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Law enforcement officers rarely care about enforcing traffic laws. Moving violations may produce a little extra revenue for the city or state, but it doesn’t do much for the officers performing the stops. Pretextual stops? The leveraging of any perceived moving violation in hopes of performing a vehicle search? That’s where the money is, thanks […]

The Greater St. Louis Hispanic Festival is underway in Soulard. It's a three-day event celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month with dancing, food, crafts and much more.

Refugee and immigrant communities in the U.S. are losing loved ones to opioids — and often, people in these communities have a hard time talking about it openly. St. Louis-based coalition ECORN is working to build in-language, culturally appropriate resources and data to help.

Authorities said the suspect and victim had been married for several years and were currently separated.

Zachary Alan Barebo worked as an umpire at the Affton Athletic Association. Police asked parents to talk to their children if they may have had contact with him.

An investigation is underway after five vehicles were involved in a rush-hour crash Friday in north St. Louis. Several people are believed to be injured.

There was little doubt that the eruption of the Hunga-Tonga-Hunga underwater volcano in January 2022 would have at least some impacts on the global climate.

Wildfires and smoke from Canada proved a persistent problem over the summer, not only in our region but across the northern plains, upper Midwest, and Northeast. The smoke created pretty sunsets aloft, but there are lasting effects that are not so welcome here.

Metal, wire, and solar panels might not be what you expect to see right in the middle of a plot at the Missouri Botanical Garden.

Fall colors will soon be on full display. Taking a look back at summer, it started off quiet, but the weather really ramped up in July.

Over the last three years, we entered fall with the same La Niña pattern. It has meant some dry time for us, and a delay in the onset of the deeper fall chill.

Rush’s Geddy Lee is getting ready to release his new memoir, My Effin’ Life, on November 14, and he’ll be heading to the U.K. to promote it with a new spoken word tour.   Kicking…

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A Jefferson County chiropractor spent years pretending to be a licensed doctor to commit a $4.3 million fraud that involved fake medical excuse slips and false declarations of permanent disability.

This article originally ran in The St. Louis Post Dispatch on September 22, 2023. Greater St. Louis, Inc. has launched STL 2030 Progress, a website that measures area growth, tracks initiatives and maps investments, with the hope that increased data will be a tool for economic growth and collaboration — and a way to update the region’s national reputation. The website […]

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Ballroom culture, now a mainstay in popular culture. Not to be confused with waltzing, swinging or doing the two-step — ballroom scene has become a global phenomena. It’s championed by Black and brown LGBTQ artists in dance, music and fashion. Filmmaker Bobby Best captured St. Louis’ ballroom scene in his latest documentary film, “Tens Across the Board,” which was produced by the founder of Tens Ballroom, Maven Lee.