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Attendance across Major League Baseball was up in 2023. Find out where the St. Louis Cardinals ranked when it came to the number of fans attending games at Busch Stadium this season.

McBride Homes has named President Jake Eilermann the new CEO of the company.

The annual traveler satisfaction report does show some improvements, however.

GODFREY - If your little monsters are ready for Halloween, get in the spooky spirit with the Whispering Woods Halloween Fun event for a few hours of crafts, activities and games for kids. Starting on Thursday, Oct. 12, Whispering Woods Bed and Breakfast/Retreat and Event Center will offer a two-hour Halloween event for children ages 2–10 every day through Saturday, Oct. 14. Kids must be accompanied by an adult. “My degree is in child development, so I love kids,” said Margaret Moorehead, Whispering Woods owner. “I worked at childcare facilities for years and years, and I know that the child’s attention span is pretty short, so our activities are short but they’re very active…They’re geared for all ages and for the children to be able to make the decision on how much they want to do.” The Halloween Fun event will run from 4:30–6:30 p.m. on Thursday and Friday, or you can attend a session on Saturday, Oct. 14 from

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Celebrity author Michael Lewis spent months shadowing Sam Bankman-Fried, founder of the failed crypto exchange FTX, and apparently came away convinced that SBF was just the victim of misfortune: This isn't a Ponzi scheme. Like, when you think of a Ponzi scheme, I don't know, Bernie Madoff, the problem is— there's no real business there. ...continue reading "Sam Bankman-Fried: “Plain old embezzlement”"

A Franklin County man was among the five people killed Friday after breathing a toxic chemical that was spilled when a tanker truck overturned in central Illinois.

The Guinness World Record for oldest skydiver was set in May 2022 by 103-year-old Linnéa Ingegärd Larsson from Sweden.

When it comes to the children, Wu-Tang Europol is for the children. According to a recent report by Balkan Insight, Europol (Interpol but without the across-the-pond component), the only thing that should matter is the kids. Europeans’ rights and privacy should be sidelined — possibly forever! — until European law enforcement can put a dent […]

While nothing can quite compare to 1985's all-star charity concert Live Aid, someone is going to try and recreate that feeling in the theater. Deadline reports Live Aid organizer Bob Geldof is working on a…

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St. Louis parkers can log online now and see their parking ticket late fees erased.

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A man who was 17 when he shot and killed a Lyft driver who had immigrated to the United States from Ghana was sentenced Monday to 22 years in prison, according to court documents.

The shutdown begins at 10 p.m.; the exit reopens at 5 a.m. Wednesday.

FRANKLIN COUNTY, Mo. - A motorcyclist is dead after a collision involving a van at a Franklin County intersection. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says that Ronald Williams, 33, was killed Sunday. Williams stopped his 2009 Harley-Davidson Road King at Route E at Route VV at around 3:15 p.m. A man driving a van struck [...]

The city filed a motion for a temporary restraining order last month seeking to stop the drilling of an extraction well at Ameren's Huster Road substation.

KIRKWOOD, Mo. -- One lucky Missouri Lottery player is $88,888 richer after scratching a ticket purchased at the On the Run gas station on Manchester Road in Kirkwood. The player used a $20 win from a previous ticket to purchase the winning Emerald 8s scratcher. “I had to put my reading glasses on because I’m [...]

Max Gruver spent the early morning hours of Sept. 14, 2017, heavily intoxicated and passed out on a couch inside the Phi Delta Theta chapter house at Louisiana State University. He had been forced to repeatedly chug 190-proof Diesel liquor in a hazing ritual called “Bible Study,” during which pledges are quizzed on fraternity facts. […]

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Lawmakers in Florissant plan to trade a chunk of park land to a housing developer in exchange for hiking terrain along the Missouri River. But the plan has divided residents.

ST. LOUIS -- A program to forgive St. Louis parking ticket late fees launches today. Citations that have doubled or tripled in price because they have not been paid will roll back to the original ticket value. The temporary reprieve on late fees is in place until the end of this year. “Our office wants [...]