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Here are the highlights from our Monday chat with Post-Dispatch readers.

Melissa Pillot of the Forsyth School in St. Louis was selected for her "outstanding efforts to promote sustainability on her school’s campus."

The St. Louis Public Library is collecting canned or boxed food products (no glass, please!), as well as personal care … MoreSt. Louis Public Library Has Partnered With The St. Louis Area Foodbank For An MLK Food Drive

Dan Isom, the city’s interim public safety director, credited the progress to several factors, including efforts to hold more events downtown.

The Scorpions will release the the title track of their upcoming studio album, Rock Believer, as an advance single this Thursday, January 13, at 10 a.m. ET. The veteran German…

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Ian Quinn, a St. Louis native and Lutheran High School graduate, won the 16-lap, long-track mass start race at the U.S. speedskating trials in Milwaukee Sunday.

Republican lawmakers in charge of redrawing the state's congressional districts have put forth a plan that would keep six Republican districts and two Democrat.

A week has passed since St. Louis area leaders and health officials announced the community was experiencing the worst spike since the COVID-19 pandemic began — and it’s still reaching new levels.

The St. Louis Metropolitan Pandemic Task Force reported over 1,300 cases in the four St. Louis area hospitals. The report comes as BJC moved to reschedule elective surgeries and amid closures of the Missouri History Museum and Saint Louis Art Museum.…

For those concerned about Superfund sites in Missouri and Illinois, the EPA’s newly announced cleanup plans for 49 sites across the U.S come as great news. But community members say it’s also a reminder of just how much work still needs to be done.

Work on the project was set to begin at the outset of the pandemic. Now developers are seeking to extend its building permits to resume work.

Washington University recently received millions of dollars in grant money that researchers hope will turn the tide on Alzheimer’s research. Dr. John Morris and professor Joyce Balls-Berry explain the work they’re doing.

St. Louis City and County are searching for new top cops, but candidates and processes carry complications

Centene Corp., the Clayton-based managed health care provider, has agreed to pay New Hampshire $21.1 million to settle claims by the state that it inaccurately reported pharmacy benefit services costs.

Downtown St. Louis property owners are heading to court seeking the return of $5 million from the neighborhood's taxing district, which spends on beautification and secondary security.

As lawmakers officially kicked off the process of redrawing the state’s congressional districts on Monday, the continued divide among Republicans over whether to go after Kansas City’s Democratic seat was on display. GOP legislative leadership has proposed a map that preserves the congressional delegation’s current partisan breakdown, with two Democratic seats — centered on Kansas […]

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