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The United States is already a global leader in traffic-related fatalities, with a thirty-percent jump in the last decade. That’s in contrast to every other developed country, which saw a decline. So of course it’s a perfect time to flood American highways with a parade of extremely heavy EVs with unprecedented acceleration. Some of which are extremely […]

Original story has been updated to share news of Tommy Boyd's capture. St. Louis County Police released a photo of a convict who escaped from Mercy South Hospital Thursday morning — and the photo is almost as wild as the fact that the inmate could seemingly make it from south St. Louis County to Tower Grove Park without getting captured. 

Greater St. Louis Inc. launched STL 2030 Progress, a website that measures area growth, tracks initiatives and maps investments, with hopes that it will act as a tool for economic growth and regional collaboration.

Neil Young kicked off his two-night stand at The Roxy in Los Angeles on Wednesday, treating the intimate audience to performances of two complete albums. According to setlist.fm, Young and his pre-Crazy…

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The well, which hasn't been used to produce city drinking water since 2005, was one of six wells shut down over the years because of contamination.

And they want to put at least 40 percent of them in disadvantaged communities.

The Ferguson Police Department issued an endangered person advisory for a missing 7-year-old girl.

The search continues for a convicted child sex offender who escaped from Mercy South Hospital early Thursday morning.

"It is with deep sorrow that we announce the passing of Quatro's owner Blake Morrison," said the Quatro's Facebook page.

As the saying goes, "One is random, two is a coincidence, three times is a trend," so welcome to the Phil Collins trend. Specifically, the Rock & Roll Hall of Famer's debut…

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Early childhood educators are bracing for September 30. That’s when the Child Care Stabilization Program — funding allocated as part of the American Rescue Plan Act — will end, leaving hundreds of St. Louis and Metro East facilities in a lurch. Providers Aimee Washington-Hart, Paula-Breonne Vickers and Shona Lamond share what it will take to get early childhood education and the support and funding necessary to keep facilities open.

From KSDK:  A village of tiny homes that provide temporary living space for the homeless in St. Louis has expanded. The City announced the expansion this week using $1.2 million in American Rescue Plan Act funds to double the number of Tiny Homes Transitional Housing at Jefferson Spaces near Downtown St. Louis. Brenda Coffman, a […]

A man linked to the shooting death of a Hermann officer earlier this year could potentially face a death penalty sentence.

From St. Louis Business Journal:  A big-box store in St. Louis County is being torn down after sitting vacant for nearly six years. Demolition of the former Kmart at 3901 Lemay Ferry Road in south St. Louis County began Wednesday. The store, which anchored the South County Plaza shopping center near the intersection of Lemay […]

From St. Louis Public Radio:  The first phase of a $20 million redevelopment of a long-vacant shopping plaza into a community economic hub opened Thursday. The new R&R Marketplace is meant to empower the north St. Louis County regional community and meet their economic development needs, said Beverly Jenkins, president and CEO of the nonprofit […]

Police are searching for Tommy Wayne Boyd, 45. He walked out of the hospital on Kennerly Road sometime around 4 a.m. Thursday.

From Business Facilities:  When thinking about corporate headquarters locations there are several factors that can make or break a location. A company’s corporate headquarters is its home. It is a place where employees congregate handle and create business strategies on a regional, national, or international basis. Since main day-to-day operations are typically handled in corporate […]