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A Maplewood police officer has been suspended with pay and is behind bars amid a child pornography investigation.

VineBrook Homes owns thousands of single-family rental properties, located in mostly Black and brown neighborhoods, throughout the Midwest. Over 2,400 of those houses are in the St. Louis region. Reporter Kavahn Mansouri discusses a Midwest Newsroom investigation of VineBrook that includes complaints of unresolved maintenance issues, unfounded evictions, aggressive rent collection tactics, poor customer service and more.

After a weekend of gun violence in downtown St. Louis, the Cardinals are working with several first responder agencies to ensure fan safety.

Police are asking for the public's help with finding a missing Minnesota woman who is possibly around the St. Louis area.

Attention Laser Tag lovers. Grab your friends and an unlimited laser tag pass on Wednesdays from 4 p.m. to close for $19.99 per person plus tax. Based on walk in availability.

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While he's most famous for being the drummer of The Rolling Stones, the late Charlie Watts recorded a lot of jazz music — and now that side of his career is being explored in a…

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Where in the St. Louis area can you get some of the best french fries?

CODES, a new cannabis brand in Missouri, has launched with a 314-strain inspired by St. Louis. To mark the launch, CODES donated to St. Louis-based charity The Housing Partnership.  

First off, full disclosure: I live in this state. It’s one of those upper Midwestern states no one seems to live in and yet they do. I continue to endure the Trump-loving antics of our current governor, Kristi Noem, who somehow managed not to kill off a large percentage of the state’s population with her […]

ST. LOUIS -- Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine have launched a new podcast series called "This is Cancer." IT will feature patients and Washington University physicians having honest and raw conversations about being diagnosed. There are seven episodes in the first season, each covering a different type of [...]

A man was shot and killed Wednesday afternoon in the city's Greater Ville neighborhood.

One man targeted St. Louis-area Home Depot stores and Missouri’s unemployment insurance program in fraud schemes, pleading guilty to federal felony charges Tuesday.

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker has signed a law providing full disability benefits to Chicago police officers and firefighters struck by COVID-19 before vaccines were available.

Since the beginning of the year, ArchWell Health said it has seen an uptick in shingles cases in the St. Louis area.

The death of singer/songwriter Gordon Lightfoot on May 1 sparked lots of renewed interest in his classic songs. According to Billboard, in the week following Lightfoot’s death, on-demand streams of his music jumped 290%, while downloads…

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The project to build a $55 million advanced manufacturing center in St. Louis received a major boost as the Missouri General Assembly included $15 million in the state budget to support construction.

U.S. House Oversight and Accountability Committee Chairman James Comer and fellow House Republicans on Wednesday used newly unearthed bank records to claim that President Joe Biden’s family members sought to improperly benefit from his vice presidency — though the preliminary findings leave several major questions unanswered. No direct ties to Biden while he served as […]

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