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Enterprise Center launches premium membership program
The Enterprise Center in St. Louis has launched a new guest experience program offering members exclusive benefits and access to popular events, with memberships available in two tiers: Gold for $1500 and Silver for $750.
Republicans Take A Hatchet To What’s Left Of U.S. Public Broadcasting, PBS Emergency Alerts
Authoritarian assholes really don’t like public broadcasting. They don’t like it because, in its ideal form, it untethers journalism from the often perverse financial incentives inherent in our consolidated, billionaire-owned, ad-engagement based corporate media. If we bolstered real independent media or public broadcasting, you might see journalism more interested in telling people the truth and challenging wealth and […]
Department of conservation indoor/outdoor shooting ranges!
‘One big, beautiful’ law provision on Planned Parenthood funding partly blocked by judge
This report has been updated. WASHINGTON — A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction Monday, blocking a provision in Republicans’ “big, beautiful” law that would have barred Medicaid funding from going to Planned Parenthood for one year. District Court Judge Indira Talwani wrote in a 36-page opinion that Planned Parenthood established “a substantial likelihood of success […]
Jurisdiction issues emerge in AG’s appeal of ruling legalizing abortion in Missouri
The Missouri Supreme Court isn’t as ready to hear the appeal of a ruling that allowed abortions to resume in the state as Attorney General Andrew Bailey is to argue it in front of the seven judges. In filings for an appeal of Jackson County Circuit Judge Jerri Zhang’s July 3 preliminary injunction, Bailey’s office […]
Overnight fire destroys vacant home, damages another in East St. Louis
A fire destroyed a vacant house and damaged another in East St. Louis early Tuesday morning, with no injuries reported and the cause of the fire still under investigation.
St. Louis warns police review board to stand down. Top lawyer cites state takeover.
“I recommend that you take great care to avoid interfering with state-controlled police operations,” said City Counselor Michael Garvin in a letter.
Most Missouri Republicans call for transparency into Jeffrey Epstein investigation
U.S. Sen. Eric Schmitt said in January that the Justice Department should open up all its Jeffrey Epstein files. Last week, he was more reserved.
Clock ticking in battle to stop expansion of Missouri’s private school voucher program
Top Missouri officials say they intend to move forward with an expansion of the MOScholars program this year. The NEA is hoping to block that effort.
How much did they earn? Here’s our salary database for teachers, government workers
The Post-Dispatch’s 2024 Public Pay database includes figures for mayors, teachers, police and other public servants in the St. Louis area.
Suggestions of the best emergency rooms in the city?
Confluence Academies set to hold outreach event on Tuesday
Confluence Academies is hosting a neighborhood outreach event at Old North Academy in north St. Louis to support students and families before the school year begins, providing them with essential information and resources.
Neman: Cop's side hustle is essentially a weekly bake sale
She does a lot of experimenting with her recipes — "which sometimes works out really well, but sometimes Toledo doesn't like my weird things," she says.
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Tilden man charged for child sex abuse set to appear in court on Tuesday
Clyde Thibodeaux, 67, of Tilden, Ill. is facing nine charges related to child sex abuse, including eight counts of predatory criminal sexual assault and one count of aggravated criminal sexual abuse, with 11 possible victims identified over a span of 50 years.
Tuesday, July 22 - Stuck in limbo waiting to call STL home
Nashat Aljerwan and his family have lived at Za'atari Refugee Camp in Jordan for 12 years. But in 2023, a path to resettlement opened that would have allowed them to come to St. Louis. That path quickly closed. In the wake of President Trump’s January executive order to suspend all refugee resettlement, the Aljerwan family became one amongn thousands already vetted, approved, and in limbo.
Medically fragile toddler asphyxiated in his crib. Mother gets 5 years probation.
St. Charles County Prosecutor Joseph McCulloch said the child was born prematurely and weighed only 1.2 pounds at birth.
Holleman: St. Louis trickles out a bit of transparency, but not without a fight
Request for information tied to recent tornado in St. Louis finally was fulfilled — but not through system city uses to handle public’s Sunshine Law requests
Festus to consider a trap-neuter-release program for feral cats
Volunteers would be allowed to trap feral cats within city limits and take them to be spayed or neutered and vaccinated for rabies.