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Blueberry Hill's Duck Room presents Lauran Hibberd with special guest Hazmat live in concert on Tuesday, May 28th at 8:00 PM.

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Art Saint Louis--a nonprofit art organization and gallery located in downtown St. Louis for 40 years--presents our Spring 2024 art exhibition, "Window to the Soul." This juried show is on […]

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We’ve noted repeatedly that while “AI” (language learning models) hold a lot of potential, the rushed implementation of half-assed early variants are causing no shortage of headaches across journalism, media, health care, and other sectors. In part because the kind of terrible brunchlord managers in charge of many institutions primarily see AI as a way […]

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. -- A fatal shooting occurred at a McDonald's on State Street near 25th at around 7 p.m. Wednesday in East St. Louis. Two people were shot during the incident. They were taken to the hospital, where one of the victims succumbed to their injuries. Authorities are actively searching for the shooter, [...]

A manufacturer of drug-delivery devices has named a St. Louis-based operations chief to oversee its global operations as it completes a $100 million expansion of a local facility.

Nylah Walker is an award winning dancer from St. Louis hoping to raise money to perform at a national competition

The complaint, filed by a lawyer for the district, claims Attorney General Andrew Bailey violated state rules when he initiated a “frivolous” investigation into the district based on inaccurate claims.

Thomas Kinworthy, who shot and killed a St. Louis police officer faked symptoms of severe mental illness in an attempt to be found not guilty at trial, a state psychologist said on Wednesday.

Five members of the GOP group stalled action in the Senate for 41 hours before giving in early Thursday morning.

WASHINGTON — Capitol Hill lawmakers from both parties on Wednesday grilled UnitedHealth Group’s CEO over the largest-ever cyberattack on the U.S. health care industry, which has crippled payments to providers and pharmacies and left millions of patients clueless about whether their information is now on the dark web. A Russia-linked cybercrime organization dubbed “BlackCat” infiltrated a vulnerable […]

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ST. LOUIS --The man charged with the fatal shooting of St. Louis Officer Tamarris Bohannon and wounding another officer might receive his verdict today. Closing arguments were presented yesterday in the murder trial of Thomas Kinworthy. Kinworthy's defense argues that he is mentally ill and was not aware of his actions when he shot the [...]

Sugar Shack Cafe (1416 East 20th Street, Granite City, Illinois) has opened in the former home of Petri Cafe. The 1950s-vibe diner, owned by Trecie Wilson and Steven Perkins, served its first breakfast April 1. The couple most recently ran their Madison, Illinois, location of Sugar Shack as takeout only, but now they have closed that location and jumped into a full-service, sit-down restaurant dishing up the kind of comfort food that is close to their hearts.

It has taken nearly two years, but the residents of a small corner of the city's Forest Park Southeast neighborhood are again able to get permits for parking — and if that doesn't sound like cause for celebration, perhaps you have not lived in St. Louis long enough. The saga began in the spring of 2022, when the nonprofit Park Central Development relinquished administration of the parking permit program to the treasurer's office for the City of St. Louis. The timeline of when Park Central notified the city it wanted help with the program is a matter of some dispute, but what's clear is that when permits for the 10 districts in Forest Park Southeast and the Central West End came up for renewal that June, no one was fully prepared to process them.

A funding gap remains, but construction will soon begin on the next piece of a 10-mile trail system aiming to reach across St. Louis by the end of the decade.

Another police precinct project, one in North County, is months behind schedule. But St. Louis County Executive Sam Page's administration says the new mid-county precinct is on track.

Airport Director Rhonda Hamm-Niebruegge said Lambert always intended to hire a company to maintain the new system.

The new network in St. Louis provides addiction support to workers in an industry where alcohol, drugs and partying are the norm. It held its first meeting this month.

It's going to be a busy Friday at the Saint Louis Art Museum (One Fine Arts Drive, slam.org) as the museum opens two exhibits that draw on its permanent collection. Both Romare Bearden: Resonances and Jaune Quick-to-See Smith will make their debuts. Romare Bearden: Resonances is centered around Summertime, a piece from SLAM's permanent collection that exemplifies the collage technique the modernist artist is known for.

Wednesday’s Midwest March for Life at the Missouri Capitol had a different tone this year. It was about fighting.  Nearly two years ago, the crowd celebrated Missouri becoming the first state to ban abortion after Roe V. Wade was overturned. But on Wednesday, a new worry loomed over the annual event: Abortion could soon be […]

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O'FALLON, Ill. -- A 16-year-old is facing charges after allegedly stealing a car in O'Fallon, Illinois, and causing a series of collisions that involved six other vehicles. The incident occurred just before 7 p.m. on Tuesday. The St. Clair County Sheriff's Department reported that the stolen Toyota Corolla, which was linked to several other car [...]