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A panel of federal appeals judges on Saturday lifted a stay on the execution set for a man who kidnapped and killed a 6-year-old girl in Valley Park in 2002.

The route — which began at the Shrewsbury-Lansdowne I-44 Station and ended at the Shiloh-Scott Station — served as a guide for conversation, as the riders talked airports, politics and the future of public transit.

Police think the man was walking his dog on the sidewalk when a vehicle left the roadway, ran the man over and drove off.

Johnny Johnson, a Missouri inmate who was recently granted a stay of execution in the 2002 murder of a St. Louis County girl, will be executed as originally planned next week.

Back in March 2020, just as COVID-19 was hitting American shores, a team of researchers published a highly influential article titled "The Proximal Origin of SARS-CoV-2." It argued that the evidence was strongly in favor of a natural origin of the virus, and while a lab leak couldn't be completely disproven there was no evidence ...continue reading "I read the entire Slack archive about the origin of SARS-CoV-2. There is no evidence of improper behavior."

Robert Matonis, a St. Louis icon who danced his way into the fabric of local lore as “Beatle Bob," has died at the age of 70.

Five Years Ago This week in 2018, a bad new bill sought to create a nationwide exception to subpoena and warrant requirements for cellphone location data, while a court in Canada was affirming that there’s still an expectation of privacy in devices being repaired by third parties, and FBI boss Chris Wray infamously called for […]

A criminal investigation is underway after a man and his dog were killed during an overnight hit-and-run crash in Overland.

Alec Burleson had a fly ball to deep center with a runner on third as Mike Tauchman reached over the fence to take away a potential game-winning home run to end the game.

A motorcyclist died overnight from injuries he suffered in a highway crash in Warren County, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.

Former Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon of Missouri is joining No Labels ' increasingly contentious effort to lay the groundwork for a moderate third-party presidential ticket in the 2024 election.

Former Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon of Missouri is joining No Labels’ effort to lay the groundwork for a centrist third-party presidential ticket in 2024.

The man was driving north on Route O north of Marthasville around 3:30 a.m. when he failed to compensate for a leftward bend in the road

The Wall Street Journal says today that the US economy is "sticking" its soft landing: Parts of the economy are cooling, just as the Federal Reserve would like to see to combat inflation. Freight railroads, for instance, are seeing shipping volumes decline. Construction firms are cutting back on equipment purchases. A vending-machine company’s customers are ...continue reading "Economy watch: Hires are down, fires are up"

A Severe Thunderstorm Warning is in effect through at least 3:30 p.m. Saturday for St. Louis and St. Charles counties, plus many nearby areas.