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A few days after a drive-by attack left her home riddled with bullet holes and her dog injured, St. Louis musician Ellen Cook has been feeling the support from her community but also can't help but be conflicted about the city she's called home for decades.  As Ellen Hilton Cook, the singer has been playing piano and writing music most of her life.

While the Biden administration has been a bit of a hot mess on broadband consumer protection (see: the Gigi Sohn fiasco), the administration has done some amazing things for overall investment in broadband. Largely thanks to both COVID relief legislation (The American Rescue Plan Act, ARPA) and the IIJA (Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act). When […]

Emergency crew were at the scene of a crash that closed all lanes on Interstate-55 northbound.

East St. Louis locals are frustrated about a $2.5 million street improvement project in the city, including a sidewalk to nowhere.

Aldermanic courtesy, already a target of reform by some St. Louis progressives, now has a foe of an entirely different political stripe, who says he wants to do away with it completely.  Libertarian attorney Bevis Schock announced earlier this month that he had signed onto a lawsuit against the city with the intent of having aldermanic influence over tax abatements and zoning variances declared illegal. 

Awaken your body and bask in the morning sunlight! This gentle yoga practice is designed to energize and align your body and mind through movement and breath. Bring your own

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A mini air show is planned over the Gateway Arch Tuesday afternoon. It's the 100th anniversary of aerial refueling.

St. Louis County now has a simulation tool to help engage the community in the budget process.

Citizens for Modern Transit will hold a virtual 'Talking Transit' event Tuesday to discuss options for the planned north St. Louis County MetroLink line.

The Forest Park East Waterways Improvement Project is breaking ground Tuesday.

'Variety,' the children's charity is piloting a new 'My Voice' program in the city of St. Louis and in St. Charles County. It provides communication devices to children with special needs.

Another catholic grade school is closing its doors this fall. It's part of the major reorganization of the archdiocese of St. Louis announced last month.

Emergency crews are at the scene of a garage fire in south St. Louis Tuesday morning.

St. Louis Public Schools are replacing chain-link fencing with more environmentally friendly material.

MetroLink's new $52 million plan to secure its rider platforms will be the focus of a public open house later Tuesday.

Restless and raw, the St. Louis comic both craves the nation’s attention and doubts she deserves it.

The village in central Missouri offers history, entertainment, and dining options.

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Monday announced $42.45 billion to connect all Americans to high-speed broadband internet by the end of the decade, likening the ambitious goal to FDR’s New Deal-era rural electrification program that brought the then-modern technology to farms and rural areas across the United States. Missouri will receive $1.7 billion. The […]

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The median age rose in almost every state last year, census estimates show, continuing a long-term trend that is pushing states to prepare for aging populations. Seventeen states had median ages over 40 in 2022, according to new U.S. Census Bureau estimates of the age at which half of residents are older and half are […]

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High temperatures could lead to 235,000 ER visits and 56,000 hospital admissions for heat-related conditions annually.