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City leaders in Storm Lake, a rural community of 11,000 in Northwest Iowa, are asking residents not to wash their cars or water their yards and gardens during the hottest part of the day. The city also has cut back on watering public recreational spaces, such as ballfields and golf courses. These are highly unusual […]

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A couple of weeks ago Public ran a story identifying three Chinese scientists at the Wuhan Institute of Virology who became sick in November 2019 with a "COVID-like" illness. If this was true, it would mean they were the first people in the world to contract COVID-19, which in turn would suggest they were the ...continue reading "The lab leak hypothesis continues to look pretty far-fetched"

Oral arguments are scheduled for July 18.

Already across the St. Louis area, there are indications that weekly offerings have dropped, particularly in parishes that will be closed.

Some University City residents have been anxiously awaiting the reopening of Heman Park Pool. The wait will end on Saturday. 

"It was really scary. I just hit the floor," said Ellen Cook.

An alleged violent suspect was murdered on Thursday, the same day a judge cleared him of a violent crime.

As summer begins to pick up, crime is not far behind. 

For months, residents who live on and around Sontag Road have been dealing with an unsafe sewage system.

City recreation centers and the St. Louis Urban League's Re-Route Program are both playing a part in intervention for at-risk youth.

A water main break in a low-income St. Louis neighborhood on Carter Avenue has residents scrambling.

Missouri Central School Bus runs over 233 routes, some of which include pick up and drop off for Saint Louis Public Schools.