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A St. Louis County man appeared in federal court on Tuesday to be sentenced in connection with the shooting death of his pregnant girlfriend.

by Dr. John Gaal Editor’s Note: Each week, Dr. John Gaal, director of worker wellness for the Missouri Works Initiative, a non-profit workforce formed by the Missouri AFL-CIO, collects and comments on news and trends in workforce wellness and life balance. Construction Forum carries the Worker Wellness & Well-Being Blog as a regular feature. The […]

A wide variety of topics were covered from allegations against Vernon Betts, to his time in office, to his political future.

GODFREY - The Village of Godfrey will use Business District funds to make improvements to Pierce Lane as the road proves “critical” to supporting Godfrey businesses. Trustees at Tuesday’s Village Board meeting unanimously approved a resolution declaring “Pierce Lane improvements critical to the preparation and function of the Godfrey Business District Plan.” Trustee Rick Lauschke asked if this was being done solely to use Business District funds for the road improvements, which was confirmed. According to the resolution , Pierce Lane is “partially located within the Godfrey Business District, directing traffic to the Godfrey Business District, and serving as a vital corridor for the promotion of vehicular and pedestrian traffic entering and safely exiting the Business District.” It adds that the ongoing Pierce Lane Reconstruction Project aims to expand the Business District and its associated corridor, bringing increased sales

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A Pattonville High School coach on Tuesday was charged with multiple sex crimes involving a teenage girl while she was a student there.

“One of our five primary goals is growing the cities population,” SLDC CEO Neil Richardson said. “In order to do that we must attract major employers."

The announcement of a collaboration Tuesday will enable law enforcement and mental health experts to work more closely together in the future.

A local entrepreneur is opening the St. Louis region's first franchised location of a spray tanning business.

A carjacking victim recounts the scary moments she experienced when a teenager forced her out of her vehicle at gunpoint. She’s sharing her story to warn others as prosecutors charged a Hazelwood man with a similar crime.

New zoning changes in St. Louis will make it easier to open new homeless shelters and transitional housing. 

The layoffs affected about half a dozen staffers, according to people familiar with the matter.

Senators on Capitol Hill grilled credit card executives Tuesday. The questioning focused on the swipe fees credit card companies charge merchants and its trickle down to consumers.