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With this week's news conference, St. Louis NAACP Chapter President questioned the state's auditor's objectivity.

A man and woman were killed in a crash Tuesday afternoon on South Woods Mill Road in Chesterfield.

Cardinals catcher Willson Contreras broke his left forearm when he was hit by a swing during their game against the New York Mets. Contreras got hurt with J.D. Martinez at the plate in the second inning. After he was clipped by Martinez’s swing, the three-time All-Star tumbled over in obvious pain and then jogged away before sitting down while was examined by St. Louis training staff.

The Sullivan bar, previously known as Hilltop Lounge, was heavily damaged by the tornado at around 4 a.m.

Police closed South Woods Mill Road between Conway and Ladue roads while they investigated.

In the 1960s, St. Louis nearly became one of the most magical places on earth. A planned Disneyland, called the Riverfront Square, captured imaginations as local leaders sought to strike a deal with Walt Disney himself — until that deal went bibbidi, bobbidi, bust. Writer Devin Thomas O'Shea reminds us of what the canceled Disney attraction might have been, the disputed reasons why the plan fell apart (no, it wasn't just over beer), and the problematic characters and mythologized storytelling that the park would have been designed around.

St. Louis gastrointestinal health startup Geneoscopy has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval for the screening test it has developed to detect colorectal cancer.

A constitutional deadline is looming over the General Assembly to pass a budget by the end of this week but before that, senators must renew a multi-billion-dollar tax.

by Tom Finan, Executive Director, Construction Forum Brandon Anderson, vice president of safety for Associated General Contractors of Missouri, displayed an image of an analog timer on the PowerPoint screens in the Median Ballroom at SIUE on Tuesday (May 6). He set the timer for a minute, then asked the audience to wait while it […]

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson signed legislation Tuesday that boosts the minimum salary for teachers, changes the formula for funding public schools and expands a tax-credit scholarship for private schools. It also allows charter schools in Boone County and requires a public vote for districts seeking to go to a four-day school week. When fully implemented, […]

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This week in St. Louis County, Former Hazelwood Police Officer Craig Tudor is taking his lawsuit to trial for a third time.

Gov. Mike Parson emphasized a provision that will increase minimum teacher pay in state statute from $25,000 to $40,000 per year.

St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department's Homicide unit will handle the investigation.