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Gasoline prices across the nation and in Missouri have decreased by 12 cents and 4 cents respectively, with drivers in St. Louis paying 11 cents less per gallon compared to two weeks ago.

We’ve noted how Warner Brothers CEO David Zaslav is poised to receive a $550 million golden parachute from the sale of Warner Brothers to Paramount, despite the fact that his tenure has been broadly viewed as disastrous at best. Zaslav oversaw years of dysfunction during the last wave of pointless Warner Brothers mergers, which included […]

No injuries were reported in an overnight apartment fire in south St. Louis, as all residents were able to safely evacuate the building.

A Missouri Senate decision to use money set aside for Capitol renovations to shore up funding for public schools isn’t popular with Gov. Mike Kehoe or the budget chief in the Missouri House. But they aren’t dismissing it outright. Speaking to reporters at a news conference in his office, Kehoe said lawmakers who set $600 […]

Begin Again: Wak'a Garden is the second installment in Laumeier’s Begin Again series, honoring the Park’s 50-year history of collaborating with artists and supporting new commissions and exhibitions. The organic, amphitheater-shaped sculpture, built […]

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Begin Again: 50 Years and Counting marks Laumeier’s 50th anniversary by celebrating five decades of artist commissions and exhibitions. Featuring hundreds of artists and rarely seen works from Laumeier’s collection, […]

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ST. LOUIS - A woman was sentenced after being convicted of misusing millions of taxpayer money intended to feed low-income Missouri children before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. A federal judge sentenced Cymone McClellan, 32, to 41 months in prison after she pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. McClellan was [...]

The Missouri Senate approved legislation Wednesday that included corrections for multiple errors in another bill Gov. Mike Kehoe signed earlier this month. That bill, originally sponsored by Republican state Sen. Nich Schroer of Defiance, was an wide-ranging crime bill that included changes to juvenile detention centers in the state and mandatory prison time for adults […]

Clem & Co., a bunny-themed stationery business, opened its doors at 1300 Sidney St. last month.

The governor also signed a bill merging oversight of the Dome at America's Center and St. Louis' convention center.

Even more worrisome than the population’s growing uncertainty about reality is the dangerous overconfidence among some groups about what they believe is true.

John Henry Ferring IV, a St. Louis businessman and philanthropist whose quiet leadership helped shape many of the region’s cultural institutions, died March 2. He was 73.

Months after having its federal family planning funding restored, the only Title X grantee program in Missouri is facing new threats from U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley. During a congressional hearing on the Department of Health and Human Services Budget on Wednesday, Hawley asked Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to stop providing Title X funding […]

A pedestrian was struck and killed in a hit-and-run crash in south St. Louis Thursday night, and police are searching for the driver of the white Scion vehicle.

For the first time in 32 years, Lou Magdits is not on the Rolla City Council. He did not seek re-election after 12 years as Mayor, three terms that followed 20 years representing the city’s fourth ward. Madgits sat down with St. Louis Public Radio’s Jonathan Ahl to talk about his time in office.

After passing with overwhelming bipartisan approval in the Missouri House this month, the state Senate is poised to consider legislation that would provide healthy, locally grown food to Medicaid recipients with chronic diet-related illnesses. Two “Food is Medicine” bills are under consideration. They would allow dietitians and other health care professionals to prescribe meals or […]