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The home is located within walking distance to restaurants and parks.

Girls Inc. of St. Louis, under the leadership of President and CEO Cheryl Jones, was named the national organizations’ Outstanding Affiliate of the Year in the large budget category in 2020.

When I heard about the new movie Miller’s Girl, my initial reaction was, We’re still making these? The story of a clever, cunning, desirable teenage girl wrapping a middle-aged man around her little finger and sending him down a life-destroying path was a major plot in the 1990s: Poison Ivy, The Crush, Wild Things.

It's the coldest day of the winter, with temperatures plunging well below zero, as I talk on the phone with violinist Molly Healey, who is feeling under all that weather. "I got the flu or crud or something," Healey tells me from her home base of Springfield, Missouri, on a good day to hunker down.

Do you have a fear of being one of those people who wanders off trail for about five feet, gets totally discombobulated and can't find their way back? A tense scene unfolds as various rescue agencies get called and begin combing the woods, maybe eventually finding you — or maybe not.

Saturday, January 27, will mark 10 years since Billy Joel launched his unprecedented residency at New York’s Madison Square Garden. The residency had Joel packing the house for one show a month,…

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I grew up on a pleasant street. There was a feeling as if we were in a “Happy Days” Broadway play.

The Illinois State Board of Education endorsed a budget request Wednesday that includes a $653 million increase in funding for preK-12 public schools.

The inevitable outcome of Republican anti-immigration sentiment

Baltimore schools face many challenges, much like St. Louis public schools, but they're choosing non-traditional solutions.

The Communications Workers of America supported the merger after securing union neutrality commitments. So far, it has led only to a smaller workforce.

Four auditing firms examine the books of nearly every big U.S. company, in a process riddled with conflicts of interest. But federal monitoring is making a comeback under new leadership.

The Biden administration will weigh the climate impacts of exporting LNG before approving new terminals. It won't be easy.

Led by California, rooftop solar installations are poised to fall 12 percent nationally this year. It’s the first decline since 2017.

How does someone committed to sustainability make for such a believable monster?

In the most polluted areas, a quarter of babies are born underweight. The watchdog group wants the EPA to intervene.

Brian Jennings of Fenton, MO joined the Real Rock Army today

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Here‘s how I found this one.  I have a soft spot for the artists.  I make art myself.  I know how hard it is. Most of the followers of this space know about the Maplewood watercolor virtuoso Stan Masters.  What a wonderful discovery that was.  I’m only sorry that I never met Stan while he […]

St. Louis Public Schools and the local NAACP recently launched literacy programs to help students boost reading skills.