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The triple shooting was reported just before 7:15 p.m. Thursday near Clara Avenue and Martin Luther King Drive.

An officer quickly arrested a gunman accused in a shooting in north St. Louis County last week, one which followed a verbal argument.

A bill to freeze taxes for seniors in Missouri would cost counties millions of dollars if it went into effect, according to an analysis released this week by the state Legislature's research division.

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) today joined U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) in introducing a Senate resolution in honor of Juneteenth. Juneteenth, observed on June 19, commemorates the end of slavery in the United States and is also known as “Emancipation Day,” “Jubilee Day,” and “Juneteenth Independence Day.” On June 19, 1865, in Galveston, Texas, Major General Gordon Granger issued General Order No. 3, which announced that, in accordance with the Emancipation Proclamation, “all slaves are free.” “Juneteenth reminds us that we must continue to fight for equality, justice, and economic opportunity for every American, regardless of the color of their skin,” Durbin said. “I’m joining Senator Cornyn to introduce this resolution to ensure that we acknowledge and never forget slavery’s legacy on our nation’s history while recognizing the resiliency, history, struggles,

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The Saint Louis Science Center has launched its STL (Science and Technology Learning) for All membership program and is collaborating with the Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis to offer free memberships to approximately 700 local families served by its…

An investigation is underway after a teenager drowned in the Meramec River in Crawford County on Friday.

Days after prosecutors dropped his triple murder case, 21-year-old Joshua Amerson was arrested on three new charges, including drug trafficking.

WASHINGTON — Despite top U.S. military retirements beginning in less than a month, Sen. Tommy Tuberville refuses to budge on his blockade of hundreds of armed services promotions in protest of the Pentagon’s reproductive care policy instituted after the reversal of Roe v. Wade. The first-term Alabama Republican is provoking concern among his own party […]

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First Mid Bank & Trust has named a 27-year veteran in the banking industry as its new regional community bank president in the St. Louis area.

Marcone, a Creve Coeur-based distributor of home appliance, HVAC and plumbing repair parts and equipment, has added 140,000 square feet total of warehouse space in Kentucky and Florida to handle its rapid growth.

Niche ranked four-year public universities in Illinois based on academics, diversity, reviews, data and more.

A St. Louis man was accused Thursday of putting a hood over the head of a woman he first met online and raping her multiple times.

Back in college, I took an arbitration class, and it was one of my favorite classes. The professor (James Gross, who just retired last year after teaching for an astounding 56 years) was amazing, and I became a little obsessed with the entire idea and process of arbitration as an alternative to the costly and […]

Everyone wants to be let in! Of course, five minutes later they'll be demanding to be let out. This is annoying enough that I usually just leave the door open, but lately they've been dragging lizards into the house. So now I keep the door closed, which lets me check them out before they come ...continue reading "Friday Cat Blogging – 16 June 2023"

When Iron Maiden was once again passed over for induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame this year, metal fans felt it was yet another sign that the institution…

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Bruce Springsteen has a reputation for playing three-hour concerts, and it sounds like Paul McCartney isn’t happy about it. The Beatles legend sat down for a chat with Conan O’Brien at the Tribeca Festival in New York Thursday,…

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New York's attorney general on Thursday announced a settlement with Bayer over claims it made false and misleading claims over the safety of the Roundup weedkiller.