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Rural residents are left holding the bills for everything from solar panels to grain dryers.

Carbon isn’t an enemy to “combat” or “tackle,” the environmentalist Paul Hawken writes, but the animating force of life.

BETHALTO/EAST ALTON - Piston Aviation will host a special St. Patrick’s Day celebration this weekend. From 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday, March 22, 2025, community members are invited to Piston Aviation at the St. Louis Regional Airport to enjoy discovery flights and fun. Intro flights cost $75, marked down from their usual $175 price. Attendees can chat with instructors and learn more about what it takes to become a pilot. “Even if you’re just curious, we want you to come by and see us, meet us,” said Meghen Ord, Piston Aviation co-owner. “Come by and have fun. It should be a good time. And if you want to fly, great. If not, if you just want to hang out and see what we’re about, that’s fine as well.” Kids ages 10 and up are eligible for the discovery flights. Anyone under age 12 must be accompanied by a guardian. The Piper Cherokee, a dual plane, will be at the event, as will the Tomark Viper, Diamond DA20, and Bristell.

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Trudy Potter of Imperial, MO joined the Real Rock Army today

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The billionaire investor from the St. Louis area says he wants to preserve local news, "a fundamental component of journalism and the communities it serves."

The protests are the latest in a series of local demonstrations in recent weeks against unprecedented cuts to federal public services by Trump and his billionaire advisor Elon Musk.

COLUMBIA -- State basketball continued at Mizzou on Thursday with the Class 6 boys and girls state championships as well as the Class 5 boys title game. Incarnate Word defeated Staley 55-41 in the Class 6 girls championship. The Red Knights have won the last eight state championships. Dan Rolfes and crew finish the season [...]

The plan spells out numerous goals, including a de-escalation program for neighborhood conflicts, a youth advisory panel and sergeants tracking how much community engagement officers have each month.

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Federal prosecutors argued a city jail guard violated a man's civil rights by pepper-spraying him and bringing him to the ground in 2023. A jury found him not guilty.

Employees at an auto repair shop were still at work when the Friday night storm hit. They hid in nearby buses. The shop now has to be rebuilt.

Low humidity coupled with wind gusts has created what some first responders call a firestorm. The elevated fire risk fueled one of those blazes in Washington County Wednesday. That fire could be seen for several miles.

Last month a BBC study found that “AI” assistants are terrible at providing accurate news synopses. The BBC’s study found that modern language learning model assistants introduced factual errors a whopping 51 percent of the time. 19 percent of the responses introduced factually inaccurate “statements, numbers and dates,” and 13 percent either altered subject quotes […]

Cortney Merritts, 46, of St. Louis, allegedly filed fraudulent applications that allowed him to collect more than $20,000 in funds through federal COVID relief programs.

The city of Rolla sustained major damage from last week’s EF2 tornado, destroying homes and forcing businesses and schools to close.

St. Louis County's New Halls Ferry Road set for safety upgrades amid crash concerns.

FLORISSANT, Mo. - An alarming number of crashes on New Halls Ferry Road has MoDOT stepping in with a new plan aimed at saving lives.  The intersection of New Halls Ferry Road and Shackelford has seen over 1,800 crashes in the past four years. The number of crashes reported is five times higher than the [...]