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A father’s tribute: Remembering and honor children killed by mom in Ferguson fire
When William Tecumseh Sherman lived in St. Louis
William Tecumseh Sherman's home once stood in what is now the Jeff-Vander-Lou neighborhood.
Who needs a license plate when your temp tag never expires!
30 broken bones, 7 surgeries: 2 months after near-fatal crash, teen returns to school
Trump FCC Prepares To Destroy Whatever’s Left Of Media Consolidation Limits
During Trump 1.0, his captured FCC took at absolute hatchet to what was left of media ownership limits. Those limits, built on the back of decades of bipartisan collaboration, prohibited local broadcasters and media from growing too large, trampling smaller (and more diversely owned) competitors underfoot. The result has been a rise in local news deserts and […]
Missouri House GOP starts over with new bill to ban abortion with limited exceptions
With less than six weeks left in the legislative session, Missouri House Republicans scrapped their latest of several iterations of an abortion ban in search of a new solution.
The newest proposed constitutional amendment got its first committee hearing Wednesday night with a bill filed by Republican state Rep. Ed Lewis of Moberly presented to the House Children and Families Committee by its new handler, state Rep. Brian Seitz, a Branson Republican.
Seitz told his colleagues the legislation, a…
There was a truck selling Florida strawberries in an empty parking lot out in O’Fallon, IL yesterday. It was only there for 30 minutes or so. Anyone else see this or was it a fever dream?
St. Louis Character: Jeremy Sweat preserves history of Gateway Arch grounds
Jeremy Sweat, as superintendent of Gateway Arch National Park, seeks to preserve the site's history while also leading a "large, complex" organization.
1 dead, 1 injured in Wednesday crash on Highway 21
St. Louis judges increasingly embrace ankle monitors amid calls to reform bail
In the heat of an argument last spring, Khyla Mason raised a handgun into the air on a neighbor’s porch. She was acting in self-defense, she said, and never fired, but the confrontation was captured on video, and some children were nearby. Mason wound up in a St. Louis jail charged with unlawful use of […]
St. Louis judges increasingly embrace ankle monitors amid calls to reform bail
In the heat of an argument last spring, Khyla Mason raised a handgun into the air on a neighbor’s porch. She was acting in self-defense, she said, and never fired, but the confrontation was captured on video, and some children were nearby. Mason wound up in a St. Louis jail charged with unlawful use of […]
Missouri governor signs controversial utility legislation. Your bills will rise, critics say
Kehoe signed wide-ranging legislation meant to help utility companies generate enough power to meet rising demand, but consumer advocates say it will raise utility rates an average of $1,000 annually.
Missouri House GOP starts over with new bill to ban abortion with limited exceptions
A hearing on the latest iteration concluded after the public was cleared out of the room after abortion-rights advocates protested not being allowed to testify.
Teen injured in Ferguson shooting, police seek fleeing father
A 14-year-old teenager was injured by a gunshot in Ferguson, MO overnight, and police are searching for the father who fled the scene.
Police investigating fatal shooting outside Washington Park nightclub
ST. CLAIR COUNTY, Ill. - Police are investigating after an overnight shooting left a man dead outside a nightclub in Washington Park. The shooting took place overnight Thursday morning at Activated Bar & Slots, located on the 1200 block of Kingshighway. Police are actively searching for the shooter. The incident is the second fatal shooting [...]
Bruce Sommer, key exec at downtown convention center for 25 years, dead at 83
He also was a St. Louis alderman from 1975 to 1984 and ran unsuccessfully for comptroller in 1981.
Thursday, April 10 - How the race was won
St. Louis Mayor-elect Cara Spencer cruised to victory by outflanking incumbent Tishaura Jones in high turnout wards. STLPR’s Jason Rosenbaum breaks down the factors that led to Tuesday’s results. Plus: an audio postcard from a Missouri tree nursery might get you inspired to go outside and start planting.
Missouri House GOP starts over with new bill to ban abortion with limited exceptions
With less than six weeks left in the legislative session, Missouri House Republicans scrapped their latest of several iterations of an abortion ban in search of a new solution. The newest proposed constitutional amendment got its first committee hearing Wednesday night with a bill filed by Republican state Rep. Ed Lewis of Moberly presented to […]
Intoxicating hemp regulations stall in Missouri Senate after 7-hour filibuster
Legislation aiming to regulate intoxicating hemp products like Delta-8 seltzers and hemp-THC gummies stalled in the Missouri Senate on Wednesday after a seven-hour bipartisan filibuster. The bill’s harshest critics argued it was nothing more than an attempt by the marijuana industry to stomp out its competition. “It reminds me so much of a street drug […]
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