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The season was the third year in a row with an increased harvest total, pointing to a potential turkey population boost.

A state examination of the office that handles criminal prosecutions in St. Louis is being delayed because auditors can’t find former Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner. Missouri Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick said Monday in a news release that auditors have tried for several months to contact Gardner, including trying to serve her with a subpoena.

Green Day is making their debut in Dubai.The "American Idiot" outfit will play their first-ever concert in the UAE city on January 27, 2025. The Offspring, who've also never performed…

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A 45-year-old woman died in a two-vehicle crash Saturday evening near Big Bend and Geyer roads.

A companion bill to the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) was introduced in the House last month. Despite minor changes, it suffers from the same fundamental flaws as its Senate counterpart. At its core, this bill is still an unconstitutional censorship bill that restricts protected online speech and gives the government the power to target services and content […]

A woman is facing charges for stabbing the father of their children to death last week in south city’s Southwest Garden neighborhood.

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ProPublica won the prestigious public service Pulitzer Prize for what the judges described as “groundbreaking and ambitious reporting that pierced the thick wall of secrecy surrounding the Supreme Court to reveal how a small group of politically influential billionaires wooed justices with lavish gifts and travel, pushing the Court to adopt its first code of conduct.” The prize is given to the staff of a news organization that performed “meritorious public service.” It is the seventh Pulitzer Prize for ProPublica.

The Pulitzer Board also recognized a collaboration between The Texas Tribune, ProPublica and FRONTLINE as a finalist in the explanatory reporting category. The investigation provided a detailed analysis of the deeply flawed law enforcement response to the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. The designation is ProPublica’s 17th Pulitzer finalist in 16 years.

ProPublica’s “Friends of the Court” series uncovered the biggest ethics scandal to hit the Supreme Court in the modern era. Reporters Justin Elliott, Joshua Kaplan, Alex Mierjeski, Brett Murphy and Kirsten Berg pierced decades of judicial secrecy and uncovered major gifts to justices from a small set of politically influential donors.

Senior editor Jesse Eisinger, left, and Murphy, Mierjeski, Elliott, Berg and Kaplan (Sarahbeth Maney/ProPublica)

The series began a national conversation about ethics and judicial reform of the Supreme Court. In response to ProPublica’s reporting, the court announced in November that it had unanimously adopted the first ethics code in its 234-year history. Justice Clarence Thomas for the first time acknowledged that he should have reported selling real estate to billionaire Harlan Crow in 2014, writing in his annual financial disclosure form that he “inadvertently failed to realize” that the deal needed to be disclosed. Thomas also disclosed receiving three private jet trips from Crow, two of which ProPublica had already reported. The Senate Judiciary Committee voted to authorize subpoenas of Crow and conservative legal activist Leonard Leo as part of its ongoing effort to investigate ethics lapses by justices.

In the series honored as a Pulitzer finalist in explanatory reporting, the Tribune, ProPublica and FRONTLINE used a trove of unreleased investigative files to produce a startling and exhaustive investigation of the Uvalde shooting, which included a documentary. It revealed what no one else had: States across the country are providing devastatingly insufficient training for law enforcement to confront a mass shooter, leaving critical and long-overlooked gaps in preparedness between children and the officers expected to protect them. The series involved the work of Lomi Kriel, Lexi Churchill, Perla Trevizo and Jessica Priest for ProPublica and the Tribune; Jinitzail Hernández and Zach Despart for the Tribune; and Juanita Ceballos, Michelle Mizner and Lauren Prestileo for FRONTLINE.

After the news investigation, U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland unveiled the findings of a federal probe into the response. Garland pointed to missteps that led to delays in confronting the shooter. Then he turned to what he said was the biggest failure, one that required the most urgent action to avoid another colossal breakdown such as the one that cost lives that day: the lack of sufficient active shooter training for law enforcement. Garland’s comments validated the investigation’s finding that there is an astounding dearth of such instruction around the country.

ProPublica received Pulitzer Prizes for national reporting in 2020, feature writing in 2019, public service in 2017, explanatory reporting in 2016, national reporting in 2011 and investigative reporting in 2010. Local Reporting Network partner Anchorage Daily News won the Pulitzer Prize for public service in 2020.

The snakes will eat cicadas, but their population doesn't boom during a cicada brood emergence. Here's why.

A provider of care services to developmentally disabled persons is closing its location in south St. Louis and laying off workers.

Authorities on Monday charged a man with killing his ex-girlfriend and her brother on Sunday.

This is M16, the Eagle Nebula, taken from Palomar Mountain. As usual, I wish I could pick up more colors in my astronomy photos, but the reds usually overwhelm everything else. I'd need to do multiple exposures with four different filters to really pick up all the colors, and that's both expensive and time consuming. ...continue reading "Lunchtime Photo"

The Doobie Brothers are taking their tour up north.The Rock & Roll Hall of Famers — consisting of Tom Johnston, Michael McDonald, Pat Simmons and John McFee — have announced a…

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“Governor Parson is still reviewing the legislation,” Johnathan Shiflett, spokesman for Parson, said in a statement Friday.

Missouri voters could face two gambling expansion questions in November.

Tina Jackson is facing charges of first-degree murder and armed criminal action after police said she fatally stabbed a man at the apartment they shared.

A day after a brother and sister were gunned down in St. Louis County, prosecutors have filed charges against the suspected shooter.

U.S. Bancorp on Friday announced that it will promote Gunjan Kedia to president, a title that has previously led to eventual ascension to the CEO role.

While no longer at the helm of "Shark Tank" firm Myself Belts, Talia Goldfarb has remained active in St. Louis’ startup community. She’s launched Entrepreneurial Insight LLC, a consulting and coaching business that melds together Goldfarb’s experience operating Myself Belts and previous roles she held as a social worker and therapist.