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A 17-year-old, family-owned business is broken into overnight, and the burglar managed to steal their ATM.

ST. LOUIS -- Northbound I-55 was closed near Broadway. MoDOT says that the road closure is due to debris on the highway. A tree fell onto the road. Crews are working to remove it and expect the interstate to reopen soon. Traffic is backed up for miles in the area. Check our traffic map for [...]

Honor Awards 2024 features new artwork by ten regional artists who received Awards of Excellence in the 2022 juried exhibits at Art Saint Louis. Honor Awards 2024 will show in […]

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Back in 2013, Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos noted that his company’s goal was to “become HBO faster than HBO can become us.” His point, at the time, was that Netflix wanted to become synonymous with quality and creative artistry in the same way HBO had after decades of hard work. 11 years later, and everything […]

The pool and Centennial Commons inside Heman Park were some of the spots heavily damaged from historic flooding in July 2022.

Police say De'Marcus Currie, 18, acted with two other people to kill their victim.

Frustration in the Shaw neighborhood of South St. Louis as neighbors woke up Sunday morning to find their car windows smashed.

The resolutions are the latest blowback against what the resolutions describe as excessive responses to April protests.

Here are some key retail and business openings and closings for the St. Louis area in May:

During Missouri’s 2024 legislative session, 338 bills addressing education were filed: a mix of proposals to change curriculum, increase funding, boost oversight and others. The House appeared poised to expedite more K-12 legislation by forming a Special Committee on Education Reform in addition to its usual Elementary and Secondary Education Committee. Chair of the existing […]

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Not voting in the presidential primary and general election is tantamount to an act of dereliction of duty, even desertion when it comes to defending and protecting our democratic republic. At a bare minimum, it certainly can be considered cowardice and laziness. Offended? We should be. Being disappointed or disgusted with the candidates seeking our […]

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There were more than 1,900 murders in St. Louis between 2014 and 2023, and the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department has failed to solve more than 1,000 of them. That means thousands of family members and friends do not have answers from police about the violent death of their loved ones. Rachel Lippmann has the story, part of an investigation into the city’s homicide clearance rates by St. Louis Public Radio, APM Reports and the Marshall Project.

More than half of the nation’s jobs created in the past five years have come in two states: Texas and Florida. They’re at the forefront of a job creation revolution in which states with lower wages and a lower cost of living are gaining the highest share of new jobs, according to a new Stateline […]

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