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Friday is National POW/MIA Recognition Day.

WASHINGTON — Amid rising tensions and an approaching hard deadline, the U.S. House and Senate ended their work week on Thursday without a deal to fund the federal government past the end of the month. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, who has been struggling to build consensus among the members of his Republican Conference, pledged that […]

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He was awarded $2.3 million by a St. Charles County jury after his electronic cigarette exploded in his mouth, causing damage to his teeth, gums, jaw, arm, leg and hand.

Citizens for Modern Transit is urging you to get "back in the groove" as students head back to school.

St. Charles County Police are throwing a retirement party Friday for one of their K-9 officers.

The Great Forest Park Balloon Race is Saturday, but the festivities start Friday night with the annual Balloon Glow in Forest Park.

St. Louis City has completed the expansion of the 'Jefferson Spaces Tiny Homes Project.'

The St. Louis Board of Aldermen returns from their summer break Friday.

Ameren Missouri customers get a break on their electric bills.

The city of St. Charles goes to court against Ameren.

Last week, prosecutors in St. Louis dropped murder charges against a 52-year-old woman who for almost two years stood accused of killing a woman who rented a room from her. During the time the charges were hanging over her head, Consandra Perry spent more than a year in the troubled City Justice Center and, in the words of her attorney, "I don't think she has anything left."

St. Louis Circuit Attorney Gabe Gore's office charged more than twice as many criminal cases during his first three months in office as his predecessor did during the same period last year, according to a Post-Dispatch analysis of court records.

The United Auto Workers are officially on strike Friday morning against the big three automakers and workers at the GM plant in Wentzville were among the first across the country to hit the picket line.

Missouri is part of an emerging extreme heat belt that could deliver more scorching days within 30 years. So far, there’s no unified plan to make dwellings safe in the dangerously high temperatures.

Our dining editor opines, along with SLM's dining team and a handful of local chefs and restaurateurs.

St.LouisCIO has announced the finalists for its 2023 St. Louis ORBIE Awards. The St. Louis ORBIE Awards honors chief information officers who have demonstrated excellence in technology leadership. With support from St. Louis Business Journal, St.LouisCIO will honor the CIOs who are driving innovation and transforming St. Louis’ leading organizations. The 2023 St. Louis ORBIE Awards event is scheduled for Dec. 8 at The Chase Park Plaza Royal Sonesta Hotel. The finalists were named in the following…

On the cover of Paul Niehaus IV's debut album, If I Stay Too Long, Niehaus sits in a rocking chair picking a resonator guitar on the porch of a wooden shack near the famous crossroads where, according to folklore, blues legend Robert Johnson sold his soul to the devil. With his tinted black-frame glasses and black mutton chops, mustache and soul patch, Niehaus resembles a young Leon Redbone.

Missouri students and teachers returned to the classroom this month facing a sobering reality. Missouri students are now worse at reading and math than the average American student. At a time when our students need and deserve a world-class education, we are actually falling further behind. According to the nation’s report card, NAEP, as of […]

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The Rolling Stones just confirmed Paul McCartney appears on their new album, Hackney Diamonds, and fans may be surprised by what they hear. In a new interview with Rolling Stone, frontman Mick Jagger says they had a hard…

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The plant in Wentzville is one of three targeted by the union.