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Schnuck Markets Inc. is installing solar panels at the company's Edwardsville location. Due to the installation, employees will be restocking some items early Tuesday.

A disturbing photo of a paralyzed detainee in the St. Louis City Justice Center has triggered calls for accountability and improvement in the city’s main jail. Now the attorney who took that photo says she’s facing retaliation. Sue McGraugh, director of the Criminal Defense Clinic at Saint Louis University, discusses becoming a whistleblower, facing the blowback from Sheriff Vernon Betts, and the impact of new jail policy banning phones.

The St. Louis Board of Aldermen passed legislation Monday authorizing the use of red-light cameras in the city again.

Three women who used to live in the St. Louis area are accused of committing pandemic loan fraud.

11 am to 1 pm Thursday, Friday, Saturday, April 18-20, Southwestern Illinois College @ Belleville Horticulture Club Plant Sale. Cash only. The only info I could find is here and there’s no location information other than Belleville campus. Missouri Wildflowers Nursery is at Kirkwood Farmers Market 8 am to 4 pm Saturdays, April 20th & … Continue reading Upcoming St. Louis Area Plant Sales →

For fans who didn’t catch Queen’s concert movie Queen Rock Montreal in IMAX theaters earlier this year, the band is giving you another opportunity to enjoy it.The Rock & Roll Hall…

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Eric Schmitt pointed out that Senate majority leader recently called for new elections in Israel and also refused to call an Israeli aid package for a vote.

It is planning to franchise its concept nationwide, with the local barbecue joint having recently expanded its leadership team to support its growth plans.

A group including survivors of childhood sexual abuse is hoping Missouri lawmakers will change state law to give victims more time to sue their assailants and that the attorney general will provide more oversight of boarding schools and camps. Douglas Lay, assistant director of Missouri Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, told reporters Monday […]

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Here come more bad laws, courtesy of the Florida legislature — a government body that hasn’t met a right it isn’t willing to violate to further its bigoted agenda. These laws won’t necessarily violate rights right out of the gate, but the potential is definitely there. Here’s Douglas Sole of the Tallahassee Democrat (it’s a […]

The southbound ramp onto Interstate 55 from Arsenal Street will close for two weeks starting April 22.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A St. Louis judge on Monday awarded nearly $23.5 million to a former police officer who was beaten by colleagues while working undercover during a protest. Luther Hall was badly injured in the 2017 attack during one of several protests that followed the acquittal of Jason Stockley, a former St. Louis officer, on [...]

The Illinois State Treasurer's Office announced last week the state has more than $5 billion in unclaimed property and wants to reunite it with its owners. According to a press release from State Treasurer Michael Frerichs's Office, the cash and property is from the state's I-Cash program. The program "safeguards unclaimed property including unpaid life [...]

Aldermen wrapped their legislative session without considering the proposal, citing concerns about its legality and backlash from state lawmakers.

NEW YORK — The trial of former President Donald Trump kicked off Monday in a lower Manhattan courtroom, marking the first time in U.S. history that an ex-president has been tried on criminal charges. Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee for president, appeared in the state of New York courtroom, where he is charged with falsifying business records to […]

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A St. Louis firefighter ran out of oxygen while trapped under rubble because he was wearing faulty breathing equipment, according to a lawsuit filed by his parents.

Kristen Slaughter and Kiara Brown have an unconventional friendship. They’re 22 years apart in age and their relationship was only slated to last one year. Matched through a Big Brothers Big Sisters of Eastern Missouri mentorship program, the two have now been friends for more than 20 years. In this encore episode, we listen back to Slaughter and Brown talk about their enduring friendship. Last year, Slaughter was named CEO of the nonprofit organization, and Brown now has her own career and is the mother of two children.

Jon Bon Jovi is still working on getting his voice back to what it was before he underwent surgery for atrophied vocal cords — and if he doesn't, that may…

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