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A judge sentenced a St. Louis man on Wednesday who pled guilty to killing two people at his son's funeral gathering.

For decades, there’s been a global movement urging “plain packaging” on tobacco products — or packaging with limited colors and frills — after numerous studies found it makes cigarettes less appealing to young people.  Missouri will soon be a testing ground to see if plain packaging has the same impact for recreational marijuana. When voters […]

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The George B. Vashon Museum of African American History recently announced its grand opening of a permanent exhibit recognizing the life and achievements of longtime St. Louis broadcast and print journalist, Julius Hunter.

“A Frayed Knot is a collection of fiber sculpture constructed through hours of painstakingly contoured yarn built up into second skins over furniture, hunting decoys, lumber, and mixed media. Inspired

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It Was All Very Queer II, a national juried exhibition examining contemporary queer artists residing within the United States. The exhibition will examine work that investigates identity, social norms, inclusivity,

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Opening Reception & Artist Talk – Friday, May 5 from 5:30 – 7:30pm – with performance by DJ Pharaoh (so fun)   Featuring: Grace Danback Allan Gromilic Braden McMakin Taylour

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Green Door Art Gallery presents Botanicals & Blooms III, a celebration of all things flo-ral and botanical, featuring silver and stone jewelry by Debbie Garavaglia, botanical bas relief by Catherine

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Spirits Roaming on the Earth maps conceptual artist Jacolby Satterwhite’s extraordinary creative trajectory across multiple materials, genres and modes of thinking.   Drawing on a broad set of real and

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Offering a fresh view of two of the most experimental painters of the 20th century, Monet/Mitchell: Painting the French Landscape is the first exhibition in the U.S. to examine the

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The Pulitzer Arts Foundation presents The Nature of Things: Medieval Art and Ecology, 1100-1550, the first exhibition to explore the impact of artmaking on the environment in the second half

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The Pulitzer Arts Foundation presents an exhibition of career-spanning work by Faye HeavyShield, an artist whose poetic minimal sensibility and use of humble materials is closely bound to the power

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St. Louis is a kaleidoscope of architecture, filled with structures of every age, shape, and size. In Coloring STL, Missouri History Museum visitors will interact with these fascinating buildings in

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Economists have been predicting a recession for months, but the labor market has remained resilient, wage growth is higher than before the pandemic, and inflation continues to drop, now at 4% compared to 9.1% in June of last year. Despite this good news, consumers don’t feel confident about the future, according to the consumer confidence […]

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The teenager who lost her legs in St. Louis in February after a 21-year-old free on bond struck her with his car is now suing the city. Janae Edmondson says in a lawsuit filed in city circuit court on Tuesday that the city had a duty to keep the intersection downtown where the crash occurred in a "reasonably safe condition."

Janae Edmondson, whose legs were amputated in February after being hit by a car in downtown St. Louis, filed suit Tuesday against the city and the two drivers who hit her.

A group of riders said they’ve been robbed while waiting for late buses, have lost wages when scheduled rides arrived too early, and feel trapped at home after service cuts.

One of the most anticipated MLB matchups of the season is almost here. The St. Louis Cardinals will host the Chicago Cubs overseas in London this weekend.

The mechanical bull from the 2022 Commonwealth Games has officially been named after Ozzy Osbourne, the BBC reports. The 33-foot statue was first unveiled during the sporting event, which took…

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