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The only constant in life is change, and St Louis County has made a pledge to improve their community in time. Their previous comprehensive plan was adopted 40 years ago. STLCO 2050 aims to update this framework to reflect current needs and priorities.

How has the incidence of cancer risen over the past half century? Not the death rate from cancer, which has gone down because of better treatments, but the actual number of new cancers. Here it is: Between 1975 and 2020, cancer has risen by about 20% in women but only 5% in men. However, men ...continue reading "Raw data: A cautionary tale"

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Governor Mike Parson said he is doing everything he can to make it a smooth transition to the next administration. Parson will officially pass over the reins in January, but until then he's helping Governor-Elect Mike Kehoe and his staff craft next year's budget and asking for their input on decisions. [...]

The Miriam School is a private school that provides specialized instruction for students from kindergarten through high school.

Brandon Saad scored twice for St. Louis, which dropped to 0-3-1 in its last four games. Pavel Buchnevich also scored. Blues goaltender Jordan Binnington had 29 saves.

A new chapter on community health care has opened in the Ritenour School District. The Husky Health Center will be available to the entire community and is set to provide critical health services to students, families, and more than 66,000 district residents.

Earlier this week, Stray Rescue of St. Louis responded to the Riverview neighborhood of St. Louis for a report of a dog dumped from a vehicle.

Viviano’s on The Hill is used to a crowd of customers, but this week it’s full of film crews shooting the pilot episode for the TV show “Spaghetti Wars.”

It’s not an easy thing to be able to find moments of levity in war, particularly one as lopsided as Russia’s aggressive war on Ukraine. But one moment that fits the bill was when a Ukrainian soldier stationed on an island in the Black Sea responded to Russian demands of surrender with the now iconic […]

Students with developmental delays in Cahokia Heights are not getting the services that have been outlined in their individualized education programs. 

Detectives with the St. Louis County Police Department’s Bureau of Crimes Against Persons are investigating a fatal shooting in Lemay.

One organization is thinking outside of the box, tackling certain problems with technology.

An abandoned home in a north St. Louis neighborhood has been moved to the emergency demolition list after it caught fire and collapsed Thursday morning.

A male in his late teens is hospitalized with life-threatening injuries after crashing a suspected stolen vehicle Thursday evening in Bridgeton.

Yesterday I happened to come across a tweet bemoaning the state of reading among fourth graders. Pretty standard stuff. But as things so often do, it got me curious. Here are reading proficiency scores for fourth graders over the past 50 years: I'm showing this for white kids so it isn't affected by demographic changes ...continue reading "Raw data: Miscellaneous student reading scores"