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As of 8:30 a.m., all lanes of traffic were moving again.

WASHINGTON — The head of the Federal Bureau of Prisons on Wednesday outlined to the Senate Judiciary Committee how she has sought improvements in the nation’s troubled prison system, and fielded questions from Republicans about transgender inmates. “Developing meaningful change throughout the agency is not something that happens in a moment,” Colette Peters, the director […]

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St. Louis Circuit Attorney Gabe Gore has charged more than twice as many criminal cases in his first three months than former Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner did in the same time period last year.

Blippi and Meekah filmed an episode at The Magic House this week after a local 3-year-old won a contest to bring them to his hometown.

The Missouri Highway Patrol identified the victim as Ann A. Radeackar, 69, of Cedar Hill.

For decades AT&T has sought to shovel its broadband network upgrade costs on to the shoulders of other companies. It was the primary catalyst for the net neutrality wars, after AT&T made it clear it wanted to (ab)use its monopoly over broadband access to force companies like Google to pay an extra troll toll if […]

Nearly 4,000 United Auto Workers union members in Wentzville could go out on strike at 11 p.m. Thursday if a contract is not reached by union officials negotiating with Big 3 automakers in Detroit. If there is a strike, UAW Local 2250 members have a list of things to do when the deadline passes. They include third shift shutting equipment down, setting up pickets at plant gates and assembling kitchen duty to help process food for members' families. At the GM Wentzville Assembly Center, a replica…

The promise behind the Brickline Greenway goes beyond connecting St. Louis’ crown jewels to address some of the region's challenges.

Senior citizens in St. Charles County can apply for a property tax freeze beginning next March, and they’ll need to submit a form each year to keep the freeze in place.

Chancellor Beth Stroble and President Julian Schuster are among the highest paid university leaders in the region despite plummeting revenues and lower student enrollment.

Workers at the Starbucks on Page and Ball in Maryland Heights will strike today.

WASHINGTON — The White House is lambasting the House GOP’s decision to open an impeachment inquiry into unproven allegations that President Joe Biden profited from his son’s international business scheme during his time as vice president in the Obama administration. Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy announced Tuesday that he directed several of the chamber’s committees to […]

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The museum and the Baltimore Art Museum have partnered on an exhibition about hip-hop culture and music. The attraction includes work from eight St. Louis artists.

In the past nine months, more than 900 marijuana-related criminal convictions have been expunged in the city of St. Louis. However, in that same time period, more than five times as many cases have been deemed not eligible for expungement.

The House voted overwhelmingly to restore money for a St. Louis police center, but Senate refused to go along.

ST. LOUIS — A stretch of northbound Interstate 55 will be closed to traffic overnight Friday and twice next week as part of the ongoing bridge renovation project along the highway, the Missouri Department of Transportation has announced.

Laumeier Sculpture Park’s 2023 Visiting Artists in Residence are Pittsburgh-based artists Lenka Clayton and Phillip Andrew Lewis. This collaborative duo utilizes innovative approaches to conceptualism and minimalism to realize their […]

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Virtual learning at the school will continue through Friday.