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A jury convicted 37-year-old Deandre Cothran for unlawful use of a weapon and multiple other crimes.

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Centene reported a $1.1 billion profit for the quarter, compared to a $172 million loss during the same period last year.

The Biden agenda is creating solar energy jobs in Republican districts. Is that good?

Where can you get some of the best ice cream in the St. Louis area? We asked our Facebook fans, and they had opinions. 

Alton, just a short trip from St. Louis across the Mississippi River, offers activities for animal lovers, foodies and party people.

A jury has convicted a man accused of a drive-by shooting several years ago on Interstate 270 in Des Peres.

St. Louis Community College will soon confer its first bachelor’s degree, which will be another breath of fresh air for the expanding institution.

The Wall Street Journal reports today that in 2021 Facebook removed posts saying COVID-19 was the result of a lab leak. This was done due to "pressure" from "the administration and others." There's no indication of what that pressure entailed, but in a similar case involving vaccine hesitancy it appears to have been public comments ...continue reading "Facebook says it was under “pressure” over lab leak posts"

The new pool house includes a chef's kitchen, two ensuite bedrooms, a family room and game room.

Although libraries now require teens as old as 17 to have adult permission to check out materials, many youth patrons don't need new library cards immediately.

A man faces felony charges after he reportedly flashed a gun in a heated argument over a Jack in the Box order in St. Ann.

Lots of new numbers today. By coincidence, the PCE figures were released the same day as the latest quarterly reading of the Employment Cost Index. According to the ECI, real wages were up at an annualized rate of 1.3% in Q2 but still well below their pre-pandemic level: In most measures of wages, we see ...continue reading "Wages are up, but still below their pre-pandemic level"

A pharmaceutical company in Town and Country is carving out a niche for itself, as it works to develop medications for defense agencies.

In the predawn hours of July 29, 1993, I sat with Earl Buck outside his New Franklin mobile home as the Missouri River rose two inches an hour on a sandbag levee he built with help from neighbors and volunteers. After three days of stacking, there were no more bags. In the darkness, when water […]

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Light and windows are deeply intertwined with my work as a ceramicist and photographer. My porcelain hand-built sculptures blend an organic and contemporary style that takes shape using a traditional

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Alexis Lowery's mother was murdered by her stepfather in 2010. More than a decade later, Lowery is now president of the Mary Daniels Foundation.

The number of “violence interrupters” in three key areas of St. Louis city has decreased significantly, albeit temporarily, after a city contract with the Cure Violence program ended earlier this month.  In 2019, the city entered into a $7 million, three-year contract with Employment Connections to run two Cure Violence sites, one in the Dutchtown neighborhood of  south city and the other covering parts of the Wells Goodfellow and Hamilton Heights neighborhoods in north city.

Consumer spending grew at an annualized rate of 4.7% in June but remained well below its pre-pandemic trend: Since the start of the year, spending has increased only 0.65%, an annualized rate of 1.3%. That's a big slowdown from the 4.4% annual rate of the previous two years.