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SLPS discusses 37 school closures

7 months 1 week ago
St. Louis Public Schools is proposing to close 37 schools, leaving only 31 remaining, as the district faces a loss of up to 2,000 students due to a tornado.
Nick Gladney

Immigrant family hides for their lives in St. Louis as ICE crackdown intensifies

7 months 1 week ago
This article was published in partnership with The Marshall Project – St. Louis, a nonprofit news team covering Missouri’s criminal justice systems. Subscribe to their email list, and follow The Marshall Project on Instagram, Reddit and YouTube. There was a precious time last summer when a Guatemalan immigrant finally felt at home in Missouri.  He, […]
Jesse Bogan

Missouri works to retroactively complete 16,000 cannabis employee fingerprint background checks

7 months 1 week ago
Missouri cannabis regulators say they’re halfway through getting fingerprint background checks for about 16,000 marijuana workers and volunteers who didn’t get them between 2022 and 2024. Anyone who wants to work in the cannabis industry must get an “agent ID badge” through the Missouri Division of Cannabis Regulation, which is when the background check normally […]
Rebecca Rivas

Monday, July 21 - A Nitty Gritty farewell

7 months 1 week ago
A group of Southern California teenagers formed the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band amid the folk revival of the mid-60’s. The group became a pillar of country music radio for decades, scoring 17 straight top-ten singles. The Dirt Band plays Chesterfield Amphitheatre on Thursday as the group bids farewell to touring.

Heavy morning rain and storms will briefly dial back heat

7 months 1 week ago
ST. LOUIS - Overnight thunderstorms have been producing heavy rain, between 2 and 6 inches in a short amount of time. The flash flood threat will continue through daybreak, as there is a lot of standing water on roadways. The wet and cloudy start may dial back the heat briefly on Monday, but this is [...]
Angela Hutti