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The Jefferson County, MO, Sheriff's Office is requesting the public's help to find to a missing woman.

Police on Thursday identified the 3-year-old girl killed last week after being ejected from a car during a crash in the city's Mark Twain neighborhood.

Environmental law experts believe the new rules may cause Ameren to install expensive pollution controls at its Labadie power plant or shut it down entirely.

Two officers with the North County Police Cooperative and another driver were injured after colliding head-on.

The members of Talking Heads will once again reunite to talk about their groundbreaking documentary, Stop Making Sense.All four members of the group — David Byrne, Chris Frantz, Tina Weymouth and Jerry…

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An anesthesiologist from Kansas City, Missouri, has pleaded guilty in federal court for illegally taking fentanyl from a Lee's Summit hospital.

Back in October last year, Walled Culture wrote about a proposed law in France that would see a tax imposed on AI companies, with the proceeds being paid to a collecting society. Now that the EU’s AI Act has been adopted, it is being invoked as another reason why just such a system should be set […]

The man accused of beating a 15-year-old McDonald's employee said Thursday he was defending his sister from an attack by the fast food employee.

Arkansas authorities say the death of a Missouri doctor who was found 11 months ago in a northwest Arkansas lake has been ruled a suicide. The Benton County, Arkansas, sheriff's department said in a statement Thursday that Dr. John Forsyth died of a gunshot wound to the head.

The woman told police a man wearing a ski mask broke out the front window of her apartment, demanded money and then shot her as she ran from the room.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WCIA) -- The Secretary of State's Office announced that Illinoisans will now be able to notarize documents electronically, rather than in-person. The "E-Notary" system will allow both customers and notaries to quickly notarize and electronically sign documents from the comfort of their home or office. People can also attach both the notarial certificate [...]

A visit to Rawlings new Westport headquarters brought back the memory of a long-lost mitt that was once the cornerstone of a Major League dream.

A former Rockwood School District employee appeared in St. Louis County Circuit Court on Thursday to be sentenced for molesting a student with Down syndrome.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court appeared skeptical Thursday of former President Donald Trump’s argument he is immune from criminal charges that he tried to overturn his loss in the 2020 election. But conservatives who dominate the court appeared open to returning key questions to a trial court, possibly delaying Trump’s prosecution beyond the November […]

The post U.S. Supreme Court floats return to trial court for Trump in presidential immunity case appeared first on Missouri Independent.

When writer Jamaica Kincaid was informed last year that she’d receive the 2024 St. Louis Literary Award, she thought it was a prank. The author of such works as “Annie John” and “A Small Place” says she’s honored to join a distinguished list of writers to have received the award including Neil Gaiman, Margaret Atwood and Zadie Smith. In this episode, Kincaid discusses her upbringing and career as a prominent writer.

I noticed something odd yesterday. There are many different ways of estimating the net number of new jobs each quarter, and one of the least known is the quarterly BLS report on employment dynamics. It measures the number of jobs gained from businesses opening or expanding minus the number of jobs lost from businesses closing ...continue reading "How many new jobs are we really creating?"

Dinosaur fans are in for quite a thrill as the Saint Louis Science Center welcomes "SUE: The T. rex Experience" this summer.

A likely once-in-a-lifetime job is up for grabs after the release of a menu item that grew to be unexpectedly popular.