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After Kelvin Adam's retirement in December, SLPS is starting the school year with a new superintendent for the first time in 14 years.

ST. LOUIS -- Police have identified a man shot and killed Sunday afternoon in the Penrose Neighborhood. Rodrick Johnson, 37, was found in the 4800 block of Anderson with gunshot wounds to his legs and torso. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Homicide detectives are working on the ongoing investigation. Anyone with information is [...]

This article originally ran in The St. Louis Business Journal on August 18, 2023.  Construction has begun on the $61 million Advanced Manufacturing Center on the Florissant Valley campus of St. Louis Community College that officials say will prepare students to excel in the high-tech skills required to make various products. Students will receive hands-on training in state-of-the-art labs, preparing […]

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The 'queen bee' brings her 'Renaissance' world tour to St. Louis Monday night. Beyonce will be at The Dome at America's Center Monday at 8:00 p.m.

Students are returning to the classroom around Missouri this week, and new laws go into effect Monday. But state officials are still not clear on how they will enforce restrictions on transgender athletes – one of the most controversial new laws approved by Missouri legislators this year. Neither the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education […]

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Bob Dylan may be 82, but it certainly doesn’t look like he’s slowing down anytime soon. The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer just announced a new North American leg of…

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Mermaid enthusiasts in the St. Louis area swish across pools, picnic in parks and pose for Instagram. A fascination fostered by "The Little Mermaid" is still strong.

ST. LOUIS -- Police found the body of a man in front of a home in The Greater Ville neighborhood Sunday evening. He had a significant injury to his head. Officers were called to investigate a shooting in the 2600 block of Cora at around 7:30 p.m. They found a 63-year-old man lying in the [...]

NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump confirmed Sunday that he will be skipping Wednesday's first Republican presidential primary debate — and others as well. “The public knows who I am & what a successful Presidency I had,” Trump wrote on his social media site. "I WILL THEREFORE NOT BE DOING THE DEBATES!" His [...]

"We're in better shape than we were last year," Superintendent Curtis Cain said, "but we're still down a number of positions as it relates to bus drivers."

ST. LOUIS - An Amazon delivery driver had her vehicle, phone, and packages stolen in south St. Louis on Sunday. Her vehicle was found later in north St. Louis, missing the Amazon packages. The driver was in the 3400 block of Wyoming Sunday at around 4 p.m. Walking back to her car after a delivery, [...]

A few days Elon Musk tweeted that “X as humanity’s collective consciousness” and then pinned that meaningless platitude that would only sound profound to a stoned high schooler. Anyway, if you’re going to be “humanity’s collective consciousness” you should maybe try to to avoid making years worth of images inaccessible. But that’s what Musk did […]

Bob Dylan will be coming to St. Louis this fall as part of the tour that many have speculated will be the 82-year-old's last. The October 4 show at the Stifel Theatre is part of Dylan’s Rough and Rowdy Ways  World Wide Tour 2021–2024, a departure from the Never Ending Tour banner beneath which he circled the globe again and again for more than 30 years, until 2019.

ALTON - The Alton Community Unit School District #1 (ACUSD11) Board of Education has appointed a new member. Tiana Gipson was officially appointed during the Board of Education’s Regular Meeting on Aug. 15. She will be replacing Board Member Dustin Christner, who resigned on June 30. Gipson will serve the remainder of his term through April 2025. “After interviewing seven outstanding candidates, the Board selected Tiana Gipson,” ACUSD11 said in a recent statement. “Currently working in the medical field, Gipson indicated in her interview that she has a strong desire to continue providing Alton students, families and staff with a positive educational environment. She offered insightful thoughts and ideas on opportunities in reaching this goal.” Gipson graduated from Alton High School in 2008 and went on to receive degrees from Lewis and Clark Community College and Southern Illinois University of Edwardsville. Board of Education President David Lauschke

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ST. CHARLES -- Police are looking for at least three men accused of stealing money from an ATM last week while it was being serviced. St. Charles Police have released images from surveillance video in an attempt to identify the suspects. Call the St. Charles Detective Bureau at 636-949-3300 if you have any information. Officers [...]

MONDAY, AUGUST 14. It’s beautiful weather — in August.

Missouri’s history offers a stark contrast to the limited criticism by Republican members of Congress to Donald Trump’s criminal charges. The defenses by Republican officials to Trump’s indictments are quite different from Missouri’s legislature during the last several decades when there was strong support for removal of officials from the same party who faced charges […]

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