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An O'Fallon, Illinois, restaurant permanently closed Tuesday after its owner said in a social media post that it "cannot continue operating financially." In a post on O'Town Food Hall and Tap House's Facebook page Tuesday, owner Stephen Edwards said the restaurant has struggled with sales and staffing since the Covid-19 pandemic and could not remain open, saying, "... our often-extreme efforts have only realized minimal gains, if any." The restaurant, at 1214 Central Park Drive in O'Fallon, Illinois,…

BELLEVILLE, Ill. -- The Skyview Drive-In in Belleville is making headlines today as it competes for the title of Best Drive-In Theater of 2024, a nomination by USA Today. To claim this honor, Skyview needs your votes. Celebrating its 75th season this year since opening in 1949, Skyview features two screens that present double-features every [...]

Dominick Horton, 29, was shot Friday night in the 3700 block of Aldine Avenue.

Video of the attack showed a man dragging a 15-year-old girl by her braids, stomping her head on the concrete and punching her outside a north St. Louis County McDonald's.

A St. Louis police sergeant on Tuesday recalled that during negotiations with a man accused of killing a city cop, he and the man found common ground in fatherhood.

Interstate 57 could be extended to Missouri’s southern border with Arkansas.

Three first-graders wrote reviews of their favorite restaurants for class, and the results are sublime.

Wesley Bell’s full-time chief of staff, in his first five years on the county payroll, earned more money on the side than he has at his main duties.

NPR National Political correspondent Sarah McCammon recently released "The Exvangelicals: Loving, Living, and Leaving the White Evangelical Church." It is part memoir and part exploration into the role Evangelicals play in politics. In a conversation with St. Louis Public Radio’s Jason Rosenbaum, McCammon first talked about how her book connected with a wide audience — including people who didn’t grow up Evangelical like her.

The Missouri Department of Corrections must pay more than $60,000 for refusing to give records to a mother trying to find out how her son died in 2021 while in state custody. And that amount could grow, both because the department lost an appeal of an order finding it violated the Sunshine Law and because […]

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WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Thursday over former President Donald Trump’s pursuit of absolute immunity from criminal charges alleging that he schemed and knowingly fed lies to subvert the 2020 presidential election, eventually leading to the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot. In the final argument of this term, the justices […]

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These local leaders from a range of industries are finding new ways to conserve resources, protect the environment, and help others live their best lives.

Work to repair a crumbling downtown garage will grow after contractors said they wanted more time and money to investigate other areas of the garage that will likely need be fixed.

Missouri among states whose public university systems have scrapped the use of diversity statements in employment decisions.

Right-wing Missouri politicians are throwing temper tantrums over free speech on college campuses. These snowflakes want Pro-Palestine protests silenced. Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey has doubled down on his calls for the federal government to “immediately expel” foreign student visa holders who “are found to have supported terrorist organizations.” Meanwhile, Senator Josh Hawley (R-Missouri) called on President Joe Biden to mobilize the National Guard against protestors. 

When Steve Ewing unlocks the door to Steve's Hot Dogs on South Grand, the flagship location of his growing restaurant chain, he pulls open the door handle, which is shaped like a handheld microphone. There must be incredible muscle memory built into such a grip for Ewing, as he has held a similar microphone during thousands of shows as the lead singer for the Urge and in his various solo configurations dating back to his days as a teenager at Webster Groves High School in the '80s. It's Monday morning, an hour before the restaurant opens, and Ewing has walked over from his nearby Tower Grove South home, which he shares with his wife and teenage daughter, to talk with me. He's wearing a track suit that covers his compact frame, built solid from decades as a fitness nut and, more recently, as a competitive amateur bodybuilder.

ST. LOUIS -- The weather will be fantastic for the annual Cardinals Weather Day at Bush Stadium. The event is expected to bring together over 6,000 students and teachers to engage in fun science and weather-related activities, including explosive experiments. The event will also feature appearances from Fred Bird, the Cardinals' mascot, and collaborations with [...]

ST. LOUIS -- Nearly 3,000 students from 80 high schools in Missouri and Illinois are in St. Louis today to explore careers in construction. The third annual Build My Future STL event is happening today and tomorrow at the St. Charles Family Arena. The showcase features hands-on exhibits and virtual reality simulations focused on building [...]