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Prosecutors routinely find ways to get key detectives to testify in criminal trials, even when they are retired, sick or otherwise reluctant. Some fly retirees in from Florida or other retirement locales when necessary.

Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey this week joined with 18 other states to oppose a proposed federal rule that aims to protect LGBTQ youth in foster care and provide them with necessary services. The attorneys general argue in a letter to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services that the proposed rule — which […]

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When the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act was signed in late 2021, it included $42.5 billion for broadband internet access as part of the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program. The program aims to ensure that broadband access is available throughout the country. This effort differs from previous federal broadband programs because it promised to […]

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U2’s Las Vegas residency, U2:UV Achtung Baby Live at Sphere, has been a huge success for the band and that’s pretty evident from the early box office numbers. Billboard reports that the first set…

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Bailed-out major airlines have outsourced ground work to subcontractors. Injuries and fatalities on the tarmac are taking off.

Why are civil rights groups and Black mayors concerned with the profits of giant financial institutions?

In 46 states, once you choose Medicare Advantage at 65, you can almost never leave.

World leaders have two weeks to decide the fate of the planet. How hard could it be?

Answering that question shows just how tricky it would be to drop meat altogether.

The Inaugural served as a floating attraction on the St. Louis riverfront from 1968 to 1993. It sank two months after the crest of the flood of 1993.

Dave Huskey of Foristell, MO became a Real Rock Hero in the Real Rock Army today

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An architect, a designer, and a shop owner answer the call.

This year, there are four ways to experience Holiday Lights at Grant’s Farm: by car, on foot, over a meal or around the fire. The popular drive-through experience routes you […]

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The Riverboats at the Gateway Arch award guests one of the best views of St. Louis’ working riverfront, the Gateway Arch and the city skyline.   Narrated by the captain […]

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Terrible news came down Tuesday for people in Granite City and the surrounding area, as U.S. Steel announced it plans to lay off as many as a thousand employees at its Granite City mill.

Only three members of the board were able to get inside the jail for just under an hour when they asked for two hours.

It is officially the Christmas season at St. Louis Children's Hospital after a very special patient helped turn the lights on Tuesday night.

Taxpayers in St. Louis County have come out on the losing end of a legal battle over a former council member’s pension. They’re now out hundreds of thousands of dollars more than they should have paid.

The problem with putting cops in schools isn’t necessarily that there are never things that happen in schools that require a law enforcement response. (Unfortunately, a lot of those things are school shootings, which cops aren’t all that capable of responding to.) The problem is that school administrators tend to think that because they have […]