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The end of the nearly 6-year-old lawsuit removes a key obstacle for the long-vacant downtown office building's eventual redevelopment.

The moral panic about kids and technology these days is just getting dumber and dumber. The latest is that MPs in the UK are considering an outright ban on smartphones for kids under 16. Just last week, we posted about a thorough debunking of the “mobile phones are bad for kids” argument making the rounds. […]

After several weeks below the .500 mark, the St. Louis Cardinals climb out of that hole with a series victory over the Cincinnati Reds.

The Leisure at the Lake Summer Series is returning to Carlyle, Ill., offering weekly activities such as bird watching, yoga, moon viewing, and dam tours, with local food trucks available for meals and sweet treats.

Looks like someone didn't need any "Help!" spending their money on a unique collectible from The Beatles. On the first day of its Music Icons sale at the Hard Rock Cafe New…

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The Venture Café entrepreneur networking events once drew nearly 400 people each week to Cortex. The program's end last year left a void for a community that relies on its communal nature to grow. Now, entrepreneurs like Christian Johnson are attempting to fill Venture Café's void.

Precision-guided munitions made by Boeing have played a role in conflicts in the Middle East, including the current Israel-Hamas war.

Hoffmann Family of Cos. made the prevailing bid at an auction for Oberweis Dairy.

The Clayton-based manufacturer and distributor of chemicals and ammunition has named a successor to the departing president of its chlor alkali products and vinyls business.

A St. Louis-based architecture firm said Wednesday it plans to remain in downtown St. Louis after its office lease there expires in August 2025.

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson’s office on Wednesday scrapped a proposal to extend a compensation program for victims of radiation exposure without expanding it to thousands of Americans across nine states. In a statement that came less than four hours after Johnson’s office said a proposal to expand the program was too expensive, a spokesperson […]

The post U.S. House speaker reverses on radiation compensation bill that excluded Missouri appeared first on Missouri Independent.

Sunset at the Dana Point marina.

Police said Starns left a message saying "if they walk across the stage, the detective needed to have the entire police force present at the ceremony."

A Missouri fifth grader has won praise and had an award named for him after he raised more than $7,000 to erase school meal debt in his district. Daken Kramer posted a video last month challenging friends, family, strangers and businesses to pay off the meal debt at Thomas Ultican Elementary School in Blue Springs.

TikTok, the short-video company with Chinese roots, did the most American thing possible on May 7, 2024: It sued the U.S. government, in the person of Attorney General Merrick Garland, in federal court. The suit claims the federal law that took effect on April 24, 2024, banning TikTok unless it sells itself violates the U.S. Constitution. The law […]

A Lemay man whose son was killed in an attempted robbery has been charged with making a terrorist threat against the individuals charged with his son's death.

Today on TAP: There is still time for Biden to save his election and our democracy, but time is fast running out.