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The Missouri Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected the latest attempt by Republican state officials to block taxpayer dollars from going to Planned Parenthood, citing a failure in the state's legal appeal.

The colossal catastrophe that is the Marion County PD’s raid of a small town newspaper’s offices (along with a raid of the home of its 98-year-old co-owner [who died shortly thereafter]) continues to generate national (and international!) headlines. The PD claimed this was all above-board. Supposedly computer crime laws were broken by local journalists when […]

Operators at the downtown St. Louis office of Western Union Telegram would call recipients of the telegram and sing a live love message over the telephone.

Dating is messy, nerve wrecking and oftentimes discouraging. Single St. Louisans have taken to social media to inquire — and vent — about how dating is difficult because of St. Louis being a “small big city.” Brittany Forrest and Simonne Kimble started a community and online platform called Relationship.ish to have open conversations about relationships and create opportunities to network. The duo shared their strategies to finding “the one,” even in a small dating pool.

EDWARDSVILLE — On Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024, Madison County State’s Attorney Tom Haine and Alton Police Chief Jarrett Ford announced that amended charges of first-degree murder have been filed against five defendants in the fatal shooting of a 13-year-old girl. The five defendants are: • Alvin Perry III, 19, of Alton, charged with First-Degree Murder, Aggravated Battery With a Firearm, Unlawful Possession of Weapon by a Felon and Aggravated Unlawful Use of Weapons. • Raysean M. Colvin, 19, of Alton, charged with First-Degree Murder, Aggravated Battery With a Firearm, Unlawful Sale or Delivery of Firearms, Unlawful Possession of Weapon by a Felon and Aggravated Unlawful Use of Weapons. • Keith A. Sanders, 24, of Alton, charged with First-Degree Murder and Contributing to the Delinquency or Criminal Delinquency of a Minor. • Vito K. Crowder, 16, of Alton, charged with First-Degree Murder and Aggravated Unlawful Use of Weapons. • Dakota M. Perry,

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BREESE — On Feb. 28 and 29, Hospital Sisters Health System (HSHS) will begin a virtual speaker series entitled “I Have a Dream…” to reflect on revealing and embodying racial healing for all people, thanks to a Healing Illinois grant. Healing Illinois is an initiative led by the Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) and the Field Foundation of Illinois. Statewide, 184 recipients will receive $4.5 million in funding for community-based activities to advance racial healing. In Southern Illinois, this grant is awarded by the Southern Illinois Community Foundation. “At the heart of the HSHS Mission is Christ’s healing love for all people. We seek to reveal and embody Christ’s healing love in each encounter we have with patients, family members, colleagues, and community members,” said Angela Senander, HSHS system director of formation. “We look forward to the opportunity to be in dialogue with scholars and practitioners advocating

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From Feb 9th - 17th, come to 18Rails | The Venue @CityFoundrySTL for Love Struck — A Valentine Pop-Up made for sweethearts, friends and secret admirers (21 & up). First, […]

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Five people are facing amended murder charges in a shooting from earlier this month after the teenage victim died of their injuries.

The first contract for reconstruction of Interstate 70, for a 20-mile stretch from Columbia to Kingdom City, was awarded Wednesday by the Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission. The $405 million contract is part of a planned $2.8 billion project that will add a lane of traffic in both directions from Wentzville in St. Charles County to Blue Springs in Jackson County. The work awarded Wednesday to Millstone Weber of St. Charles for construction and Jacobs of Dallas for engineering is…

Missouri’s highest court for the second time in four years rebuked lawmakers’s efforts to ban abortion providers and their affiliates from receiving Medicaid reimbursements. The legislature included a line in the 2022 state budget to spend $0 for any Medicaid-covered services if the provider also offers abortions or is affiliated with an abortion provider.  Nearly all abortions are illegal in Missouri. The two Planned Parenthood affiliates operating in the state – Planned Parenthood Great…

A shooting in Kansas City as fans celebrated the Chiefs Super Bowl win left one person dead and as many as 15 injured.

A 15-year-old girl is the fifth person charged with the robbery and murder of a man near a MetroLink station here last summer.

Ra’niya Steward was standing on a porch in the 900 block of Highland Avenue on the afternoon of Feb. 3 when she was shot.

Ash Wednesday happened to commence on Valentine’s Day this year.

Next Missouri, a statewide coalition that advocates for legislation that benefits entrepreneurship, is lobbying for legislation that would offer tax credits for angel investments.

Kurt Wallace was sentenced Wednesday to 60 years in federal prison for committing a series of violent carjackings and escaping from jail.

The U.S. Army Reserve Command said Wednesday that Lt. Col. Troy E. Bartley of Alton, died Sunday at Camp Arifjan in Kuwait. His exact cause of death remained under review.