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Kenneth Lee Simpson was charged Tuesday with first-degree murder, first-degree assault and two counts of armed criminal action in Gasconade County.

I am deeply concerned with the city’s lack of transparency with Wood River voters about the downtown marijuana dispensary. The temptation to rush this through must be enticing, given the tax revenue it would generate. Backroom deals once again define city behavior. They ignore voters and hand-pick winners and losers. What will the cost be for our families? Downtown businesses deserve to know. Did they inform residents that this was being placed four blocks from Lewis and Clark Elementary? No. Did they survey business neighbors? No. Why did they rush this through? Our families and businesses deserve to have input. Wood River deserves better. Dr. David Ayres Candidate for Wood River City Council

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Becoming a police officer isn’t easy. Recruiting and hiring one isn’t either.

Breathe is a collection of large-scale abstract paintings created through the unconscious combination of bold colors and free movement. Artist Lauren Younge uses acrylics to design irregular patterns that could motivate

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GLEN CARBON - Tuesday night’s Glen Carbon Village Board meeting contained an updated report on the village’s Strategic Plan for 2023, as well as a few announcements and the passage of several agenda items. Mayor Robert Marcus began the meeting with a few announcements. He said registration is still open for the Village Easter Egg Hunt on Sunday, April 2 at 1 p.m. at Schon Park. In the event of rain, the event will be held Saturday, April 8 at 4 p.m. at the Village Hall front lawn. Visit this link to register online. The theme for this year’s Glen Carbon Homecoming will be “There’s No Place Like Homecoming,” Marcus announced. The event will take place on Father’s Day Weekend, June 16 and 17. He added that there are a limited number of vendor and sponsorship opportunities still available. More info and sponsorship forms can be found at glencarbonil.gov . Finally, Marcus invited all Glen Carbon residents to the Annual Kiwanis Pancak

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Last night in three court filings that came in about two and a half hours before their deadline, embattled St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner called the state attorney general's efforts to remove her a "gross power grab, an affront to the liberties of all Missourians." [content-2] Gardner's court filings were in response to Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey's quo warranto petition filed on February 23 seeking to remove her from office. She had until midnight last night to respond.

This story was originally published by the Kansas City Beacon.  Bill Thompson cooks at a fast-food restaurant, shares a car with his wife and helps care for an older family member. He’s got a lot to manage, but Thompson has found time to attend “listening sessions” that the Kansas City Royals have organized to discuss […]

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Husband and wife illustrator/author/business team duo Matthew Swanson and Robbi Behr, are currently on their yearlong Busload of Books tours, visiting Title 1 schools in all 50 states giving away 25,000 books.

It is the Ides of March. If you happen to have any friends named Brutus—or anything else vaguely Latinesque—you might want to stay home today.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch columnist Benjamin Hochman is writing a soccer-inspired play as part of this year’s Shakespeare in the Streets, and he needs your help.

Greater Than the Sum of its Parts, Amazing Art from Pieces and Pixels, features Pysanky by Katherine Alexander, Digital Art by Matt Bryan, Mosaics by Brenda Fra-ser, Assemblage by Nell

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Longstanding development nonprofit runs building for low-income seniors but won't provide answers about what comes next.

The Cardinals aren't the only ones in spring training these days.

St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner responded to the attorney general’s removal petition, arguing it should be dismissed.

Transportation fatalities in St. Louis city have risen steadily in recent years. In 2011, 46 people (whether they were vehicle occupants or pedestrians) died as a result of traffic violence.

Last week, Congress failed to shake off corruption and buckled to a telecom industry’ smear campaign to scuttle the nomination of Gigi Sohn to the FCC. This week, the government body shifted from corruption to ordinary incompetence, after it failed to renew the FCC’s Spectrum Auction authority for no coherent reason. The FCC is in […]

Troy Doyle, a former lieutenant colonel with the St. Louis County Police Department, was named the new police chief of Ferguson Tuesday night. Only KSDK was there as Doyle was approved by a unanimous vote by the city council at a public meeting Tuesday night. He begins his new role as chief on April 1. Former Ferguson Police Chief Frank McCall resigned last month. Captain Harry Dilworth has been filling in as interim chief since Feb. 24. McCall was Ferguson's seventh police chief in as many years…

An overnight crash in north St. Louis left one person injured.