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A Franklin County man was among the five people killed Friday after breathing a toxic chemical that was spilled when a tanker truck overturned in central Illinois.

The Guinness World Record for oldest skydiver was set in May 2022 by 103-year-old Linnéa Ingegärd Larsson from Sweden.

When it comes to the children, Wu-Tang Europol is for the children. According to a recent report by Balkan Insight, Europol (Interpol but without the across-the-pond component), the only thing that should matter is the kids. Europeans’ rights and privacy should be sidelined — possibly forever! — until European law enforcement can put a dent […]

While nothing can quite compare to 1985's all-star charity concert Live Aid, someone is going to try and recreate that feeling in the theater. Deadline reports Live Aid organizer Bob Geldof is working on a…

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St. Louis parkers can log online now and see their parking ticket late fees erased.

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A man who was 17 when he shot and killed a Lyft driver who had immigrated to the United States from Ghana was sentenced Monday to 22 years in prison, according to court documents.

The shutdown begins at 10 p.m.; the exit reopens at 5 a.m. Wednesday.

FRANKLIN COUNTY, Mo. - A motorcyclist is dead after a collision involving a van at a Franklin County intersection. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says that Ronald Williams, 33, was killed Sunday. Williams stopped his 2009 Harley-Davidson Road King at Route E at Route VV at around 3:15 p.m. A man driving a van struck [...]

The city filed a motion for a temporary restraining order last month seeking to stop the drilling of an extraction well at Ameren's Huster Road substation.

KIRKWOOD, Mo. -- One lucky Missouri Lottery player is $88,888 richer after scratching a ticket purchased at the On the Run gas station on Manchester Road in Kirkwood. The player used a $20 win from a previous ticket to purchase the winning Emerald 8s scratcher. “I had to put my reading glasses on because I’m [...]

Max Gruver spent the early morning hours of Sept. 14, 2017, heavily intoxicated and passed out on a couch inside the Phi Delta Theta chapter house at Louisiana State University. He had been forced to repeatedly chug 190-proof Diesel liquor in a hazing ritual called “Bible Study,” during which pledges are quizzed on fraternity facts. […]

The post It’s hazing season on college campuses. State safeguards are uneven appeared first on Missouri Independent.

Lawmakers in Florissant plan to trade a chunk of park land to a housing developer in exchange for hiking terrain along the Missouri River. But the plan has divided residents.

ST. LOUIS -- A program to forgive St. Louis parking ticket late fees launches today. Citations that have doubled or tripled in price because they have not been paid will roll back to the original ticket value. The temporary reprieve on late fees is in place until the end of this year. “Our office wants [...]

Roger Waters is denying recent accusations made against him in a new documentary that aims to prove he's antisemitic. The documentary was released by the Campaign Against Antisemitism. In a new post…

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One nonprofit that took federal food aid money during the pandemic bought a house for its director.

ST. LOUIS, COUNTY -- A teen is accused of ramming his truck into a St. Louis County marijuana dispensary to steal $25,000 in products. Donnell Heslip-Hill faces felony charges including burglary and property damage. The teen is being charged as an adult, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Court documents state that Heslip-Hill drove his [...]

Republicans have emphasized spending on such improvements in lieu of tighter firearm restrictions, which Democrats have pushed.

An associate producer for the “Show Me St. Louis” segment, Thaier has been promoted and is the show's newest journalist.