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More than 1,000 top Hollywood professionals ranging from Glenn Close to Denis Villeneuve have signed off on a new letter opposing the merger between Larry Ellison’s Paramount/CBS and Warner Brothers, warning that the massive $111 billion deal will result in unprecedented layoffs at a time when Hollywood, and American consumers, are already reeling from layoffs […]

A poem from local podcaster Mathieu Paul. Mound City Messenger welcomes poetry and short story submissions from our readers.

UPDATE: The missing subject has been located safe and was transported to a nearby hospital. ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. - An Endangered Person Advisory was issued Monday night after a man was reported missing in south St. Louis County.

FRANKLIN COUNTY, Mo. - Three people were killed, including a 10-year-old child, and another person was injured in a head-on crash Monday night on Highway 100 in Franklin County. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol (MSHP), the crash occurred around 8:45 p.m. on westbound Highway 100 east of Dundee Road. It involved a Nissan [...]

Begin Again: 50 Years and Counting marks Laumeier’s 50th anniversary by celebrating five decades of artist commissions and exhibitions. Featuring hundreds of artists and rarely seen works from Laumeier’s collection, […]

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Twenty St. Louis-area high schools are competing in flag football for the first time this spring. “With them seeing it more, the girls want to play."

St. Louis County leaders are at odds over spending and the county's budget shortfall, with the possibility of furloughs looming if funding is not approved.

"I would not have survived if I weren't at a hospital," said the former nurse. "I had an artery severed. I would have been dead within a matter of minutes."

Democrats say eliminating the income tax will create massive holes in state government spending.

A Missouri Senate committee debated two bills Monday, one that would create a statewide alert system and another focused on children’s safety in school zones. The Senate Committee on Transportation, Infrastructure and Public Safety voted unanimously to pass legislation that would establish an alert system, similar to Amber or Silver alerts, for missing persons with […]

Our food columnist comes to the conclusion that accurate oven temperature is important after all.

Will replacing Chief Kenneth Gregory will go smoothly? A few years ago, the foray into naming a new chief caused controversy.

Missouri lawmakers are right to treat the collapse of rural health care as an urgent crisis. Nearly half of the state’s remaining rural hospitals are at risk of closure, and many communities already know what it means to lose emergency rooms, labor and delivery services and timely stroke care. In this environment, legislation allowing MU […]

A crash involving two vehicles caused a fire on Interstate 70 in Berkeley, Missouri, leading to all lanes being closed overnight and drivers advised to avoid the area.

East St. Louis historian and civil rights activist Reginald Petty received an Order of Lincoln award Saturday. That’s the state’s highest honor for contributions to the betterment of humanity. St. Louis Public Radio Metro East reporter Will Bauer sat down with Petty to discuss his life’s work — from voting rights in the 1960s to returning to the Metro East and working with the East St. Louis Historical Society.

ST. LOUIS - Thunderstorms to our west and north overnight did send some light rain into the St. Louia area. But that has dissipated, and we have a sunny day ahead. Very warm and breezy Tuesday with high temperatures near 90 F. The record high is 92 F. Strong storms again look likely to our [...]

Headlines from the April 14, 1926, front page include: 6 men slain in flare-up of KKK war at Herrin.