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Fiber broadband is spreading across the country like a rapidly expanding network of tree roots, passing under more communities every day. Fiber providers reached 7.9 million additional homes in the U.S. in 2022 — the highest annual deployment ever, according to the Fiber Broadband Association’s most recent survey of providers. There are now 68 million fiber broadband passings in the U.S., 13% more than a year ago and 27% more than two years prior. The association expects even higher levels…

As heat waves sweep across the Midwest, incarcerated people in Missouri are increasingly afraid of the rising temperatures inside prisons. They live in concrete buildings that retain heat. People share close quarters, making cooling all the more difficult. As Earth’s temperatures reach their hottest recorded numbers this summer, people incarcerated in Missouri’s prisons describe conditions […]

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Cementland: Bob Cassilly’s Unfinished Masterpiece will show at the St. Louis Public Library – Central Library until Sept. 22.   The photography exhibit by Richard Sprengeler showcases the last project

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The work of world-renowned artist Dale Chihuly is coming to the Missouri Botanical Garden in a stunning exhibition uniting art and nature. With thousands of pieces of blown glass forms

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As the Flood Watch continues through areas in Missouri, the Gerald-Rosebud Fire Protection District have already responded to the heavy rainfall.

Liv Golf returns this Saturday and Sunday at noon on KPLR 11. It's Liv Golf Greenbrier in West Virginia.

Green Door Art Gallery is pleased to partner with Bobby Lessentine, Financial Advisor, Edward Jones, in presenting Inspiration and Expression, The Art of MaryJo Clark.   The exhibit includes collage,

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A man was shot and killed Tuesday evening in the city's Wells-Goodfellow neighborhood.

Caroline, or Change is a moving musical that chronicles the struggles of a Black, divorced mother of four who’s trying to care for her family as the world around her is taking steps towards progress and equality. Set in Louisiana in late 1963, the musical introduces us to Caroline, the family she works for, her children and her closest friend Dottie as they navigate a changing world.

Music superfan and St. Louis eccentric Robert Matonis, better known as Beatle Bob, passed away on July 26 from Lou Gehrig's disease. Matonis was famous around St. Louis for regularly appearing at concerts where he would bop along to the beat of his own drummer, occasionally elbowing people in the face. He boasted that he attended concerts every night for 27 years — a streak of 9,439 days (minus the pandemic).

A baseball field that's hosted countless games, both pickup and organized, since the 1950s, was razed by the city this week. Fultz Field was named for beloved Kiwanis Club coach Paul Fultz, a legend who died 10 years ago and had the honor of being the first coach elected to the St. Louis Amateur Baseball Hall of Fame.

AUSTIN, Texas — A lawsuit in Texas asserting that the state’s abortion ban imperils women by dissuading doctors from ending dangerous pregnancies could provide a template for similar challenges across the country. Texas is one of 14 states, including Missouri, that banned abortion after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade. The Texas […]

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Rob Halford guests on a new cover of Judas Priest's "Living After Midnight," recorded by the Metal Queen herself, Germany's Doro. "Judas Priest and Rob Halford have always been one…

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While Elon Musk’s Starlink low Earth orbit (LEO) broadband technology is too expensive and capacity-constrained to seriously put a dent in US broadband problems, it’s helpful in low connectivity situations like disasters, select parts of rural America, or the war in Ukraine. But Musk’s growing power over the fledgling LEO satellite sector has started to […]

A federal report places a spotlight on Indian Boarding School policies that took Native children from their parents in the 1800s. More than 50 were sent to St. Mary's School for Boys near Chicago. Several of them died at the school.