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The chancellor stated, "Our students certainly all deserve to enjoy a few laughs together after putting in such serious work over these past few years."

The chess world is still feeling the vibrations of the buzziest chess story of 2022, which went down in St. Louis and featured one prodigy of the game being accused of cheating via vibrating anal beads in his rectum.  The sex toy-centric chess controversy started here when grandmaster Magnus Carlsen withdrew from the Sinquefield Cup in a coy manner that many interpreted as an accusation of cheating against the person he lost to, then-19-year-old Hans Niemann.  One thing led to another, Elon Musk escalated the matter via a tweet, and in a classic example of the arc of all things bending toward the weirdest and least plausible explanation, the anal beads rumors inserted themselves into the discourse.

Last week you’ll recall that after a closed-door intelligence briefing, some members of Congress leaked word to Axios that they were “shocked” by various TikTok behaviors. Upon closer inspection, most of the stuff TikTok had been up to wasn’t at all different from the behaviors of a wide variety of foreign and domestic telecoms, app […]

Missourians overwhelmingly support access to contraceptives, but some fear their lawmakers could pass laws limiting that availability, a new poll shows. The survey, released Thursday by The Right Time, a family planning initiative through the Missouri Family Health Council Inc., polled 1,000 Missourians between the ages of 18 and 35, split almost evenly between Democrats, […]

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Some House Democrats from St. Louis city broke with their party to support returning SLMPD to state control. The measure now moves to the Senate for consideration.

Lawyers representing Ameren deflected the accusations in the courtroom.

The 2024 St. Louis Workforce Development Guide is a designed to help both employers and individuals navigate the region's employment services landscape. There are two ways to see all the content. To see the print edition, click here. To see the online special section, click here. At some point, maybe even now, the demand will outpace the supply. I'm talking about people, in particular humans capable of work, who reside in the St. Louis metropolitan area who can fill the increasing volume of…

Taqueria Morita is getting a permanent home after operating for two summers as a seasonal concept.

A southeast Missouri lab agreed this week to pay $13.6 million to resolve allegations that it submitted unnecessary claims to Medicare.

This time a month ago Kansas City was still coming to grips with a Super Bowl victory celebration turned upside down in an instant by a mass shooting. Shocking as it was, shootings of the same basic type happen almost twice a day in the United States.

A wrong-way driver crashed into multiple parked cars this morning and fled the scene. The incident occurred on Neosho Street near Morganford in the Bevo neighborhood of South Saint Louis.

EUREKA, Mo. -- Six Flags St. Louis kicks off its season today. This weekend, visitors can enjoy the park's newest coaster, "Rookie Racer." The first 500 guests, ages 12 and under, will receive a Rookie Racer medal after riding the coaster. Additionally, there will be a Victory Lane photo opportunity.

SAPPINGTON, MO. - The Lindbergh High School band kicks off a 36-hour fundraiser today to honor a young band member who passed away from cancer in 2014. Since its inception in 2014, the Musicthon has raised over $30,000 for childhood cancer research and to support families affected by pediatric cancer. The eleventh annual Musicthon begins [...]

Restaurant owners will tell you they're a blessing and a curse.

Wait, what was their band called again?" — Hazmat The members of the all-female St. Louis-based band Hazmat are angry. They're mad at men.

A TikTok sensation who went viral with his recording of “I Hear a Symphony” will now be playing with one — the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra. The GRAMMY-nominated singer, composer and multi-instrumentalist Cody Fry is actually making his debut in symphony orchestras across the U.S., including our own in a performance scheduled for June. The Nashville-based talent owes much of his success to his viral TikTok videos, which he began posting in 2021. 

During the 2022 election cycle, I decided to combine two of my favorite hobbies – poker and politics. I wrote a series of columns depicting Missouri’s U.S. Senate race as a hand of Texas Hold ‘Em, with the final installment predicting an Eric Schmitt victory.  Recently in the Capitol, I was collared by a gubernatorial […]

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