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Missouri’s backlog of Medicaid applications dropped in February, but the average time it took to determine eligibility for them continued to exceed the federal limit. The median time it took Missouri’s social services department to process Medicaid applications for low-income Missourians in February was 77 days, an agency spokesperson told The Independent.  That means half […]

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A man from St. Charles faces six counts of invasion of privacy for allegedly videotaping individuals without their consent.

Is it time to play Speaker Roulette again? Reigning House lunatic Marjorie Taylor Greene is mad that Mike Johnson passed a budget package with the help of Democratic votes: Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, Republican of Georgia, on Friday took the first step toward ousting House Speaker Mike Johnson, filing a resolution calling for his removal ...continue reading "Mike Johnson has pissed off the Freedom Caucus again"

Ozzy Osbourne is currently #2 on the fan ballot vote for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, but he's not booking his flight to Cleveland just yet.Speaking to Rolling…

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Kloss Furniture stores and 5 On Your Side have partnered to hand out free eclipse glasses.

The state of Missouri has approved a proposal for Ameren to build, own and operate three solar farms in the state.

Grayson Stevenson and Kennedy Thomas say the inaugural ‘Teen14-Day’ at .ZACK Urban Ballroom added a needed perspective to the array of 314 Day celebrations in the area.

A St. Louis developer is targeting redevelopment of a vacant school, with plans for mixed-income housing.

A St. Louis Cardinals super fan known as Rally Runner pleaded guilty on Friday to storming the U.S. Capitol while wearing red face paint and red clothes, fueling a baseless conspiracy theory that government plants secretly incited the Jan. 6, 2021, attack.

When Nick Gusman answers the door of his Tower Grove South bungalow, he's wearing a T-shirt from a writers' week festival for high school students that I booked him for back in 2019. Performing on stage in the high school auditorium, Gusman had been in solo acoustic-and-harmonica folkie mode, playing and singing songs from his then-new debut album, Dear Hard Times. Despite playing for an audience of teenagers who had never willingly listened to folk music much less had ever heard of Nick Gusman, the troubadour nonetheless won the kids over, one of whom later told me that he "didn't think he liked that kind of music" but that he loved the songs and sounds coming out of Gusman that day.

Author Patrick Murphy's latest book, out March 30 from Reedy Press, takes a look at the wonders and not-so-wonderful aspects of the famous fair.

Elton John's latest musical will hit Broadway on October 19, and tickets are going on sale the last week of March.The musical, Tammy Faye, was a hit in London last…

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SLU workers said the university is currently offering a four-year agreement that includes provisions on outsourcing work and insufficient wage increases

A man accused of passing police officers and other drivers at speeds of 100 miles per hour in St. Louis County is now behind bars. Police say that flat tires eventually slowed him down and led to his arrest.

Can you imagine what kind of world we’d live in if you could blame random media companies for tangential relationships they had with anyone who ever did anything bad? What would happen if we could blame newspapers for inspiring crime? Or television shows for inspiring terrorism? The world would be a much duller place. We’ve […]

The Missouri State Fair director said this week several events at the annual festival will not take place this year as work on a new, indoor arena in Sedalia is set to begin.