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Juneteenth has been celebrated across the nation Wednesday.

Peddling stolen refrigerators hoping to open a video store one day, King Hedley, an ex-con, toils with self-worth. Getting, spending, killing, and dying in a world where getting is hard […]

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In the Wall Street Journal today, former judge Michael McConnell tries to explain to us Democrats why Republicans are sticking with Donald Trump despite all the court cases against him. First he argues that the New York hush money case was bogus. Fair enough. It's an arguable point. But he also says this: Many Republicans ...continue reading "Trump is being prosecuted because . . . he broke a lot of laws"

The St. Louis Cardinals and San Francisco Giants are set to play a historic baseball game on Juneteenth, as the world mourns the passing of baseball legend Willie Mays, who is remembered as the greatest baseball player of all time.

A stretch of temperatures in the 90s and high humidity has prompted heat advisories for areas in the U.S. But here in St. Louis, we've remained below the criteria.

Louisiana has decided that all schools in the state should display the Ten Commandments: The law gives schools until Jan. 1 to display the Ten Commandments — religious and ethical directives outlined in the Bible — on “a poster or framed document that is at least eleven inches by fourteen inches” in every classroom. The ...continue reading "Thou shalt display the Protestant version of the Ten Commandments — if you’re a school in Louisiana"

Missouri is accused of putting adults with mental health disabilities in nursing facilities instead of providing community-based mental health services, according to a report from the U.S. Department of Justice.

Two young children, including one with autism, were hit, dragged and left unsupervised at a day care in St. Louis County, according to a lawsuit filed this month.

The Juneteenth Celebration on Wednesday commemorating the St. Louis Freedom Suits Memorial in the Civil Courts Building courtyard was held on a day that was likely like one in Galveston, Texas exactly 159 years earlier on June 19, 1865.

Maxine Clark and Jim McKelvey, a St. Louis native who co-founded Square, now called Block, were both listed as hosts for a kick-off event on Tuesday.

Investigators say an illegally-manufactured firework may have led to an apartment explosion Tuesday evening in south St. Louis.

Plant of the Week: Liatris, Gayfeathers St. Louis Gardeners: Growing more veggies than you can eat? Drop off weekly by Noon Monday-Tuesday at The Garden Shop on Hampton. There’s a table for donated produce. Donated veggies go to Growing Food, Growing People Plan your garden with 2024 Seed St. Louis Planting Calendar St. Louis Post-Dispatch Garden … Continue reading This Week in Gardening & Nature →

Ronald McDonald House St. Louis has opened a new 72-bedroom facility, Grove House, which will soon expand to 92 families, allowing them to serve 40% more families each year.

I continue to be completely befuddled by the scope of the food problems in Gaza. For starters, here are the UN's overall numbers: This suggests that 330,000 Gazans are experiencing acute malnutrition and at least 220 are currently dying of malnutrition every day. This comes to nearly 30,000 people dead of malnutrition since January. How ...continue reading "Are people starving in Gaza? How many?"

Justin M. Wonsewitz, 41, was arrested for attempting to rob Sinks Pharmacy in Rolla, MO, after shooting an employee and stealing narcotics.