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Motel guests who were kicked to the curb Tuesday through no fault of their own have questions for the City of Florissant following an abrupt evacuation.

Whatever your thoughts on policing in general in America, I would hope it would be largely uncontroversial to state that a huge percentage of Americans believe that police are generally over-militarized and at least slightly a little too trigger happy, especially when it comes to engaging minority communities. If you somehow think that there isn’t […]

What once was a dilapidated building is now in the works of being transformed into a culinary incubator and farmers market, all in hopes of revitalizing the Hyde Park neighborhood.

The tournament determines which Missouri Valley Conference team will receive an automatic bid to the NCAA Division I basketball tournament.

ST. FRANCOIS COUNTY, Mo. - A manhunt for a man accused of sodomy and arson ended Wednesday evening. Police say Michael Pender, 21, was located inside a car near where it all started and was taken into custody. At least seven law enforcement agencies were looking for Pender and had deployed seven K-9 teams, a [...]

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Two families brought together by tragedy are pushing for change to protect people in the future.

Speaker Dean Plocher’s attorney sought to attend a closed-door hearing of the Missouri House Ethics Committee on Wednesday night, arguing he should be allowed to stay in order to listen to the panel review a report detailing the investigation of his client.  Lowell Pearson, a veteran Republican attorney, was informed by the committee’s chair — […]

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It's the first Toyota plant and fourth non-union plant nationwide where workers have gone public with their campaign to unionize.

Authorities allege that Carl J. Walker Jr., 51, of Jennings, shot his 16-year-old son, Isaiah Walker, after an argument Jan. 24. He died three days later.

Steve Benen writes today about Sen. Kyrsten Sinema's upcoming retirement: Sinema’s retirement puts the future of the filibuster in doubt This reminds me of something I've been meaning to mention: the filibuster is already dead. This isn't a controversial point. In 2013 Democrats used the "point of order" procedure to end the filibuster for lower ...continue reading "The filibuster no longer exists"

“I don’t care how small Paige Spears is compared to some national figure,” Jimerson said. “He deserves the same justice and service as anyone."