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Friday marks two years since thousands of rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol while Congress met to certify results in the 2020 presidential election.

The St. Louis dining community has been buzzing about the forthcoming Sado ever since the Bognar family announced their plans to open the restaurant last fall. Now, it appears the rest of the country is eagerly awaiting the opening of the world-class sushi restaurant as well. In its roundup of the 14 Most Anticipated Restaurants in America published on January 3, Bloomberg named Sado as one of the top places to look forward to in 2023.

The American economy gained 223,000 jobs last month. We need 90,000 new jobs just to keep up with population growth, which means that net job growth clocked in at 133,000 jobs. The headline unemployment rate declined to 3.5%. This is a pretty good jobs report. The topline number is only so-so, but the number of ...continue reading "Chart of the day: Net new jobs in December"

Marlin Perkins, a former director of the St. Louis Zoo, was the host of a national television show, which made its debut 60 years ago.

Former Marine Lucas Kunce announced today his bid for U.S. Senate, seeking to oust incumbent Josh Hawley in 2024. This will be Kunce's second try for the job after coming in second in Missouri's Democratic primary in 2022. Kunce lost to eventual nominee Trudy Busch Valentine, winning 38 percent of the vote compared to her 43 percent.

When the circus comes to town this March, it will be minus a longstanding attraction — the elephants. The 81-year-old St. Louis-based Moolah Shrine Circus announced yesterday that it has decided to no longer use elephants, a decision that follows two months of targeted protests. Most recently, two protesters affiliated with PETA were arrested on December 21 after briefly interrupting a Shriners meeting at their headquarters in unincorporated St. Louis County.

Marine veteran Lucas Kunce announced Friday that he plans to challenge Republican Josh Hawley in the 2024 race for U.S. Senate in Missouri.  Kunce, 40, chose the second anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection to make his announcement. Hawley received fierce criticism for his actions on the day of the insurrection, from pumping his […]

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Edited by Claudia Tate, the collection offers interviews with literary giants, including Maya Angelou and Ntozake Shange.

In Cling II: A Carescape, Amy Reidel uses abstract and figurative imagery to illuminate facial expressions, details and patterns, inspired by the poignant emotions shared between family members, the often-disregarded

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The American military is providing weapons, supplies and humanitarian aid as the European country fights off the Russian invasion. Those shipments are coordinated by the U.S. Transportation Command headquarters at the military center in the Metro East.

A server readjusting a tip is not common, but it is worrisome.

Bold on Blvd is the latest luxury apartment complex in St. Charles County to be built and sold.

JEFFERSON CITY — A company with plans to mine silica sand close to Ste. Genevieve County residents who oppose it was handed a loss Thursday before the Missouri Mining Commission.

The American military is providing weapons, supplies and humanitarian aid as the European country fights off the Russian invasion. Those shipments are coordinated by the U.S. Transportation Command headquarters at the military center in the Metro East.

Construction continues in full swing at many job sites big and small. Below is a sampling. Grand and Papin – Edwin – 196 market-rate apartments, 249 affordable structured parking spaces, 65,000 square feet of retail for Target, and 141 surface parking spaces Nextstl – Target, Incentive Package For Next Steelcote Phase Come into Focus NextSTL – Steelcote […]

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