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Business groups like the idea, but opponents warned of tight state budgets.

The members of Yes are the latest artists to sell their catalog. The Rock & Roll Hall of Famers have made a deal with Warner Music Group’s Global Catalog Division to sell the rights to their music and…

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Eatwell Market by Schnucks will host a two-day hiring event for their next location in Chesterfield.

A breakdown in the federal aviation system earlier this month threw a spotlight on the absence of a Senate-confirmed leader of the Federal Aviation Administration, prompting Majority Leader Chuck Schumer to push for the chamber to confirm President Joe Biden’s choice to lead the agency. But key Senate Republicans have raised concerns about that nominee, […]

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Here in St. Louis we’re always getting jerked around by weather predictions. Ask anyone in town, and they’ll tell you that it seems like trained meteorologists only have a 50/50 chance of guessing local weather accurately. Just earlier today we reported their prediction of 3 to 6 inches of snow for the St. Louis area, but now the National Weather Service is saying that we could get anywhere from 5 to 10 inches of snow by Wednesday.

The founder of an organization supporting unhoused people in St. Louis says she’s dissolving her nonprofit after becoming the victim of “online targeting.” But other advocates for homeless people in St. Louis say the story is much more complicated. Ramona Curtis, a former journalist who became a prominent local advocate under the name Unhoused STL, says online harassment she’s received will make it impossible for her to raise money, so she’s calling it quits.

Nicholas Rickman III, 18, received the sentence in connection with the fatal shooting of 18-year-old Sean D. Williams.

The man who killed Officer Brian Pierce Jr. was sentenced to life in prison without parole.

The ACLU said at least 27 anti-LGBTQ bills have already been introduced by Missouri Republicans, as of Jan. 12, accounting for roughly 21% of legislation introduced nationwide in state legislatures that target the community.

A woman from Caseyville, Illinois, appeared in federal court Monday and admitted to cashing Social Security benefits for her dead mother for 12 years.

EDWARDSVILLE - In 2019, District 7 partnered with the Edwardsville Public Library and First Student Bus Transportation Company to increase student access to books and awareness of the power of reading in hopes to grow enthusiastic readers. Stories on the Move, a program that puts books donated from the Edwardsville Public Library on 15 District 7 buses, emerged out of this collaborative effort. The concept is simple. Children are offered a book as they enter the bus. They can choose to read it on the bus, put it back at the end of their trip, or take it home to help build their home libraries. The book does not need to be returned. Unfortunately, Stories on the Move was suspended because of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, with support through a donation from Dieterich Bank, this initiative comes alive again this week. This collaboration between community entities such as Dieterich Bank, the Edwardsville Public Library, First Student Bus Transportation Company, and District 7 is just

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Editor’s Note: The following story is for mature audiences and contains potentially strong, inappropriate language. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - The state of Missouri rejected nearly 500 vanity or personalized license plates in 2022. According to the state's Department of Revenue, the plates were rejected on the grounds of being obscene or profane in RSMo 301.144.3 and [...]

Dan McLaughlin got caught recently by a speed camera and then, a few days later, received a citation in the mail. Normally, that would just be one of those things: What is obnoxious, however, is that the pretext for this particular ticket is “speeding in a school zone” even though it was based on a ...continue reading "How come no one knows how to drive in a school zone?"

Prosecutors on Friday charged Qandagha Raufi, 32, with sexually assaulting a passenger earlier this month.

Illinois authorities are searching for a man's remains after someone stole a van from a funeral home.

EDWARDSVILLE – The Metro-East Lutheran High School scholar bowl team swept the conference tournament over the weekend to bring home the Gateway Metro Conference Championship. The MELHS varsity team went undefeated for the day, handily defeating Father McGivney and Christ Our Rock Lutheran High School. The junior varsity team also won their division, with a winning record of 3-1 for the day. In the first round of play, the varsity Knights defeated Father McGivney with a score of 520 to 60 then went on to defeat Christ our Rock 480 to 150. In the second round of play, the MELHS varsity team again defeated both Father McGivney, 490 to 120, and Christ our Rock, 560 to 60. The tournament’s top three scorers from the day were all from MELHS. Silas Curtis, a senior, came in at the top spot with an average of 110 points per game. Peter Curtis, a freshman, was second with an average of 80 points per game, and Harry Mueller, a junior, was third with an average of 50 points per game

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Lots of people were expecting the Supreme Court to obviously agree to take the appeals of Florida’s and Texas’s social media content moderation laws. As you’ll probably recall, both Texas and Florida passed slightly different laws that effectively said that they could bar social media platforms from moderating certain types of content. Both laws were […]