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A $50,000 winning Powerball ticket sold in Hazelwood doubled after a player's Power Play number matched the drawn number.

The change could reduce school funding by $144 million.

The president of the national NAACP is urging Missouri Gov. Mike Parson to halt the execution of Leonard Taylor, who is scheduled to die by injection Tuesday for the deaths of his girlfriend and her three children.

St. Charles Mayor Dan Borgmeyer faces City Councilman Tom Besselman and business owner Venetia Powell in a primary Tuesday, with drinking-water problems one of the issues. The top two vote-getters will advance to the April 4 general election.

ST. LOUIS -- Steve’s Hot Dogs, The Fountain on Locust, and Alpha Brewing are among several high-profile local vendors working together on a new development at 5232 Delmar Boulevard. The event and dining space called will be called Maker's Locale and the complex is expected to open this fall. The idea is to create a [...]

Geofence warrants are just part of day-to-day cop business these days. Rather than moving forward with a list of suspects, law enforcement agencies just ask for data on everyone in a certain area at a certain time and move backwards to probable cause to investigate and arrest. When a bunch of violent jackasses stormed the […]

Ozzy Osbourne has shared his reaction to winning two awards at Sunday's Grammys. The Prince of Darkness earned Best Rock Album for his latest solo effort, Patient Number 9, and…

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As Americans continue to struggle with high credit card rates, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has proposed a rule to help lessen some of their financial burden — in the form of lower late fees.  The new rule would limit late fees to $8. Currently credit card companies can charge as high as $41 — […]

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Whether you’re flush with new love, celebrating a dear friend, or nursing a broken heart, these desserts from St. Louis restaurants offer decadent ways to honor the season of love.

Roads chief says turnover “crisis” had eased somewhat with recent raises taking effect.

GODFREY – The Visiting Artist Lecture Series returns to Lewis and Clark Community College this month with respected master artist Victor Wang. Wang, a professor at Fontbonne University, has exhibited internationally and has been recognized with several awards for excellence in both painting and instruction. L&C Art Program Coordinator Angela Hung looks forward to resuming the Visiting Artist Lecture Series with such a distinguished artist. “We are pleased to welcome Victor Wang as the first guest speaker in the Visiting Artist Series,” she said. “Victor is a renowned master artist whose work is broadly published and exhibited internationally.” Wang is known for the way he conveys the human experience by representing the emotional tension and psychological drama of life’s turning points. “In the lecture, I will share my work through different periods and talk about how I developed my body of work ideally and technically,”

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Paul Giacoletto alleges Green Street Real Estate Ventures owes him $2.3 million after locking him out of lucrative contracts.

State Republicans want to raise the percent of votes necessary to amend the constitution from a simple majority to 60%. But there are powerful forces that stand in the way of ramming the change through.

The Scholarship Foundation of St. Louis today announced the launch of the Edward Jones Scholarship, a multi-million-dollar, multi-year commitment to provide 75 students annually with scholarship grants up to $12,000 per student, per year.

Recreational marijuana sales totaled $8,500,900 from Friday to Sunday in the state. Another $4,189,065 in medical marijuana was also sold in that time.

One of the best performances in the history of the Grammys happened last night on live television and Nelly was there to represent St. Louis. The Recording Academy marked 50 years of hip-hop with a blow-out celebration featuring a collaboration between decades of hip-hop artists. The all-star performance was a musical montage that hit on major songs and milestones in the history of hip-hop, from Grandmaster Flash to Lil Uzi Vert.

If you have someone in your life who loves you as much as they love St. Louis style pizza then you're in luck. Imo's is bringing back its popular two-topping heart-shaped pizza in time for Valentine's Day. According to Nichole Carpenter, director of marketing for Imo's, the pizza is one of the most popular promotions of the year.

Better Love Yourself awards first-year college students with a trunk full of tools to build a strong future with its Collegiate Trunk Tour program.