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Growing up in St. Louis in the 1950s and 60s, Lee Hendrix was taught to fear the Mississippi River. But the sense of adventure it offered ended up being the seed that became a five decade career of piloting boats on the Mississippi. Hendrix discusses his new book, “Peep Light,” where he shares stories about the dangerous work of starting as a deckhand and later ascending to the pilothouse. He also talks about what it was like to pilot passenger vessels, including the grand American Queen, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ largest towboat, the MV Mississippi.

A beloved annual experience has returned to a local farm.

A St. Louis suburb was ranked as one of the top 100 places to live in the U.S. by Livability, due to its affordable housing, great schools, and family-friendly atmosphere.

City development officials on Tuesday approved a $500,000 contract to form a design plan for a northside jobs hub.

Robert Wallace, the convention commission’s attorney and a former Rams executive, will take over Aug. 12.

Green Day has premiered the video for "Corvette Summer," a track off the band's new album, Saviors.As previously reported, the clip features Star Wars icon Mark Hamill, who starred in a 1978…

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The St. Louis–based death metal band will host a record release show at Red Flag on July 27.

The High Ridge Fire Protection District confirmed crews had recovered the body of the missing person.

A Hazelwood man and a Ferguson man have been charged with several thefts and break-ins at an apartment complex in Maryland Heights this past spring.

WASHINGTON — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump during a Tuesday call with reporters committed to a debate with Vice President Kamala Harris, the likely Democratic presidential candidate. “I would be willing to do more than one debate,” Trump said. Harris, who says she is the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, won pledges from enough Democratic delegates by late […]

Illinois State Police say no one was injured in a rollover crash involving the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile. 🌭🚨

Former Mayor Shelley Welsch and ex-Councilman Stephen Kraft alleged the city violated a charter provision requiring voter approval to lease, demolish or otherwise dispose of certain historic buildings.

Dynamic change, generation to generation, often accelerates with a spark. In the case of the Urban Land Institute – St. Louis (ULI), the unrest in Ferguson, Missouri, 10 years ago and the landmark Ferguson Commission report sparked a profound shift in the delivery of ULI’s mission in our community. Past & Future Leadership Shows the […]

(The Center Square) – The owner of the Kansas City Chiefs told his team to focus on one game at a time during a visit to training camp this week, but multiple stadium issues are gaining his attention.

“It is tragic that a brief exchange of words between two strangers on a train would end in one’s death," St. Louis Circuit Attorney Gabe Gore said.

The U.S. Department of Transportation is investigating the Atlanta-based carrier, which was hit especially hard by the CrowdStrike-induced Microsoft outage.

The sightings have been in Saline, Pope, Williamson and Jackson counties, according to a news release from the agency.

Ctrl-Alt-Speech is a weekly podcast about the latest news in online speech, from Mike Masnick and Everything in Moderation‘s Ben Whitelaw. Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, Pocket Casts, YouTube, or your podcast app of choice — or go straight to the RSS feed. In this sponsored Spotlight episode of Ctrl-Alt-Speech, host Ben Whitelaw […]