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The man failed to stop for traffic, according to ISP, and was hit by a truck while running across Collinsville Road.

The 65-year-old pedestrian was hit by a truck Thursday while trying to cross Collinsville Road at Yale Avenue.

At least three Ferguson officials have left in the past month including the city manager and a vote-out city council member.

After a two-year renovation, the acclaimed restaurant shifts to a more elevated dining experience, with chef Brian Hale at the helm.

Gucci on Friday opens a new standalone store at Plaza Frontenac after moving out of its shop-in-shop concept in Saks Fifth Avenue.

The good news: last December New York State finally passed a landmark “right to repair” bill providing American consumers some additional protection from repair monopolies. The bad news: before the bill was passed, corporate lobbyists worked with New York State Governor Kathy Hochul to covertly water the bill down almost to the point of meaninglessness. […]

The nation’s top infectious diseases expert for decades, Dr. Anthony Fauci, is set to address graduating medical students the day they receive their diplomas at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis this May, according to a Thursday press release from Washington University School of Medicine. The ceremony for WashU Medicine’s Class of 2023 will be held at Francis Olympic Field at 3 p.m. on May 15. David Perlmutter, executive vice chancellor for medical affairs, said, “For…

The Center for American Progress says nearly 60% of families living in rural areas throughout the country do not have access to childcare. That leaves parents scrambling with friends and family, or driving miles to the nearest daycare.

J. Devoti Trattoria opened its doors in 2018 after owner Anthony Devoti closed his former restaurant — called Five Bistro — and rebranded it as J. Devoti Trattoria.

The city of St. Charles shut down another water well in the Elm Point Wellfield to maintain safe drinking water for its residents after detecting contamination. The closure of City Well No. 7, announced Thursday morning, means that the city has shut down six of its seven wells due to traces of 1,2-dichloroethene and vinyl chloride. To combat a drinking water shortage, the city has been purchasing millions of gallons of water daily from the City of St. Louis instead of producing its own at a lower…

Ferguson Police Department Chief Frank McCall will resign his position next week, the city's interim city manager announced in a letter Thursday. According to the letter from Interim City Manager/Fire Chief John Hampton, McCall will resign from his position effective at 8 a.m. Feb. 24. "We wish him success in his future endeavors and thank him for his service to the City," Hampton said. McCall was promoted from assistant chief to chief in August 2021, replacing Jason Armstrong. He was the city's…

St. Louis University chess coach and grandmaster Alejandro Ramirez is under investigation for sexual assault and harassment.

The shopping center is home to the label’s newest retail store, bringing a taste of global luxury and Italian style to Missouri.

Flip back the yellowing pages of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch archives, and you'll find evidence of a scandal so Midwestern, so petty and so focused on moralizing, that you'll have a singular conclusion: only in St. Louis. The year was 1891, and the subject was "lady teachers." Just like in 2023, people couldn't help sticking their noses where they didn't belong.

He was identified as 19-year-old Shavkat Narimanov.

WASHINGTON – Members of the U.S. Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee split along party lines on Thursday as they tussled over financial accountability in farm bill nutrition programs. The main point of contention was the Department of Agriculture’s 2021 changes to the Thrifty Food Plan, one of four food plans the USDA develops to […]

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ST. LOUIS -- It feels like winter again, but that won't last long. Friday morning temperatures start in the 20s with wind chills in the teens. Skies become sunny with highs in the mid to upper 30s Friday afternoon. Temperatures rebound nicely for the weekend thanks to the return of south winds. Partly cloudy skies [...]

Tony Bethmann learned early on the benefits that come from working hard in a professional kitchen. "I started riding my bike to Rich & Charlie's to wash dishes; it was the first job I got a paycheck at other than my dad's [farm]," Bethmann says. "I was 15 and had $20 dollar bills in my pocket.

They were able to keep the fire from spreading to houses nearby.