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It’s a familiar rule: people should not spend more than 30% of their income on housing. But for many who rent in St. Louis, that percentage has long been higher. And it’s moving very quickly in the wrong direction. In 2022, the local nonprofit Action St. Louis put out a survey to capture data on city renter experiences and created a report called “The Rental Landscape of St. Louis 2023,” and the picture it paints has much more shadow than light.

A food truck park is returning for their third season this weekend in Alton, IL, and they have some new additions.

Rawlings Sporting Goods opened a new local attraction for baseball fans Friday morning.

While it may not be another Beatles tune, music fans are now being treated to another McCartney/Lennon musical collaboration.James McCartney, son of Paul McCartney, just released a new song, “Primrose Hill,”…

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Krewson, who left office in 2021, earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting from UMSL. Her appointment is one of several announced Friday by the governor.

Authorities on Thursday arrested a man charged in a motel employee's July shooting death.

Religion can be a touchy topic to talk about among friends, much less a suitable theme for a musical comedy. And, yet, that’s exactly what Trey Parker, Robert Lopez and Matt Stone have done with the The Book of Mormon, a musical that’s less condemnation and more irreverent skewering with an uptempo beat. The popular musical returns to the Fabulous Fox Theatre in a slightly updated version that remains surprisingly warm and accepting at heart.

The lawsuit was filed against JET Enterprises & Holding Company, a Delaware-based LLC that owns the former Big River Zinc plant in Sauget.

A bad day for civil liberties in the House of Representatives

U.S. Steel shareholders voted overwhelmingly in favor of the company's proposed sale to Nippon Steel Corporation, according to preliminary tallies released Friday.

HILLSBORO, Ill. (WCIA) -- A portion of Illinois 185 in Montgomery County is closing for the weekend due to a sinkhole forming in the area. The Illinois Department of Transportation announced Friday afternoon Illinois 185 between Hillsboro and Coffeen is closed due to a 50-foot-wide sinkhole in Hillsboro. The sinkhole is in a farmer’s field [...]

The boy's dad told police he had put the gun in the backpack, but charges do not say if he offered an explanation for why.

Hamlet, by William Shakespeare, is arguably the most well-known play written in English, and time has not diminished its popularity or acclaim. The moody tragedy, written in 1603 and set in Denmark, gets a captivating retelling by St. Louis Shakespeare. Director Patrick Siler and an engaging cast focus on the text, drawing audiences into the story and holding us spellbound from the first ghostly apparition to the last bloody death.

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A St. Louis father has been charged after his son accidentally brought a gun to school earlier today. Police say that Tony Fisher's son noticed there was a gun in his backpack as he rode the bus to Hanna Woods Elementary in Manchester Friday morning. The student arrived at class and notified the teacher of the presence of the loaded weapon, a Glock 23 .40 caliber pistol with one chambered round and a dozen others in the magazine.

Based in St. Louis since 1887, the renowned baseball equipment manufacturer is striving to tell its story and reach a new generation of fans through its newly-opened experiential store.

Police included a picture of each of the 121 items on the department website.

A police investigation is underway after a child brought a loaded gun into a St. Louis County school on Friday. The child's father now faces a felony charge.