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Long before YouTube, or television for that matter, entertainment looked quite different. One St. Louis-based artist entertained people by creating a 1,300-foot panorama and sharing it with crowds across the country. Henry Lewis, originally from England, came to St. Louis in 1836. He found work as a carpenter but quickly discovered his true passion was …

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In July, 1972, Mo Mo the Monster was making front-page news as he terrorized the good folks of Louisiana, Mo.

Gary West of Dallas, TX joined the Real Rock Army today

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The Riverboats at the Gateway Arch award guests one of the best views of St. Louis’ working riverfront, the Gateway Arch and the city skyline.   Narrated by the captain

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More than 100,000 customers initially lost power Saturday. Ameren expects service restored by Wednesday night or Thursday morning.

Larob Harris and MeKayla Johann were charged last week in the death of St. Louis Kitchen owner Fa Ming Pan.

The man's wife and their 12-year-old daughter escaped — but the father went a different direction and was later found dead in the garage.

St. Louis police are looking for three suspects behind two separate violent robberies in the Tower Grove neighborhood.

I know this is obvious, but . . . Everybody seems to have forgotten what Elon Musk's real problem with Twitter is. The wellspring of everything that's happened since last year was a single moment of stupidity in which he agreed to massively overpay for it. And it's not like he doesn't know this. He ...continue reading "The real problem with Twitter"

There are calls for tighter fireworks restrictions and perhaps a complete ban after a deadly fire in unincorporated St. Charles County with fireworks as a suspected cause just after the Fourth of July had ended.

Residents in Caseyville, Illinois, want to prevent a repeat of last year’s devastating flooding.

Garry Lancaster was sitting on his front porch Wednesday afternoon. His power has been out since storms passed through this past weekend.

Two lives were lost in two different cities, but there was one big complaint during the weekend storms: 911.

The state of Wisconsin allows the governor to eliminate parts of legislation he doesn't like using a line item veto. Today, Gov. Tony Evers vetoed a couple of digits and a hyphen from a two-year increase in the school budget. The original said this: for the 2023-24 school year and the 2024-25 school year, add ...continue reading "News of the weird, Wisconsin line-item veto edition"