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From St. Louis Post-Dispatch:  Until the bulldozers show up in the backyard, a lot of folks don’t pay much attention to the nitty-gritty operations of their government. So it was for Jon Jerome. Jerome is president of Heroes Care, a nonprofit that helps veterans and their families. He lives in the High Ridge area of […]

A pair of conservative Republican lawmakers in the Utah state legislature have introduced legislation that would require porn filtering on all mobile devices sold within the state.  Technically, the bill would require retailers and manufacturers to enable parental controls on phones and tablets sold in the Beehive State in a bid to protect minors from adult […]

From KSDK:  One of Missouri’s busiest highways will undergo several upgrade projects over the next five years thanks to a multi-million dollar grant. On Wednesday, Gov. Mike Parson mentioned during his final State of the State Address, alongside Congressman Sam Graves that the state would be a recipient of a $92.8 million Infrastructure for Rebuilding […]

Janae Edmondson was 17 years old when she was critically injured in a crash caused by a suspect who was supposed to be on house arrest in downtown St. Louis.

A man was charged with murder Thursday after police say a trail of blood led from his porch to a body in the backyard of a north St. Louis home.

The 18-year-old was found shot multiple times inside a resident on California Avenue.

Police said Kristian Long admitted to striking George Long several times, placing his body in the tub and dousing it with bleach and olive oil.

With our wild fluctuations in temperatures, the pothole problem worsens across the area. Crews are taking advantage of the nice weather to make repairs.

Looks like U2 is enjoying their down time in Sin City. The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports that Bono and The Edge were seen at The Golden Tiki, an off the strip bar in Vegas' Chinatown area, on Wednesday,…

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Webster University is seeking to reclassify endowment funds to cover covenants on loan agreements, its board chair said Thursday, emphasizing that the move to solve a "financial challenge" came as it was making progress on turnaround goals.

Authorities said the man had gotten into an argument with one of the stabbing victims the previous night.

Weber’s Front Row has occupied the freestanding building at 8169 Big Bend Blvd. since the restaurant opened in 1992.

From Mid Rivers Newsmagazine:  Habitat for Humanity of St. Charles County is accepting new homeowner applications Feb. 1- Feb. 29. A free, informational meeting on Habitat homeownership is scheduled at 6 p.m. on Feb. 21 at the St. Charles County Habitat affiliate office, 2041 Trade Center Drive in St. Peters. Members of the Homeowner Selection […]

A special SLMPD police unit, created to investigate police shootings, was the subject of a damning audit in 2018. Six years later, only portions of that audit have found their way to the public eye. St. Louis Post-Dispatch metro columnist Tony Messenger obtained portions of the audit, which found problems in all 50 of the unit’s investigations between 2014 and 2018. Messenger shares his findings and insights into the ongoing efforts to obtain the full audit.

The FBI encouraged any other potential victims of Marcellis Blackwell to call its hotline at 314-589-2682.

Neighbors and city leaders are against it, yet the program is still moving forward.

Caroline Eiseman has donned the big hair of teen dance phenom Tracy Turnblat in more than 100 performances of “Hairspray.” The St. Louis native shares her insights into the role, what it took to land the part and what it will mean when she performs in her hometown later this month.