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In a packed hearing room a few blocks from the Missouri Capitol on Thursday, Ameren electric customers asked utility reps why they should be asked to pay another $17.45 per month, on average, for power. At times they were emotional when addressing members of the Missouri Public Service Commission, which oversees utilities, including Ameren. Lindsey […]

The district has rolled out a new process to help map out better transportation for families.

We’ve talked repeatedly how one way to boost lagging U.S. broadband competition is the support of “open access” fiber networks that allow numerous ISPs to compete over a centralized fiber network. In ideal implementations, like Ammon, Idaho or in parts of Utah, residents have the option of switching between multiple, competing ISPs, sometimes in a […]

The Missouri state budget will be tighter in coming years as the state finishes spending federal aid distributed for recovery from the COVID pandemic, but Gov. Mike Kehoe said Thursday he remains committed to his promise to end the state income tax. Speaking to editors and publishers attending the Missouri Press Association Day at the Capitol, Kehoe said one of his priorities for cutting taxes this year is to exempt capital gains — the profits from sale of investments like a business or stocks.…

A car that caught fire in Clayton after a chase was used in a robbery, and the two men involved left a gun in the car, which caused the heat from the fire to explode the bullets.

A two-vehicle crash in south St. Louis resulted in a person being left dead and damage to a building on the 4500 block of McRee Avenue in the Botanical Heights neighborhood.

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the U.S. Department of Agriculture said during her confirmation hearing Thursday that she has “a lot to learn” about highly pathogenic avian influenza or bird flu, the virus that’s wreaking havoc on the country’s poultry industry and dairy farms. The outbreak has affected more than 136 million […]

The flagship opened in the rathskeller of the Cheshire complex in late 2012.

Columnist Aisha Sultan writes: Just like Frankie’s ligament, I was also torn. I didn’t want to subject him to an unnecessary surgery, a recovery that required weeks of inactivity and cost thousands of dollars.

A female resident of the home died in the explosion and a male was severely injured. The release did not say how old the victims were.

The Housing, Urban Development and Zoning Committee voted to cut downtown's share to $60 million from the $74 million allocated in a compromise plan.

The Missouri state budget will be tighter in coming years as the state finishes spending federal aid distributed for recovery from the COVID pandemic, but Gov. Mike Kehoe said Thursday he remains committed to his promise to end the state income tax. Speaking to editors and publishers attending the Missouri Press Association Day at the […]

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St. Louis County Executive Sam Page is encountering a familiar problem. After the latest election, he only has one reliable ally on the St. Louis County Council — and a host of adversaries who want to exert their power over Missouri’s largest county. St. Louis Public Radio’s Jason Rosenbaum reports on why voters could have the final say over who gets the upper hand.

The 19-year-old charged with hitting six people with his car in the Ted Drew parking lot in south St. Louis is set to appear in court on Friday, facing five felony counts of leaving the scene of an accident causing physical injury.

Owners opine that there are a number of options, none of them good.

ST. LOUIS - It's a cold start Friday but in the afternoon, temperatures will climb above freezing with sunny skies. Highs Friday should climb into the mid-30s. Partly cloudy and down into the mid to upper 20s overnight. Temperatures get much better for Saturday, hitting the upper 40s to near 50 F with an increase [...]