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This week's heat wave is cancelling a big event at World Wide Technology Raceway.

The St. Louis City Reparations Commission meets again Wednesday night.

A winter freeze and summer drought have put the southern Illinois peach crop in jeopardy. At least one farmer says it’s the worst loss since 2007.

A house fire broke out in East St. Louis early Wednesday morning.

It was one year ago today, when heavy rain flooded much of university City and other areas.

Wednesday marks one year since historic flash flooding slammed the St. Louis region, a catastrophe fueled by torrential rainfall and described by regional weather experts as a "one in one-thousand year" occurrence.

Paisley Boutique, a women’s fashion and lifestyle in Webster Groves, welcomed customers at its new location at 36 W. Lockwood Ave. on July 14.

Some people have been saying that it’s hotter than Satan’s butthole out there, (it’s us, we’ve been saying it) and it seems like it’s just going to get worse in the coming days. After topping out at 96 degrees yesterday, the temperatures are set to just climb higher and higher each day for the next few days.

Lambda legal, the ACLU of Missouri, and Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP, have filed a lawsuit to block the gender-affirming health care ban for minors in the state.

Green Park Lutheran School is opening a new playground Wednesday.

More than 33,000 young adults are in St. Louis Wednesday for the 'North American Youth Congress.'

Wednesday is the 33rd anniversary of the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Gov. Mike Parson should halt the Aug. 1 execution of Johnny Johnson, compassionately commuting his sentence to life in prison because he is severely mentally ill and doesn’t seem to even know why he would be killed. If he’s executed, it would only perpetuate our collective neglect of society’s most vulnerable people. There’s no doubt […]

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Multiple high-ranking officials will be in East St. Louis Wednesday morning to reveal details about new crime-fighting efforts coming to the metro east as the Major Case Squad currently investigates two metro east murder cases.

Heat remains our main focus. We start the mornings warm, in the 70s to around 80 in metro St. Louis, and we heat up quickly. Afternoon top temperatures will push well into the 90s and close to 100 the rest of the week.

Experience the scenic Illinois park by bike, kayak, or foot.

The restaurant serves a combination of soul food and Jamaican specialties.

As the state begins looking beyond fossil fuels, mining companies are quietly preparing to take over its highways.

Climate change is slowing down the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, a key ocean “conveyer belt.” New research finds it could collapse completely by 2060.