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Mayor and all six council members have declined to provide any information about the process being used to hire new city manager.

Illinois has devoted $25 million in federal COVID funding to the program. The money runs out next year.

Republicans on a U.S. House panel argued Wednesday against aggressive moves to meet carbon reduction goals, saying U.S. fossil fuel companies are working to make their products cleaner. Democrats on the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on the Environment, Manufacturing and Critical Minerals countered that to achieve further reductions, federal policies should be continued […]

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Laumeier Sculpture Park’s 2023 Visiting Artists in Residence are Pittsburgh-based artists Lenka Clayton and Phillip Andrew Lewis. This collaborative duo utilizes innovative approaches to conceptualism and minimalism to realize their […]

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You might see long lines at some 'Circle K' stores Thursday. It's another one of their fuel pop-up sales.

There's a new brewery coming to metro St. Louis. Goodwood Brewing and Spirits says it plans to open its doors at 108 South Main Street in downtown O'Fallon, Missouri, in late January 2024.

The Lenhard Family Holiday Light Show is back Thursday. It's located at the Larry G. Crites Memorial Park in Festus.

UMSL is hosting a big women's volleyball tournament Thursday. It's the Division II NCAA Midwest Regionals.

Police are searching for two people of interest in a Thanksgiving murder.

Shani Knight likes to joke that the real reason she agreed to open GOTham and Eggs (3139 South Grand Boulevard, 314-833-8355) with her husband, Jason, is because she wanted her house back. Prior to opening the South Grand superhero-themed diner, the only venue for Jason's massive, mostly Batman-themed collection was their home.

An area once known for its factories, River North is now one of Chicago's hippest art and design neighborhoods.

For years, administrators of the Gateway Arch National Park suspected that visitors were being undercounted — and now they finally have proof. The undercount was confirmed in a new, two-year study of the downtown St. Louis national park, which used location-based mobile device data, park leaders say. Previously, counts were based on a visitor use study dating back to the 1990s, according to a press release issued by the park yesterday.

A St. Louis teenager is facing two assault charges after allegedly striking a stranger on the MetroLink in the head with a rock. The charges, one felony and one misdemeanor, were filed yesterday against Joseph Ahmad Davis, 19. Police say that he was on the train on November 14 when he began rifling through the grocery bags of another rider who he didn't know.

Sometimes, the true outcome of a political campaign isn’t reflected in the final vote count.   Jason Kander’s 2016 Senate race is a prime example. Despite Donald Trump winning Missouri by nearly 19 points, Roy Blunt only squeaked out a win with a margin under 3%, thanks in part to a viral advertisement featuring Kander assembling […]

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The bankrupt broadcaster said it plans to drop regional sports broadcasts, possibly in September 2024, as part of a wind down.

WASHINGTON — Democrats in Congress are divided on whether to set guardrails on additional military aid to Israel as that country responds to the Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attacks with airstrikes and a ground war in Gaza. It’s not yet clear what those conditions would be or how they would affect congressional support for aid […]

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On This Day, November 30, 2003…  New York City officially renamed a street on the Lower East Side Joey Ramone Place after the late Ramones frontman Joey Ramone, who passed away April…

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