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The author of "Fire Weather," a National Book Award finalist, on the unimaginable reality of disaster.

Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes listed one of his Kansas City-area homes for sale in June. The property quickly found a buyer — a KC-area media executive and private equity investor.

Rian Gilkerson of KSHE 95 became a Real Rock Hero in the Real Rock Army today

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The Riverboats at the Gateway Arch award guests one of the best views of St. Louis’ working riverfront, the Gateway Arch and the city skyline.   Narrated by the captain […]

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Illinois lawmakers on Thursday approved a proposal that would allow companies to develop new nuclear power generation in Illinois for the first time since 1987. House Bill 2473 does not entirely lift the 36-year-old moratorium on nuclear construction. Instead, it creates a regulatory structure for the construction of small modular nuclear reactors, or SMRs. The bill limits the nameplate capacity of such reactors to 300 megawatts, about one-third the size of the smallest of the six existing nuclear…

Missouri House Speaker Dean Plocher scurried away from waiting reporters Thursday rather than answer questions about the events that have launched an ethics inquiry and caused some members of his party to ask for him to step down from his powerful post. Plocher spent most of the afternoon in a closed-door Republican caucus meeting at the Missouri Farm Bureau headquarters in Jefferson City. During the meeting, members said, he gave his defense of seeking personal reimbursement for expenses originally…

It takes a village to create one. The Veterans Community Project are veterans helping their own. On Wednesday, the organization held a ribbon cutting for its first phase of its St. Louis campus, which will hold an outreach center open to all veterans and a planned tiny home community for homeless veterans. It's found a home in north St. Louis on a nearly 4-acre property in the heart of the Jeff-Vander-Lou neighborhood. The first phase unveiled 20 tiny homes with 10 being family units. The day…

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s troubled House speaker is getting blowback after he hired another former House speaker who had pleaded guilty to assault to be his chief of staff. Republican Speaker Dean Plocher's hiring of former speaker Rod Jetton is “a gross affront to survivors of domestic violence,” Democratic House Minority Leader Crystal Quade said Thursday. Jetton in 2011 pleaded [...]

After an hour-long meeting, the board voted 5-1 to accept the proposed rate hike by the independent Rate Commission.

It’s a form of art and imagination that's transformed times of hardship and opportunities here in the area. It's why the St. Louis International Film Festival is celebrating hip hop.

Hate crimes have been on the rise in the United States since the start of the Israel-Hamas war. In response to the sharp increase in violence, the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) has sent out its Hate Crime Threat Response Guide.

Missouri House Speaker Dean Plocher’s new chief of staff is a former legislative leader whose political career was upended more than a decade ago by a federal bribery investigation and allegations of violent sexual assault. On Thursday, Plocher announced to a closed-door Republican caucus that Rod Jetton will take over as his top legislative aide. Jetton was elected to the Missouri House in 2000 and served four terms, playing a key role in the GOP capturing a majority in 2002 and rising to become…

Through a sea of blue there’s also plenty of green at the Blues' Salute to Military Night. Among the crowd of hockey fans at Enterprise Center were several veterans that were honored.

The region’s two largest employers offer their employees thousands of dollars through their homeownership program.