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Kristie Shackelford’s situation needed an alteration. The single mom has three teenagers, four jobs and one big problem: She’s behind on rent and just weeks from eviction.

Like the other major sports leagues in America, the NHL has not been immune from engaging in IP protectionism in the past. The league has been relatively touchy when it comes to local businesses simply cheering on their local hockey teams, for instance, and has also tried to keep apps that report on NHL content […]

It's a first look at 11 of the 12 candidates all in one place at the same time months before voters decide on three positions.

Researchers credit the drop in opioid overdoses to widespread availability of life-saving antidote naloxone and expanded support programs for all stages of recovery.

In North St. Louis, another historic church has been lost to a fire—the fifth in just five years.

In order to capitalize on network effects as people shift from old platforms to new ones, we need to think about what's holding people back.

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The mayor of the City of St. Louis called lawmakers from outside the city "disrespectful" for filing legislation to put the city's police department back under state control. 

Gerrod Harris has operated First Class Barbershop on West Florissant for nearly 20 years. He’s heartbroken over the passing of a familiar face struck and killed by a vehicle earlier in the week.

Missouri officials are warning the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency of a “high likelihood” there is radioactive contamination in a smoldering landfill outside St. Louis. In a letter last week, the Missouri Department of Natural Resources asked that the EPA assume oversight of the Bridgeton Landfill, arguing it may contain nuclear waste like the adjacent West […]

President Trump has ordered a temporary hiring freeze throughout the federal government. That's not too unusual. Within HHS he's also ordered a halt to all external communications. That's a little more unusual, but not unheard of. But keep drilling down and you get to the National Institutes of Health, the country's premier medical research center. ...continue reading "Trump takes a sledgehammer to the NIH"

ALTON – With unanimous City Council approval, Alton is applying for federal funding for multiple street improvement projects throughout the city. The following sections of the following streets are set to be improved under the Illinois Highway Code: 0.32 miles of Milton Road from Edgewood Avenue to Hillcrest Avenue 0.9 miles of Belle Street from Rozier Street to 20th Street 0.5 miles of Fosterburg Road from IL Route 140/111 to Alton Commerce Parkway 0.19 miles Brown Street Sidewalk from Vernie Avenue to Rock Springs Drive The resolution approved on Wednesday involves the allocation of $27,000 in Motor Fuel Tax (MFT) funds for the city to pay application fees to the East West Gateway Council of Governments, as Alton is seeking $5.4 million in federal funds for these projects. This fee amount represents 0.5% of the federal funding requested. If no federal funding is awarded for any of the street projects, the city will be reimbursed the full $27,000. More details and

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The name of Martin, a board member of a group that portrayed Jan. 6 defendants as victims of political persecution, was on motions filed this week to dismiss cases that have yet to go to trial.

Alderwoman Cara Spencer outraised Tishaura Jones in the St. Louis mayor's race, new filings show, but the incumbent, Jones, has more cash for the home stretch.