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With nearly 30,000 workers, the federal government is the largest employer in Missouri’s second largest metropolitan area.

City officials blocked off nearly an entire block in the St. Louis Place neighborhood after a 20-foot-deep sinkhole opened when a 100-year-old brick sewer collapsed.

The billion-dollar project will be faster, stronger and twice the size of MU's current research reactor with the ability to help even more cancer patients.

This week, our first place winner on the insightful side is Stephen T. Stone with a comment about the Trump administration’s pivot to claiming that it meant to send Abrego Garcia to El Salvador: Remember, folks: If they’ll do it to non-citizens, they’ll do it to citizens soon enough. They want you afraid of being […]

A De Soto man was arrested Friday after stabbing a victim in the chest with a sword and breaking into two apartments in University City.

On April 19, District 5 officers responded to a shooting at the Schnucks located at 3431 Union, just after 5 p.m. A 57-year-old man and several witnesses told officers that a man driving a gray Ford struck the 57-year-old with his vehicle. The man continued driving around the parking lot threatening the 57-year-old. The 57-year-old […]

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Did you know that the term “4/20” originated not from a government decree or a marketing campaign, but from a group of high school students in the early 1970s? Today, 4/20 is globally recognized as an informal holiday celebrating cannabis culture, but its roots and evolution reveal a rich tapestry of social movements, cultural shifts, and legal battles. Understanding the cultural history of 4/20 provides insight into broader conversations about drug policy, counterculture, and social identity. Origins: From a Secret Code to a Cultural Phenomenon The most widely accepted origin story of 4/20 traces back to 1971 in San Rafael, California, where a group of five high school friends, known as “The Waldos,” coined the term “420” as a secret code for their after-school cannabis sessions. They chose 4:20 p.m. as their meeting time, and “420” soon became shorthand for marijuana use. This innocuous code, initially known only within a small circle,

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