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We asked Monica, Rene and Mike to highlight five of the stories they told in 2022 through Monica in the Metro, My Lou and Making a Difference.

You could call it a Christmas miracle.

Let Circus Harmony, the circus school located at City Museum in downtown St. Louis, entertain your kids after the holidays.   The only social circus in St. Louis, Circus Harmony

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Missouri’s largest operating holiday model train displays will be in the Earl C. Lindburg Automobile Center at the National Museum of Transportation this holiday season.   On Nov. 25, opening

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This featured exhibition in the Great Hall of the St. Louis Public Library – Central Library explores how iconic characters both reflect and influence American culture from the 1960s to

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We now know where two of the three former St. Louis aldermen will be serving their prison sentences.

Five years have passed since Reeba Moore, Dominique Lewis, and Chanice White were gunned down while trying to escape a home invasion.

Piles of luggage visible Wednesday in Terminal 2 were noticeably missing Thursday at Lambert International Airport.

EDWARDSVILLE - The Madison County Sheriff's Office and the Madison County Coroner's Office are conducting a death investigation of an adult male, that was found deceased Wednesday morning. Earlier Wednesday morning, an adult male was reported missing by a family member to the Troy Police Department. At about 10:57 a.m., on Wednesday, during the missing person investigation, additional information led area first responders, including the Madison County Sheriff's Office, to the area of the 4300 block of Schipkowski Road, unincorporated Edwardsville. The missing person was found alone and deceased near his vehicle. Although this death investigation continues, preliminary information revealed that there does not appear to be a threat to the community. The Madison County Sheriff's Office and the Madison County Coroner's Office are in contact with the family. The Madison County Sheriff's Office said nothing else will be released for now.

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The fall of 2023 will be the 50th anniversary of the legislative birth of Missouri’s Sunshine Law that provides the public with sweeping rights to documents, voting records and meetings of state and local governments. The Sunshine Law’s foundation has a long history. The 1972 Watergate scandal of President Richard Nixon contributed to election of […]

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St. Louis-area homeowners are finding ways to keep rentals out of their neighborhoods

It was one of four fatal gunshots in the sad tale of St. Louis' first beer dynasty.

"Looked like they were laying on top of each other, trying to hide,” the city's homicide commander said after the three bodies were found in a car.

Most Missourians have never heard of Alan Pratzel or the system he led for 15 years. To lawyers in Missouri, however, Pratzel was often considered the profession’s top cop.  But that’s not how he looked at his role of chief disciplinary counsel, a job focused on making sure the state’s lawyers abided by legal ethics […]

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Dining critic Dave Lowry reflects on culinary currents, both ones he'd like to see grow and those he'd prefer go.

Emergency crews are responding to a two-vehicle accident Thursday morning.

A plan to move the Steamboat Arabia Museum from Kansas City to St. Charles falls apart.

St. Louis Police will welcome 13 new officers to the force Thursday night.