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A trip from St. Louis to Chicago via Amtrak’s Lincoln Service will be about 15 minutes quicker starting this week due to track upgrades that allow for increased speeds. The Amtrak line ran its first 110 mph service on Monday, up from 90 mph previously, which would make the one-way trip less than five hours long. The trip is now a full 30 minutes quicker than when the service ran at 79 mph when the project began in 2010. The faster speed doesn’t meet the federal definition of high-speed rail…

A look at some of the people responding to the region's challenges

A look at some of the people responding to the region's challenges

A few days after a drive-by attack left her home riddled with bullet holes and her dog injured, St. Louis musician Ellen Cook has been feeling the support from her community but also can't help but be conflicted about the city she's called home for decades.  As Ellen Hilton Cook, the singer has been playing piano and writing music most of her life.

While the Biden administration has been a bit of a hot mess on broadband consumer protection (see: the Gigi Sohn fiasco), the administration has done some amazing things for overall investment in broadband. Largely thanks to both COVID relief legislation (The American Rescue Plan Act, ARPA) and the IIJA (Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act). When […]

Emergency crew were at the scene of a crash that closed all lanes on Interstate-55 northbound.

East St. Louis locals are frustrated about a $2.5 million street improvement project in the city, including a sidewalk to nowhere.

Aldermanic courtesy, already a target of reform by some St. Louis progressives, now has a foe of an entirely different political stripe, who says he wants to do away with it completely.  Libertarian attorney Bevis Schock announced earlier this month that he had signed onto a lawsuit against the city with the intent of having aldermanic influence over tax abatements and zoning variances declared illegal. 

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A mini air show is planned over the Gateway Arch Tuesday afternoon. It's the 100th anniversary of aerial refueling.

St. Louis County now has a simulation tool to help engage the community in the budget process.

Citizens for Modern Transit will hold a virtual 'Talking Transit' event Tuesday to discuss options for the planned north St. Louis County MetroLink line.

The Forest Park East Waterways Improvement Project is breaking ground Tuesday.

'Variety,' the children's charity is piloting a new 'My Voice' program in the city of St. Louis and in St. Charles County. It provides communication devices to children with special needs.

Another catholic grade school is closing its doors this fall. It's part of the major reorganization of the archdiocese of St. Louis announced last month.

Emergency crews are at the scene of a garage fire in south St. Louis Tuesday morning.

St. Louis Public Schools are replacing chain-link fencing with more environmentally friendly material.

MetroLink's new $52 million plan to secure its rider platforms will be the focus of a public open house later Tuesday.

Restless and raw, the St. Louis comic both craves the nation’s attention and doubts she deserves it.