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Regional leaders rallied behind improvements to road at epicenter of 2014 protests. It’s finally coming together.

Before the Biden FCC restored net neutrality, there was concern that the new net neutrality rules weren’t as tough as the ones discarded by the Trump administration. While the draft rules did require ISPs be transparent about the limits of your broadband connection, and barred big ISPs from blocking or throttling competitors, there were concerns […]

A police supervisor said the road rage incident led to a shot being fired from the suspect at the off-duty officer and the officer returning fire with a single shot.

About half of St. Louis County police officers who responded to a recent internal survey said they have considered leaving the department within the past year. In all, 502 officers responded to the survey. The department has about 900 commissioned officers, according to its website. Of those who said they were considering leaving the department, about 17% said yes to both leaving the profession and leaving for a different department. About 16% said they had considered leaving the department for…

The busiest carrier at St. Louis Lambert International Airport leads all other airlines in customer satisfaction in its market segment.

WASHINGTON — U.S. House Republicans passed a bill Wednesday to add a citizenship question to the census and exclude noncitizens from the official headcount when determining population for representation in Congress and electoral votes. The legislation, which passed on a 206-202 party-line vote, is part of a trend of House GOP bills relating to immigration as the […]

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U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland has proposed loosening the illegal status of marijuana at the federal level – but that doesn’t mean the federal government now condones recreational or medicinal use in the many states that have legalized the drug. Moving marijuana from the government’s list of the most dangerous and least useful substances to a less […]

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The Missouri Highway Patrol identified the victim as Jimmy-Jack L. Johnston. He was 39.

A new nonprofit created to unite homeless agencies in St. Louis found itself navigating choppy waters. But there may still be hope.

While covering the huge touring concerts was a big and flashy part of the job, ingraining myself in the local music community meant the most to me.

“The battle that we’re fighting down here at the border, is keeping it from happening in our own borders in our own state in Missouri,” the governor said.

The deadline to send a budget to Gov. Mike Parson is 6 p.m. Friday.

Beer sales in North America are still down for Anheuser-Busch InBev, the Belgium-based brewer shared with investors during its most recent earnings call.

A powerful and dangerous storm front was the second in two days to hit the St. Louis area

At first glance, Ben Kesler might seem to have an unusual background to be leading a technology-focused nonprofit, but he made a career out of his passion for music, as a teacher and working as an audio engineer and producer for musicians.

Tim Convy shows up at a Webster Groves restaurant with a heavily wrapped right thumb, a casualty of a moving accident involving a van door, but he doesn’t let it bother him. Things are going too well for him. Sure, it’s his microphone-holding hand, the one he uses during his stand-up routines as one the area’s top comics.

ST. LOUIS -- Let’s all take a deep breath. Phew. Thankfully, our active weather is taking a big break for the next few days. Mostly sunny to partly cloudy skies Thursday. A bit breezy this afternoon with cooler temperatures, highs in the mid 70s. Some clouds move in tonight and may try to squeeze out [...]

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