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The Missouri Highway Patrols said the 68-year-old woman turned into the path of oncoming traffic on Little Brennan Road about 8:30 a.m. Tuesday.

I cut my teeth as a telecom reporter, so I spent a lot of time writing about how broadband monopolies and cable TV giants rip off consumers with sleazy, misleading fees. I also spent a lot of that time writing about how lobbying and regulatory capture have ensured that big companies see no meaningful penalties […]

The body of the missing man, Ross Harris, has not been recovered.

The winner of the tied St. Charles City Council Ward 1 race between incumbent Bill Otto and school teacher Chris Kyle will be decided by a random drawing, after city leaders estimated a special runoff election would cost approximately $30,000.

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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A double shooting at a Steak 'n Shake in Spanish Lake, St. Louis, resulted in the death of an employee and injury to another, following a confrontation over an order in the drive-thru involving customers and employees.

St. Louis County officials are considering relocating the county government headquarters to The Crossings at Northwest in St. Ann due to the high cost of upgrades required for the current building in Clayton.

At Family Planning Associates in Chicago, in the office where staff take phone calls from potential abortion patients, a U.S. map colored in with red and green dry-erase markers notes the latest status of abortion access in every state. The map can change at any time. In the center of the map’s biggest sea of […]

After unveiling a new plan just before midnight to replace Missouri’s income tax with a broader sales tax, state Senate Republican leaders moved quickly to push it to passage early Thursday morning. Democrats unanimously opposed the proposal, but only one said anything against it — and then only briefly. The harshest criticism came from Republican […]

On the Tuesday the president of the United States threatened genocide against Iran, smoke drifted into our town from the southwest, an acrid veil that hung over streets and homes and businesses. The haze contributed to the day’s unsettled mood. The smoke came from controlled fires that slither like snakes over the Flint Hills each […]

In most cases, states are failing to disclose incentives in violation of the Governmental Accounting Standards Board, a private organization that sets financial reporting standards for state and local governments.

Aside from geography, Illinois also is among the states that have put in place new policies — along with millions of dollars — to welcome patients who aren’t their residents.

A St. Louis police officer mistakenly called an immigration advocacy hotline to report an arrest, an error advocates say validates immigrants’ concerns about local police acting as independent ICE agents. Plus, a conversation with the attorney for the family of a teenager shot and killed by police in 2024: video released this week shows the initial narrative around the shooting was wrong, and the unarmed boy was shot in the back of the head.

ST. LOUIS - Rain and thunderstorms will continue to exit off to the east Thursday morning ahead of sunrise. Clearing skies Thursday, with highs around 80 F. On the southern edge of the St. Louis region (Reynolds, Iron Counties), there is a chance of an isolated late afternoon or evening storm. Mostly clear skies at [...]

Phil Collins and Billy Idol are among the 2026 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees, and Rock Hall president Greg Harris has no doubt that they are deserving of…

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Headlines from the April 16, 1926, front page include: City Council woman says dry law helps Cleveland.