chamber …

"As I look to the remainder of 2022, the expected benefits from increases in short-term interest rates will be substantial to our net interest income," the St. Louis financial firm's CEO said.

ST. LOUIS, Mo. - A former Missouri state representative from the St. Louis area was found unconscious on the morning of Friday, March 11, in a hallway at the Loews Hotel in Downtown St. Louis. Cora Faith Walker was just 37-years-old when she died. There is no active local or federal investigation into Walker’s death. [...]

URBANA – The career achievements of Illinois 4-H members were lauded at the Illinois 4-H Celebration of Excellence held April 9 at the I Hotel & Conference Center in Urbana. The ceremony celebrated career achievements of 4-H members, and the Illinois 4-H Foundation awarded $45,000 in scholarships as part of the celebration. The scholarships are awarded to five Illinois 4-H members in each of nine focus categories and are based on merit and a demonstrated standard of 4-H excellence. “My wife Janette and I give to the Illinois 4-H Foundation in honor of my parents and maternal grandparents,” says donor Kevin Rhoades, a Fayette County 4-H alum. “I saw what a difference 4-H made for all my extended family members growing up and what it meant to my mother, Mary Ann, who was a leader for so many years. We felt it was important to help provide resources for 4-H to continue to help bring those life skills and values to young people and future leaders from throughout

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Dewight Price, a 54-year-old cab driver, was shot and killed by two teenagers during a ride on Sunday morning. He was found on the parking lot of Hazelwood Central.

The Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act, passed in 2008, is among the strictest such laws in the U.S.

Statistics don’t have faces.   While statistics about the number of homeless veterans in the United States are staggering, they do not show the people

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A new book celebrating the life and music of late Emerson, Lake & Palmer keyboardist Keith Emerson can be pre-ordered now. The official book, titled simply Keith Emerson, features a…

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