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Franklin County EMA said there was no active threat to the public or surrounding area.

The St. Louis Fire Department is currently retrieving a body from the Mississippi River, with the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department and Medical Examiner also responding to the scene.

LAKE OF THE OZARKS, Mo. - A 54-year-old man is left seriously injured after getting hit with the propeller of a boat in the Lake of the Ozarks. The situation unfolded a little before 3:30 p.m. Wednesday afternoon at the 36-mile marker of the Lake of the Ozarks and involved a 2015 Regal boat. The [...]

The American economy gained 206,000 jobs last month. We need 90,000 new jobs just to keep up with population growth, which means that net job growth clocked in at 116,000 jobs. The headline unemployment rate increased to 4.1%. This was a fairly ordinary employment report with no special gotchas to report. It's basically an extension ...continue reading "Chart of the day: Net new jobs in June"

If you filled up your gas tanks in Missouri last year and saved your receipts, you may be entitled to a refund.

Some Missouri day care centers have been forced to shutter as state subsidy payments remain backlogged due to glitches in a new system.

The new program from St. Louis Public Schools brings parents and caregivers into the classroom for lessons on literacy.

For a free high-visibility vest, you can visit the North County Precinct, located at 11815 Benham Road.

A motorcyclist died after attempting a stunt on the Fourth of July, losing control of his bike and colliding with a parked trailer, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.

A May 2024 St. Louis Business Journal Roundtable of Experts brought together leaders in business, higher education and training/development to respond to recent research about workforce development for the region, and how their sectors could work together to make their offerings — and the region — more cohesive, connected and effective. The keys to future growth and success, they agreed, will be flexibility, practicality and collaboration to prepare students and support businesses. Participants…

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is creating new islands for habitat restoration, but the islands could also pose dangers to boaters due to high water levels.

Illinois 185 has been partially reopened as a one-lane road with temporary signals, after a 50-foot-wide sinkhole opened on the weekend of April 10-12.

When Tanya Gillespie-Lambert goes to an event in a local park in Camden, New Jersey, she takes a handful of brochures about free preschool with her. She has no hesitation about approaching strangers — moms with kids especially — to plug the service in the local public school district, where she’s director of community and […]

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Reace Yung, a local artist from St. Louis, has seen two of his projects appear on the Billboard Heatseekers chart and has been invited to become a voting member for the Recording Academy, the organization responsible for the Grammys.

There’s an important story in the $18,400 bill that a judge handed to attorney Lawrence Pratt.

Crews are working to clear the scene of a HAZMAT spill Friday morning on Interstate 57 in Franklin County, Illinois.

Green Door Art Gallery presents The Writing on the Wall, an intriguing mix of calligraphy and text artwork. The exhibit features Japanese calligraphy by Kaori Ishijima, mixed media paintings by […]

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Native American Art of the 20th Century: The William P. Healey Collection celebrates a transformative gift of outstanding works by Native American artists active across the 20th century. The promised […]

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