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Police said a 17-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene.

In honor of Juneteenth, the Missouri Botanical Garden will offer special activities, all included with general admission.   Visitors are invited to explore the George Washington Carver Garden and watch

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In addition to the 11 people shot, one girl was trampled as she tried to escape. Police have arrested a 17-year-old from the area. “This is another wake-up call for our region,” said Mayor Tishaura O. Jones.

According to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the boy was riding on the ATV that was being driven by a 12-year-old boy when the crash occurred.

Elton John has added a new member to the family. The singer’s husband, David Furnish, revealed on social media that the family has just gotten a new puppy.  “This Father’s Day, we…

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For those who think the Juneteenth story we’ve been taught is all we and our children need to know about June 19, 1865, think again. Here are some unique perspectives on Juneteenth shared by nationally-acclaimed scholars.

As conditions that best support life shift toward the poles, more than 600 million people are already living outside of a crucial “climate niche,” facing more extreme heat, rising food scarcity and higher death rates.

Charlotte Sumtimes first started taking off her clothes for a crowd when she was 40. "I think it was one of those F U's to society for saying that that's not when a woman should be on stage and be proactive and take your clothes off for strangers," she says.

The Missouri Highway Patrol identified the victim as 21-year-old Scott M. Weisheyer.

On Saturday, June 17, Chesterfield Amphitheater hosted a lineup of Americana and brass funk and soul, including Funky Butt Brass Band, Hillary Fitz, The Sleepy Rubies, Matt Jordan, as well as S.G. Goodman, The Burney Sisters, and Jason Isbell.

The boy was a passenger on an all-terrain vehicle that overturned Sunday in Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri.

Since Juneteenth is now a federal holiday, federal offices such as the post office, Wall Street, and most major banks will be closed.

St. Louis Police say six people were involved in another shooting in downtown st. Louis Saturday night.

Dozens of volunteers are rolling up their sleeves Monday to plant nearly 450 flowers and bushes in East St. Louis.

Funeral arrangements are now set for former Belleville, Illinois Mayor Mark Eckert. 

Monday is Juneteenth, the federal holiday commemorating the effective end of slavery in the U.S. across the country events are taking place to mark the day.

In St. Louis in the 1980s, if you got caught with even a “butt of a joint,” you were going to do jail time, said Bob Ramsey, who was assistant public defender at the time.   Ramsey particularly remembers the head of the prosecutor’s marijuana task force, under then-Circuit Attorney George Peach.  “She was just absolutely […]

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