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"It is painfully clear that my colleagues are not familiar with the disinvestment that has occurred in southeast city," said Alderman Shane Cohn, of Dutchtown.

A community group is calling for more police presence downtown. Citizens for a Greater Downtown St. Louis released a report Tuesday claiming the downtown area is significantly understaffed by police. The report comes after months of troubling incidents downtown from shootings to fights to large crowds taking over the streets. Citizens for a Greater Downtown St. Louis is a group made up of residents, developers and business owners all passionate about downtown, who want to see it better. Chair…

One would think that the US would have a museum dedicated to the history, interpretation, and evolution of maps–a National Map Museum if you will–but we do not.  If such a place existed, you might expect to find it on the National Mall in Washington D.C. among all the other great institutions there that hold […]

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A 63-year-old man who was missing since Tuesday night has been found.

Lever1, a provider of human resources services based in the Kansas City area, has added a St. Louis office.

Story after story after story has showcased how the intentionally convoluted adtech and data broker market sloppily traffics in all manner of sensitive consumer data, whether it’s your daily physical movements (say, the last time you visited an abortion clinic), your granular browsing habits, your medical history, your household energy use patterns, or even your mental health data. This massive trove […]

Greenwood Cemetery is in the St. Louis County community of Hillsdale. It was established in 1874 and is believed to be one of the oldest historically Black cemeteries in the region.

One man was injured in a shooting overnight in north St. Louis.

Open Highway Music Festival 8 p.m.

Attorneys from Legal Services of Eastern Missouri are holding free clinics Thursday night.

Shovels dug into the dirt Tuesday morning at Tower Grove Park near Arsenal Street and Bent Avenue. St. Louis leaders broke ground while trying to break a stigma. Two new basketball courts are coming in late fall to the 289-acre park, and crews were already hard at work following the ceremony. A ribbon cutting could happen in late October or early November. The two full-size courts will have post-tension concrete for durability and four nets total. Bill Reininger, the executive director of Tower…

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

Wednesday is Flag Day, and military veterans in St. Charles want to help you properly dispose of worn or damaged U.S. flags.

Police identified the victim as Ronnell Gray, 27, of the 1500 block of Cove Lane in the Spanish Lake area of St. Louis County.

A group that honors fallen service members needs volunteers.

A new law in Illinois will give harsher penalties to healthcare workers who cover up patient abuse.

Police chases and the deadly crashes that can happen from them were the focus of emotional town hall meeting hosted by the NAACP.

Developers are pitching more entertainment and places to live in midtown St. Louis.

"There are risks with these police pursuits and we think that's a problem," said St. Louis NAACP President Adolphus Pruitt.

When Obiefuna, a teen living in Nigeria, is caught fooling around with his family's male apprentice, his father sends him to a strict, Christian, all-male boarding school. There he encounters homophobia but also finds friends and even lovers.