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"Our region has been so desensitized to the insanity that has happened to us," Representative Tricia Byrnes said.

Time has run out for Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey to appeal a judge’s decision limiting his authority over school districts and clarifying that school boards can establish disease mitigation methods, such as mask mandates. Bailey had 40 days from Jackson County Circuit Court Judge Marco Roldan’s May 27 ruling to ask for a new trial.

CLAYTON, Mo. -- St. Louis County Police say that they have arrested and charged the final suspect in a plot to kill a 19-year-old one week ago. Demetrius Strother, 19, faces murder and robbery charges. He is the fifth person facing charges in Jaylin Johnson's death. Strother's bond is set at $2 million, cash-only. Jaylin [...]

"I call him the 'Cleaning Ad' rapist, that was his MO. He would post an ad to hire a cleaning lady, make contact and befriend them, to some extent. Then rape them," said Berkeley Police Major Steve Runge.

Yard Eagle, the St. Louis indie-roots band led by singer/songwriter/guitarist Jakob Baxter, is one of just three local acts invited to play the inaugural Evolution Festival, the two-day music, bourbon and barbecue festival being staged in Forest Park in August featuring such big-name acts as Brandi Carlile, the Black Keys and the Black Crowes. "It's something that just legitimately fell into our laps," Baxter tells me over soups and salads at the Fountain on Locust.

Rep. Eli Crane, who looks and sounds disturbingly like a Batman villain, yesterday introduced an anti-woke amendment to the military funding bill that would prohibit "race, gender, religion, or political affiliations, or any other ideological concepts as the sole basis for recruitment, training education, promotion, or retention decisions." Then he dug himself a further hole ...continue reading "Raw data: What the Army looks like these days"

Time has run out for Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey to appeal a judge’s decision limiting his authority over school districts and clarifying that school boards can establish disease mitigation methods, such as mask mandates. Bailey had 40 days from Jackson County Circuit Court Judge Marco Roldan’s May 27 ruling to ask for a new […]

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The man would post ads on dating sites that he was looking to hire women to clean his home, authorities said, then attack them when they arrived.

Bill Corrigan, who began working as a top aide to Bailey on Jan. 30, has accepted a job as managing partner of Shook, Hardy & Bacon’s St. Louis office.

Winnie-the-Pooh, R2-D2, Baseball and Kermit the Frog  – these are some of the telephones you’ll see at the Jefferson Barracks Telephone Museum.   Housed in a restored 1896 building, the

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The work of world-renowned artist Dale Chihuly is coming to the Missouri Botanical Garden in a stunning exhibition uniting art and nature. With thousands of pieces of blown glass forms

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As downtown St. Louis saw several high-profile crimes, the Downtown Community Improvement District has jacked up spending by $100,000 on neighborhood patrols this year. But it won't release details.