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ST. CLAIR COUNTY, Ill. - A shelter-in-place order was lifted Wednesday morning after officials responded to a fire involving hazardous material in the Metro East, impacting areas of Sauget, Cahokia Heights and East St. Louis. The shelter-in-place order was lifted at 9 a.m. Wednesday morning as conditions continued to improve, St. Clair County Emergency Management [...]

ST. LOUIS - While the focus is the dangerous heat, we are monitoring a complex of storms near Omaha early Wednesday morning, along a boundary that is attempting to sink south into the region. This boundary has a hard time punching into St. Louis completely, but this complex of storms is expected to fade as [...]

Exposure to a highly toxic weedkiller called paraquat is tied to a person’s risk of developing Parkinson’s disease. Lawmakers in Missouri and other Midwestern states have tried to pass measures banning paraquat. But as the Midwest Newsroom’s Luke Nozicka reports, their efforts have stalled this year.

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Headlines from the Aug. 12, 1926, front page include: Showers bring 12-degree drop in temperature

Unseasonably warm weather that rapidly melts snowpack is becoming more widespread in the U.S. West and happening earlier in the year.

More than 88 percent of the taxes on wind and solar went to just 10 of the state’s 93 counties.

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Webster University is requesting approval from the Webster Groves Historic Preservation Commission to demolish the Luhr Building to help market the property for sale.