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Just weeks away from the solar eclipse, Missouri transportation officials conveyed an important message with a subtle sense of humor: Do NOT wear eclipse glasses while driving.

A three-alarm fire engulfed a historic vacant church Monday night in St. Louis. The St. Louis Fire Department responded at around 8:45 to a fire at the former St. Augustine Roman Catholic Church, located at 3114 Lismore St., in the St. Louis Place neighborhood. The building is designated as a St. Louis city landmark and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. St. Louis Fire Chief Dennis Jenkerson said this is the third fire at the church since 2022. The church was constructed in…

Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft wants to eliminate Missouri’s income tax, which provides two out of every three dollars in the state’s general revenue fund, and says budget cuts can pay for it. To help craft the plan, Ashcroft has enlisted some of the well-known conservative economists and low-tax advocates that advised then-Kansas Gov. Sam […]

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The man charged with murder this weekend was ordered to stay away from his wife as part of the couple's contentious divorce proceedings.

Across the country, electric demand is growing and could explode if green goals like electrifying home heating, industry and transportation come to fruition. At the same time, many states, utilities and businesses have pledged to decarbonize, helping push older coal and gas power plants that have struggled to stay economically competitive into retirement. Yet in the queues run by the organizations […]

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A portion of the road will be shut down Wednesday until next spring to allow replacement of a bridge over Coldwater Creek and removal of contaminated soil from the site.

On March 19, 1995, No. 1 seed UCLA defeated Missouri in the NCAA Tournament in a game that Tiger fans would never forget.

Worried about hospitals closing and higher costs for patients, state lawmakers are increasingly tangling with hospitals over potential health care mergers, in some cases derailing deals they think don’t serve the public interest. Financially strapped hospitals often look to merge with or be acquired by other systems. After a pandemic-era slowdown, health care mergers and […]

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Under a law passed in 2022, residents during the last two weeks before an election can vote early without an authorized excuse for failing to show up on Election Day.

Ledisi is channeling an old-fashioned R&B aesthetic inspired by Luther Vandross and Anita Baker for her concert at Stifel Theatre on March 23.

Mayor Tishaura Jones wants red light cameras in St. Louis — but their fate at the Board of Aldermen seems inextricably linked to a bill meant to provide oversight of police surveillance.  Aldermanic President Megan Green is adamant that it’s important not to implement an automated traffic enforcement system that would enable another vast network of cameras in the city, without first passing a bill that would allow for accountability and transparency for citizens’ civil rights.  As a result, bills that may seem unrelated to one another have led to tensions between the former allies.

The Sydney Sweeney train keeps chugging along, as the physically blessed actress/influencer takes command of the box office one movie genre at a time. Anyone But You, the silly Much Ado About Nothing redo she did with that pretty boy from Top Gun: Maverick, shocked the hell out of everyone by making more than $200 million worldwide. What wasn’t shocking was how much Madame Web, the sisterly superhero movie she co-starred in with Dakota Johnson, was reviled by critics and audiences.

Looking for a mellow evening happy hour, perhaps something cannabis-related? (Yeah, us too.) Swing by Hello Juice & Smoothies(1000 South Newstead Avenue) this Thursday, March 21, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. for their Chill Happy Hour.

The Beer: Sunny Cat The Brewery: 2nd Shift 2nd Shift Brewing’s beloved New England-style IPA, Sunny Cat, owes its inspiration — and name — to the orange tabby immortalized on its label, Sunny.  According to Libby Crider, co-owner of 2nd Shift Brewing, Sunny lived the first few years of his life as a barn cat before he decided to join the Crider family.

Spring is finally springing in the Gateway City, and with the temperate weather comes three new exhibitions at the Saint Louis Art Museum. The first of the three, Concealed Layers: Uncovering Expressionist Paintings, is currently on view in the Caro Nichols Holmes Gallery 214 and the Sherry and Gary Wolff Gallery 215, and will run through August 4. According to press materials, this exhibit "will take visitors behind the scenes and below the surface for an inside look at art from the museum’s permanent collection."