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Messenger: Innocence isn’t enough in Missouri to free a man from prison
“It’s hard to wrap your brain around, but as it turns out innocence is not a good enough reason to release a prisoner in Missouri.”
Trump 2.0 Support For Lina Khan Style Antitrust Reform Wound Up Being An Unsurprising Lie
In a lead up to the last Presidential Election, one of the lies circulated by the Trump camp to befuddle plebs and rubes was that Trump 2.0 was going to be “serious about antitrust reform.” You didn’t have to look far for some baseless claims in the press (or by supposed experts like Matt Stoller) […]
One dead in rollover crash along I-270 in north St. Louis County
The crash was before 5 a.m. on westbound I-270 at Lewis and Clark Boulevard, said Cpl. Dallas Thompson of the Missouri Highway Patrol.
Why does St. Louis Lambert Airport have ‘Free Speech’ booths?
Leaders clashed in troubled St. Louis jail before top boss' ouster, records reveal
Bicyclist killed in Breckenridge Hills crash
The victim was struck about 12:20 a.m. Monday on St. Charles Rock Road near Coles Avenue.
St. Charles County Library adopts new book challenge policy
St. Charles County Libraries have approved a new policy that requires a committee of library personnel and six members of the library board to agree to ban a book after reviewing it, effective August 1.
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Person dead after vehicle overturns on I-270 near Spanish Lake
ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. - One person is dead following a vehicle crash on Interstate 270--near Spanish Lake. The crash took place around 5 a.m. on I-270 at Lewis and Clark Boulevard. The person was pronounced dead at the scene and their vehicle was in a ditch, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol (MSHP). [...]
St. Charles County libraries enact new rules for book challenges
Six of the nine library trustees would have to agree to ban a book after reviewing all information regarding the appeal and reading the book themselves.
School starts in one month. Will St. Louis students be stranded again?
St. Louis Public Schools looks to a California company to solve its longstanding bus crisis even as a tornado scrambled the plan.
SLPS discusses 37 school closures
St. Louis Public Schools is proposing to close 37 schools, leaving only 31 remaining, as the district faces a loss of up to 2,000 students due to a tornado.
Immigrant family hides for their lives in St. Louis as ICE crackdown intensifies
This article was published in partnership with The Marshall Project – St. Louis, a nonprofit news team covering Missouri’s criminal justice systems. Subscribe to their email list, and follow The Marshall Project on Instagram, Reddit and YouTube. There was a precious time last summer when a Guatemalan immigrant finally felt at home in Missouri. He, […]
Maryland Heights OKs demolition of historic mansion to make way for senior care facility
Harmony Homes was granted a conditional use permit to raze a historic stone mansion and build six 16-bed buildings at 211 Midland Avenue.
Festus orders an end to stray cat feeding. Residents are outraged.
Festus passed a bill that bans the feeding and watering of stray cats. Critics say it won't work and won't result in fewer cats.
Missouri works to retroactively complete 16,000 cannabis employee fingerprint background checks
Missouri cannabis regulators say they’re halfway through getting fingerprint background checks for about 16,000 marijuana workers and volunteers who didn’t get them between 2022 and 2024. Anyone who wants to work in the cannabis industry must get an “agent ID badge” through the Missouri Division of Cannabis Regulation, which is when the background check normally […]
Bicyclist struck, killed by vehicle in Breckenridge Hills
A man was struck and killed by a vehicle overnight Monday morning in Breckenridge Hills, Missouri, and the Missouri State Highway Patrol is investigating the crash.
The ‘big, beautiful bill’ closes America’s golden door to the world’s refugees
While our government ramps up its hiring of immigration enforcement officers and “makes America safe again,” let me tell you about a family I know. I have written about them here before. They are eight global citizens who fled their homeland in the midst of a civil war. They waited years in a refugee camp […]
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