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An excessive heat warning takes effect Sunday and stretches through Thursday in the St. Louis region, which could mean several days of record-breaking or record-pushing temperatures.

During the meeting, council members argued amongst themselves and with residents in the crowd. St. Louis County police intervened several times.

Saturday is the last day of tolerable summer weather before a lengthy heat wave in the St. Louis area. An excessive heat warning begins Sunday afternoon and continues into much of next week.

It's the second time the lawsuits — brought by Robson in 2013 and Safechuck the following year — have been brought back after dismissal. The two men became more widely known for telling their stories in the 2019 HBO documentary “ Leaving Neverland.”

The day is focused on educating students about Missouri's native birds and exists alongside other "observation days" in the state.

Perhaps you're looking to plan one last summer trip around Labor Day weekend. If that's the case, but you're also looking for some budget-friendly adventures, St. Louis might be the stop for you.

The Wall Street Journal reports that China's fertility rate dropped to 1.09 last year: Fertility is down nearly everywhere, but China is in a class by itself. For some reason, starting in 2018 Chinese families simply decided they didn't want children. Fertility has dropped by nearly half over the past five years, an unprecedented decline ...continue reading "Chart of the day: Chinese families have given up on children"

As of 2:30 pm, Hurricane Hilary is hundreds of miles away and the skies are calm here in Southern California. Sadly, my planned astrophotography mission still has to be aborted with extreme prejudice, as you can see from this up-to-the-minute picture of the sky.

The city government's recent resignations are the lastest development in a controversy-ridden past decade for Jennings. Here's a timeline of the city's issues.

A longtime methamphetamine dealer in Alton convicted of felony charges will spend decades behind bars.

Are Californians and East Coast residents eyeing a move to your metro area? The number of homes on the market is well below pre-pandemic levels nationwide, and that scarcity is keeping home prices elevated even as sales have slowed in the past year. As Americans navigate an ever-complicated market, online house hunting has become an [...]

Five Years Ago This week in 2018, we looked forward to the Senate oversight committee hearing that would force Ajit Pai to explain why the FCC made up a DDoS attack, but were disappointed (if not at all surprised) when it utterly failed to hold him accountable. Pai was also busy opposing the effort to […]

As Missouri students head back to the classroom for the new year, roughly one-quarter of the state’s school districts are only in session four days a week.

The St. Louis Police Foundation is spending around $860,000 to add more overtime police patrols around downtown St. Louis.

I am reminded this morning of the odd contempt that conservatives have for renewable power—There's no sun at night! The wind doesn't always blow!—paired with their seemingly inexhaustible love of nuclear power, which survives even $17 billion overruns on $14 billion nuclear plants. I myself have mixed views on nuclear. On the one hand, new ...continue reading "Why do conservatives hate renewable energy?"