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Managers at a Kirkwood small business began their Thursday morning by closing up and cleaning their store.

While Big Brothers Big Sisters of Eastern Missouri is happy to accept volunteer mentors from all walks of life, they are seeking more Black men to “step up” to mentor the Black boys enrolled in their program. Ericka Sanders, Vice President of Volunteer Recruitment and mentor Andre Walker share their experiences along with data behind the importance of mentoring and representation.

Their leaders says a $30.5 million effort to stabilize Hillvale Apartments with taxpayer funds is doomed if the boarder area isn’t addressed.

Betts agreed to provide a deputy to staff all courtrooms where a judge or staffer is present in order to address concerns that a lack of bailiffs were leaving courtrooms vulnerable.

Wind chills are forecast to stay below zero in St. Louis all day Friday, and a Wind Chill Advisory is in effect beginning Friday evening at 6 p.m. until noon Saturday.

by Tom Finan, Executive Director and Co-Founder, Construction Forum I hope you’ll join us on the morning of February 29th at The Post Building, 900 North Tucker, when we have a discussion with leaders in the effort to resurrect St. Louis’ Downtown Core. Our theme for the Forum’s 2024 programming is “Building a Strong Core: […]

More than 90 research teams have begun operating out of the new 11-story, 609,000-square building, located at 4370 Duncan Ave. in the Central West End. Washington University on Thursday marked the building’s opening with a ribbon-cutting event.

The United States should not expand nuclear energy use, at least until the federal government can make up for the harms caused by previous nuclear projects, U.S. Rep. Cori Bush of Missouri said at a congressional hearing in Washington, D.C., on Thursday. Bush cited the health problems nuclear waste has caused to many in her […]

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Lorenzo Gordon faces charges of wire fraud and theft after lying on COVID-19 business relief applications, charges say.

Contractors are again claiming they haven't been paid by Green Street, the St. Louis development firm that's planned numerous large projects around the metro.

Centene Corp. (NYSE: CNC) has held on to a Medicaid contract in New Hampshire that it’s had since 2013.

Law enforcement is searching for a gunman following a shooting in a north St. Louis County municipality.

Peter Biskind says the golden era of cable/streaming TV is over thanks to cost cutting and a reduced taste for innovation. Maybe so. But along the way he says this: In 2023, HBO had a whopping four shows up for outstanding drama series, including the eventual winner, “Succession,” as well as “The White Lotus,” “The ...continue reading "Everyone has gone mad over Max"

The video, taken by a bystander and posted online by attorney Javad Khazaeli, shows James Pence hanging up a call on his cell phone outside Bar:PM and an officer asking him if he's the owner of the building.

Why, in the midst of a crisis in the Red Sea, have energy prices barely reacted over the past few weeks? Plus, check out how gas prices are doing in Missouri.

EDWARDSVILLE - Kaylea Lacey, who's a sophomore forward for the girls basketball team at Alton High School, has enjoyed a stellar season thus far, as she's played a key role in helping the Redbirds to a 22-1 mark with a few weeks left in the regular season. Lacey scored 11 points in Alton's win over Edwardsville on Jan. 11 67-36 at Lucco-Jackson Gym, a game where the Redbirds outscored the Tigers in the second half 45-16 after leading at the half 22-20. Then in the opening game of the 37th Highland Invitational Tournament on Jan. 13, Lacey scored 12 points as the Redbirds won over Belleville West 91-21, advancing to the quarterfinals. With that win, Alton became the first area team, boys or girls, to reach the 20-win mark this season. Kaylea is an Auto Butler Female Athlete of the Month for the Redbirds. In an interview conducted after the win over Edwardsville, Lacey felt good about how things went in the second half and how the Redbirds executed very well in the final 16 minutes.

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Adam Wainwright just wrapped up his career as a professional baseball player and is well into another one as a country music artist, but he's not stopping there.