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Olympic Day is an annual tradition at Washington University as it celebrates the history of the Olympics in St. Louis with the 1904 Summer Games.

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly on Friday signed legislation that offers hundreds of millions of dollars to the Kansas City Chiefs and Royals to relocate from Missouri. The legislation, an expansion of one of the state’s tax incentive programs, could help finance up to 70% of the cost for one or both teams to build a new stadium in Kansas. “We know that modernizing our economic development tools provides the opportunity to increase private investment into the state,” Kelly said in a news release…

There are still many Republican voters who have yet to decide which candidate for governor they will be voting for during Missouri’s August 6 primary. A new poll from Emerson College Polling, The Hill, and Missouri Nexstar indicates 46% of registered voters are undecided.

The university cited an effort to cut its operating budget by 10% as a nationwide delay in federal student aid is expected to impact enrollment.

The crash killed 34-year-old Jerome Hightower.

Police say the road rage shooting left the victim unsettled and worried his life was in danger after the suspect fired shots at his car.

The Ranken Technical College Midnight Madness program fueled by NOS Energy Drinks offers a safer alternative to illegal street racing. Organized yet informal drag racing will take place on the […]

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Meanwhile, Attorney General Andrew Bailey will not be attending a Monday forum at the Ritz in Clayton.

"If we're doing a good job there's really no attention drawn to it,” Kopeck said. “That's what we prefer."

Formula 1 Powerboat Midwest Championship racing has returned to Alton, Ill., with boats reaching speeds of 120 mph, and the Mississippi River Fest is also taking place with headliners Larkin Poe, Tyler Bryant and the Shakedown, and Fastball.

Counterclockwise in the summer, clockwise in the winter

Missouri hospitals are experiencing a decline in nurse vacancy and turnover rates, but are still struggling with staffing issues, particularly in dietary, housekeeping, and maintenance jobs, due to the aftereffects of COVID-19.

But the personnel director didn't blink. “There’s nothing I’m concerned about,” she said.

The university laid off 12 staff and two faculty members this week as part of an effort to cut 10% of the operating budget.

Mary Major, a 67-year-old woman with dementia, was found safely on a metro train after being missing for two weeks, thanks to the efforts of the Saint Louis Metropolitan Police Department and her court-appointed guardian.