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In the small town of Greenville, Illinois, you can find an old church at the corner of South and Prairie. However, it's not a church but the DeMoulin Museum, serving as a time capsule of marching band history.

On March 1, 2022, a contractor hit a gas line while digging to install fiber optic cables. The resulting explosion left about 40 homes damaged.

A fire broke out near Dupo, Illinois, on Wednesday morning.

The St. Louis mayor's office says the city is exploring "automated enforcement solutions" to discourage dangerous driving.

An early morning crash involving a police car is being investigated Wednesday.

Missouri and its nonprofit student loan corporation, the Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority (MOHELA), were at the center of a high-stakes legal battle before the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday. Justices on the conservative-leaning court considered the financial future for tens of millions of Americans as Republican-led states argued to block President Biden's plan to forgive up to $20,000 in individual student loan debt. At least 26 million Americans have already applied for the forgiveness…

When I caught up with St. Louis stand-up comedian and huge football fan Jake Beckman, he was reeling and wallowing in despair. Beckman, 31, is a longtime Philadelphia Eagles fan.

The Biden administration has given all federal agencies 30 days to ensure staffers do not have TikTok on any federal devices. All agency vendors are to adhere to the same rules within 90 days. It’s the latest evolution in a growing planetary moral panic that’s gotten well out ahead of its skis, resulting in often-performative solutions that […]

Bridgeton Police are on the scene of a large water main break on North Lindbergh between Blake and St. Charles Rock Road. 

Native Americans in the region want more people to know about their heritage. Some have launched efforts to rediscover the area's indigenous identity.

When it came time for St. Louis CITY SC to design its food program, the brand-new stadium's creators clearly surveyed the fake-cheese nachos, hotdogs and weak lagers taking up space on menus at other stadiums and realized fans deserve better. To avoid the pitfalls of mediocre-yet-expensive fare, the stadium tapped James Beard Award-winning chef Gerard Craft as chief flavor officer.

Doctors would no longer be required to test young children living in high-risk areas for lead poisoning under a Missouri House bill heard in committee Tuesday. But supporters of the bill, including the Missouri chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, say the legislation would increase access to lead testing and education and streamline requirements […]

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Eighteen U.S. companies’ cargo ships are causing an "onslaught of pollution,” report finds.

A suspected gunman on Tuesday was charged in the fatal shooting of a man in downtown St. Louis one day earlier.

The program equips second-chance students with a high school diploma, not a GED.

One person is in custody Wednesday morning after a shooting near the Galleria mall.

Foreign entities would be required to report sales, acquisitions or land transfers to the Missouri Attorney General and Secretary of State.

An intense early Wednesday morning fire destroyed part of a longtime O’Fallon, Missouri business and forced a nearby school to close for the day. It all happened at Bill’s Service Center on Sonderen Street, just off I-70.

WASHINGTON – The U.S. District Court judge who could end more than two decades of legal access to medication abortion underwent extensive questioning about LGBTQ equality at his December 2017 confirmation hearing — and very little about his views on abortion. Matthew Joseph Kacsmaryk, appointed by former President Donald Trump earlier in 2017, spent much […]

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