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Three-fourths of Missouri voters supported the 1992 constitutional amendment on term limits.

An 18-year-old from south city went on a smash-and-grab spree earlier this month, police say, hitting 11 businesses over the course of two consecutive Wednesday nights in April. Police say that on April 10, Leslie James III and two others cruised around in a stolen Hyundai, smashing the windows of the Donut Drive-In in Lindenwood Park, Soulard institutions Molly's and Bogart's, as well as other places, stealing various amounts of money from the businesses. The following Wednesday they did the same thing at the My Marie Caribbean restaurant on Cherokee Street and another business in Benton Park.

The Clayton-based corporation increased its full-year adjusted diluted earnings per share guidance floor by 10 cents to greater than $6.80.

This month, Wisconsin joined 27 other states that have banned or restricted local governments’ use of private donations to run cash-strapped election offices, buy voting equipment or hire poll workers for Election Day. All of the state laws came in the past four years, pushed by conservative lawmakers and activists who claim that Democratic voters […]

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ST. LOUIS -- The St. Louis Health Department is reporting a scabies outbreak at an area school. Officials say there are 27 confirmed cases at City Garden Montessori in south St. Louis. The human itch mite is what causes scabies, according to the CDC.  Symptoms include intense itching and a pimple-like rash. It can spread [...]

The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department is asking for the public's help with finding a shooting suspect who is considered to be "armed and dangerous."

Three people were shot in separate incidents across the city Monday evening.

Billy Idol will continue the 40th anniversary celebration of his sophomore album, Rebel Yell, with a performance at one of New York’s most iconic landmarks.Idol and his longtime guitarist and collaborator Steve…

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Apparently TikTok is so evil and pernicious that it must be banned from the United States… and so useful that the man who signed the ban, President Joe Biden, made sure to post a few new videos to the platform. It feels like maybe his concerns are a bit overblown? It seems that TikTok users […]

Police said the suspect shot a woman in the back during an argument at the Conoco Gas Station on South Broadway.

The “legacy of the late Michael Neidorff” continues to have a historic impact on the region, according to Michael McMillan, Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis president and CEO.

March was another good-news-bad-news month for PCE inflation: Headline PCE inflation dropped a bit to 3.9%, but core PCE increased to 3.9%. The inflation level is proving to be a little more stubborn than anyone hoped for. On a conventional year-over-year basis, headline PCE came in at 2.7% and core PCE was 2.8%.

A fugitive on the run for more than two years in connection with child sex crimes was recently arrested in Franklin County.

Music fans are getting their first taste of the upcoming Paul McCartney & Wings release, One Hand Clapping, with the just-released performance of the 1974 single “Junior’s Farm.”You can listen to…

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This week the Missouri Botanical Garden is having an herb sale, the Twilight Tuesdays concert series starts back up and a new exhibit about the World's Fair opens.

Dan Pruitt, 54, was fatally shot about 10 p.m. Wednesday in St. Louis.

Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater St. Louis (BGCSTL) Club members are enjoying the new AT&T Connected Learning Center (CLC) at BGC Herbert Hoover Club, 2901 N. Grand Blvd.

Peter & Paul Community Services purchased the property for $3 million using ARPA funds from the city.