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A former Missouri House speaker who was forced to resign in disgrace in 2015 has been fined $47,000 by the Missouri Ethics Commission for allegedly misusing campaign funds. John Diehl, a Republican from Town and Country, signed a consent decree with the ethics commission released Tuesday acknowledging probable cause that he violated state campaign finance […]

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Well, well, the “Taco Tuesday” battle appears to be heating up quickly. After years of holding and policing its trademark for “Taco Tuesday,” chain Taco John’s has found itself in a battle with Taco Bell, which is petitioning the trademark office to rescind its rival’s mark due to it becoming generic. I noted in that […]

For Construction Forum’s 10th Anniversary Celebration on May 18th Solstice Productions, official video producer for the Forum, prepared a “highlights reel”. The video, which clocks in at five minutes, condenses years of Forum program metrics, achievements and images into a brief clip with a driving rock guitar theme. “When we first started the Forum a […]

The U.S. Department of Agriculture plans to break ground Wednesday on a new $115 million food safety laboratory in St. Louis that will replace the current testing facility, one of only three operated by the federal agency.

For lovers of theater, a St. Louis summer doesn’t truly start until Shakespeare is being performed. That moment comes next week, on May 31, as the St. Louis Shakespeare Festival opens its annual free performances in Forest Park. Tom Ridgley, the festival’s producing artistic director, breaks down this season’s unique take on “Twelfth Night,” set in Miami, and previews the other performances to come, including “The Merry Wives of Windsor” and an original production that combines Shakespeare and soccer.

St. Louis water officials are proposing a water bill rate increase in the city. FOX 2's partners at the St. Louis Post Dispatch reported that the increase would result in the largest hikes in city water bills in nearly three decades.

A tragic crash kills three women in north St. Louis County. The tragedy unfolded on New Halls Ferry Road near Seven Hills Drive; two of the victims were coworkers.

Panera Brands’ current CEO, Niren Chaudhary, will become chairman at that time.

A Breckenridge Hills man was sentenced Tuesday to four years in prison for a 2019 high-speed crash that claimed the life of a woman in his vehicle.

Archbishop Mitchell Rozanski is scheduled to make the announcement regarding the restructuring of parishes at 5:30 p.m. Saturday.

Christopher L. Harper, 51, is now facing several charges, including first-degree murder, after police say he broke into a home in the 1600 block of Country Acres Drive.

For the week ended May 13, Bud Light posted in-store sales of $74.4 million, off nearly 25% from the same week last year.

John Gaal witnessed naloxone’s ability to save lives when he stepped in to administer the overdose reversal medication to a fellow passenger on a Southwest Airlines flight in 2022. He shares why he’s pushing for greater access to the drug, including its inclusion in medical kits on all airline providers.

A Farmington, Missouri, man who worked at a state prison in Bonne Terre appeared in federal court on Tuesday and admitted to attacking an inmate and to possessing child pornography.

José Alberto Dueñas, already part of the company as the president and CEO of Einstein Bros. Bagels, will assume the lead role on July 1.

The idea is to cut back in areas considered nice-to-have — like a robotic camera — and continue to invest in areas that are necessary to keep high-quality productions.

VibeSzn began as an online business in 2017 and now has a retail location at City Foundry in Midtown St. Louis and has amassed nearly 200,000 followers on Instagram. Co-owner Omar Badran discusses his homegrown business and his family’s journey to St. Louis.

John Diehl, a Republican, signed a consent order with the commission this month, acknowledging there was probable cause that his campaign violated state campaign finance laws.