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Rhonda Conner, a 47-year-old felony suspect, is wanted by the Bismarck police for assault charges and is considered armed and dangerous.

I’ve noted more than a few times that the primary problem with U.S. journalism is the fact that most major media outlets are owned by out of touch billionaire brunchlords who genuinely don’t understand the modern media environment, can’t see their own gender, race, or class biases, and often have absolutely no earthly fucking idea […]

CBD Kratom employees have become the first Missouri workers in the industry to unionize, following a Friday election. The election spanned across 17 stores in eastern Missouri and Illinois operated by the St. Louis-based CBD Kratom, which sells largely kratom and hemp-derived THC products. Employees voted 23 to 6 to unionize, with 75% of the eligible employees participating. “I’m so excited and so proud of everyone,” said Taylor Moore, sales associate. “I’m encouraged to know that our…

An eatery in Maplewood known as "the bar with the swings" is closing permanently.

Hundreds of Ballwin citizens may have had their privacy rights violated, the lawsuit says. It also claims the police chief did not act alone.

Washington University’s chancellor vowed that the elite school would be ‘In St. Louis, for St. Louis.’ But after fallout from protests and arrests on campus, critics question the school’s commitment.

The contestants participating in an international housing design competition, to be held next year in downtown St. Louis, gave each other the first glimpses Thursday of their affordable, energy-efficient housing designs that will be built and displayed on site.

A recent report showed child abuse investigators missed warning signs parents were taking fentanyl before their children overdosed. As St. Louis Public Radio’s Jason Rosenbaum explains, the report is prompting sharp questions about why Missouri’s Children’s Division isn’t using a process to steer parents into rehabilitation programs.

The St. Charles County Library Board has postponed the vote on closing three branches and eliminating 64 jobs due to public backlash, and will hold listening sessions and online surveys to gather feedback.

McBride Homes is proposing homes around three streets anchored by a restaurant and greenspace in place of the Woods Mill Center, a strip mall southwest of I-64 and Highway 141.

Skilled trades are experiencing a renaissance, propelled by young adults looking to avoid soaring college tuition and student debt.

IRONTON — Sammye White balanced carefully on a stepladder as she pulled a hefty box marked “1993” off the top shelf. White, the elected circuit clerk for Iron County in southeast Missouri, was searching for an old marijuana case.  The small storage room near her office is packed with faded ledgers indexing criminal cases by […]

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Out of the $7 million Missouri lawmakers approved last year to help courts expunge decades of marijuana cases, state records show less than 10% of it was spent as of mid-May. Across the state, nearly 123,000 marijuana cases have been expunged, according to numbers compiled by the Missouri Supreme Court. But court officials have said […]

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A class action lawsuit has been filed against former Ballwin Police Chief Doug Schaeffler and the City of Ballwin for wrongdoing that may have resulted in privacy rights violations, including running over a thousand names through the REJIS database without proper law enforcement purpose.

The deal is the largest development agreement to date for the chain, Chief Development Officer Brad Reed said.

ST. LOUIS, Mo. -- A nice and quiet day is ahead. Thanks to northerly winds, we'll have high temperatures in the upper 70s to low 80s despite sunshine. We'll keep the pattern quiet over the next few days but temperatures will increase to nearly 90 by Wednesday. For Thursday into the weekend, highs will be [...]

Previously, Parmeley faced one murder charge in Jefferson County and the other in St. Francois County.