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A Missouri lottery player from Defiance has won $50,000 from a Powerball Prize drawn on April 27. The winning Quick Pick ticket was purchased at Double D Market, located at 1300 Highway DD in Defiance.

It now goes to Republican Gov. Mike Parson, who had originally proposed spending more than lawmakers approved.

Mobile phones are currently banned in all Australian state schools and many Catholic and independent schools around the country. This is part of a global trend over more than a decade to restrict phone use in schools. Australian governments say banning mobile phones will reduce distractions in class, allow students to focus on learning, improve student wellbeing and reduce cyberbullying. But previous research has […]

Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page is the latest musician to pay tribute to prolific punk rock musician and audio engineer Steve Albini, who died Tuesday, May 7, at age 61.“I…

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Legal assistance includes forming a business, drafting operating agreements, reviewing commercial leases, handling employee agreements and applying for trademarks and copyrights.

A man was stabbed Thursday evening in south St. Louis shortly after he ignored a random complaint from a stranger.

St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones announced Friday that following a shooting downtown that left one dead and another critically injured, the encampment of unhoused people living near the Municipal Courts Building will be cleared. Jones and representatives of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department have so far refused to comment on whether or not anyone from the encampment was actually involved in the shooting. This morning at approximately 7:30 a.m. — hours before the regularly scheduled Board of Aldermen meeting — a St. Louis Metropolitan Police officer was in the area to address a mobile camera trailer, Police Major Janice Bockstruck said during a press conference.

The Department of Social Services’ call center issues ultimately denied eligible Missourians meaningful access to benefits, a judge found.

Richie Sambora is back with even more new music. The former Bon Jovi guitarist has just released “Songs That Wrote My Life,” the third single he’s released in as many weeks, following “I…

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A guide to interacting with the board that controls energy policy in Georgia.

Sriha Srinivasan remembers how surprised her mom was two years ago when she learned that birth control pills weren’t sold in stores without a prescription in the United States. “My parents are immigrants from India, and it’s been over the counter there since my mom can remember,” said Srinivasan, a recent graduate of University of […]

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After producing several successful theatrical cabarets this spring, the Midnight Company turns its attention to the stage with an impressive production of Mickle Maher’s Spirits to Enforce. The clever script deftly re-imagines the otherworldly spirits released at the end of The Tempest as modern day superheroes on an unusual mission. Smart casting, and a clear vision with choreographic staging by Lucy Cashion, keeps the audience laughing throughout the quick moving mixed worlds comedy.

WASHINGTON — After hours of uncertainty Thursday, the U.S. Senate struck a deal to reauthorize several Federal Aviation Authority programs for the next five years, though Maryland and Virginia senators were vehemently opposed and lawmakers hoping to attach unrelated provisions lost out. The bill heads to the House next week for final approval. Lawmakers from […]

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People depend on forests for food and income. Offset projects can kick them out.

A "cybersecurity incident" at St. Louis-based health system Ascension has taken down its electronic health records, MyChart patient portal and some systems used to order certain procedures and medications, the nonprofit said late Thursday.

WASHINGTON — A congressional watchdog in a new report called on the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights to improve its enforcement of Title IX compliance in college athletics. The U.S. Government Accountability Office in the report issued Thursday appeared critical of the OCR’s oversight in expanding opportunities for women in college athletics, saying the […]

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Under Fowler, the club's budget has grown from $800,000 to $11 million. The organization currently serves 13,600 children and their families.

The Target store on its ground floor has set an opening date.

A juvenile officer recommends that a teenage suspect accused in an off-campus fight near Hazelwood East High School be tried as a juvenile rather than an adult.

A new bill making its way through the St. Louis Board of Aldermen is being supported by a nonprofit organization that says it hopes to make child care more accessible to the average St. Louisan. But the local public school advocacy group Solidarity with SLPS argues it will instead unfairly burden taxpayers and disproportionately support private education systems. Board Bill 7, sponsored by Ward 10 Alderwoman Shameem Clark Hubbard, would add a question to the November 2024 ballot asking voters to approve a levy that would increase the city’s sales tax by 0.5 percent.