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We’ve noted for years how the “race to 5G” was largely just hype by telecoms and hardware vendors eager to sell more gear and justify high U.S. mobile data prices. While 5G does provide faster, more resilient, and lower latency networks, it’s more of a modest evolution than a revolution. But that’s not what telecom giants […]

The U.S. Senate took an important step Tuesday toward passing the nation’s annual defense policy bill, but the legislation did not include provisions aimed at compensating victims of radioactive contamination in St. Louis and around the country. The reliably bipartisan legislation is expected to hit the same hard-right opposition in the U.S. House that has dogged lawmakers since the beginning of this Congress. The Democratic-led upper chamber voted to end debate on this year’s $886 billion…

The reporting program restricts who can have a gun. Illinois State Police Director Brendan Kelly says the tool is stopping major tragedies before they happen.

Craig Berube has been "relieved of his coaching duties" with the St. Louis Blues and an interim head coach has been named, the team announced late Tuesday night. The abrupt announcement came via a news release posted to the team's website around 11 p.m. Tuesday night, following the team's 6-4 loss to the Detroit Red Wings at Enterprise Center. Current Springfield Thunderbirds head coach Drew Bannister was named interim head coach. Bannister will travel to St. Louis on Wednesday and serve his first…

Police are investigating a burglary at a gas station in north St. Louis.

Pastors of the 30 smallest parochial schools in the Archdiocese of St. Louis said they plan to keep their schools open in 2024-2025.

A new home-construction boom is revving up in St. Charles County as developers move to build more than 1,200 houses in western O'Fallon.

A fire destroyed a house in Pine Lawn.

The St. Louis County Council on Tuesday approved $14 million in cuts to next year's budget, days after St. Louis County Executive Sam Page warned council members their package of proposed cuts could come with costly consequences. Ahead of Tuesday’s St. Louis County Council meeting County Executive Sam Page sent a letter to the council saying if they passed their proposed budget cuts ARPA funded projects will be put on hold, there would be cuts to the teams who deal with problem properties, the…

Laumeier Sculpture Park’s 2023 Visiting Artists in Residence are Pittsburgh-based artists Lenka Clayton and Phillip Andrew Lewis. This collaborative duo utilizes innovative approaches to conceptualism and minimalism to realize their […]

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Wednesday is Taylor Swift's 34th birthday and for the first time, the St. Louis Public Library is joining the birthday celebrations.

U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley delayed a cloture vote by about 90 minutes, but a motion he filed to stop the procedural vote failed, 26-73.

Teresa Griffin's upcoming album is "More Than a Woman," scheduled for release Feb. 2.

A new St. Charles business is offering you a chance to eat some tasty food and enjoy some fun games.

The St. Louis County Council approved cutting the budget by $14 million.

Back in September, Andy Frasco & the U.N. held one of Music at the Intersection’s most outrageously raucous and rocking parties.  In his typical fashion, Frasco obliterated any distance between performers and the audience, standing on his piano, conducting the band like his hair was on fire and leaping into the crowd to teach everyone to dance the Horah.

Michelle Smith's family didn't have a lot. Smith, now 47, grew up during the 1980s and '90s in what she calls "the projects" of St. Louis.