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Negotiators worked overnight to reach a deal, which included slightly strengthening the GOP advantage in the St. Louis-area 2nd District held by GOP Rep. Ann Wagner.

ALTON - Alton Fire Chief Jesse Jemison expressed pride that the contract between the Firefighters and Teamsters unions and the City of Alton had been approved by the deadline and it seemed a fair agreement for both sides. In previous years, the chief said some of the negotiations had been very heated and it was hard to come to a compromise. The chief says the other good news is it is a four-year agreement that runs from April 1, 2022, to March 31, 2026. Chief Jemison has been a firefighter for many years and remembers how difficult some of the negotiations had been in the past. He explained the pay raises as 3 percent in the first two years and 2.5 percent in the third and fourth years. “This is a very historic thing,” he said that the contract had been settled before the deadline. “My approach was not to argue about little things and keep me vs. you out of it. "I think we were able to come up with a fair contract and equipment for firefighters and Teamsters

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The new location on 4084 Bingham Ave. will more than triple the rescue's current square footage.

ST. LOUIS--The owners and operators of HoteLumière at The Arch have settled a wrongful death suit brought by the family of a St. Louis boy who drowned in the hotel's pool in 2018. St. Louis Circuit Court Judge Madeline O. Connolly approved the settlement Thursday, which our news partners at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch report [...]

Local musician Mark Pagano is leading the way for St. Louis’ “kindie” music scene, making charming kids’ music their parents also listen to. He explains how his band FIRE DOG fell into kids’ music and the reason for his new moniker.

Matriarch Hamishe Bahrami will enter semi-retirement but still play an important role in the new project.

MARYVILLE - Anderson Hospital is proud to have been named one of the best hospitals in the United States by Newsweek magazine in their annual "World’s Best Hospitals" rankings released this month. The 2022 list lands Anderson Hospital in the top 6% of 6,090 hospitals in the United States. Newsweek is a premier news magazine and website that has been bringing high-quality journalism to readers around the globe for over 80 years. This is the fourth year of their World’s Best Hospitals rankings. “Many medical institutions struggled with challenges over the course of the pandemic, but what has set the world's leading hospitals apart is their continued ability to deliver the highest-quality patient care and conduct critical medical research even as they focused on battling COVID,” stated Nancy Cooper, Global Editor-in-Chief of Newsweek. This prestigious award is presented by Newsweek and Statista Inc., the world-leading statistics portal and industry-ranking provider.

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Workers hired through the temporary personnel companies will pick up litter along St. Louis area roadways

The private university, whose athletic program is undergoing major changes, said Thursday it will add a NCAA Division I men’s hockey team. It will become the only university in the St. Louis region with a Division I men's hockey program.

YWCA Metro St. Louis is leading an effort to open an early childhood education center in the 39 North agtech innovation district to bring needed affordable childcare to the area.

For six years, William Jones and his family have run MC Appliances on Dr. Martin Luther King Drive in the heart of north St. Louis. Like many businesses, they were hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic. "The pandemic really did affect us all in many ways. We would like to do many things still, including hiring more staff, investing in stock and making necessary repairs," said Jones. Much-needed help for the family's appliance shop and about 100 other businesses on the city's north side could soon…

Bills that would bar government entities from requiring COVID-19 vaccinations and require private employers to grant religious exemptions continued to face pushback from business associations Wednesday. But the business groups …

The new Series A funding round led by CAVU Venture Partners comes on the heels of rapid retail expansion, helping fuel innovation and category growth in the pet supplements space.

A switch to permanent daylight saving time might seem appealing for those who enjoy lighter evenings. Wash U’s Erik Herzog discusses research that shows it could have dangerous effects on health and safety and our natural biological rhythms.

A 32-year-old man has been sentenced to 20 years in state prison after pleading guilty Thursday to stealing a car at gunpoint.

This is a seagull on the Seal Beach pier. I can't think of anything else to say about it.

Communities from across the state will ask voters April 5 for permission to collect a sales tax for online purchases from out of state vendors.

USPS strongly encourages people to stop using these drop boxes for sensitive mail and instead go inside and hand your mail to an employee.