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The feds on Wednesday accused an ex-staffer with a St. Louis union of embezzlement.

Demetrius Evans knew one thing after he pointed a gun at a police officer’s head — that what he did next would change his entire life. An officer had just found him cowering behind a trash can after Evans, 27 at the time, tried to evade police in a vehicle chase.

The Cozy Cider Cabin will be held in Eckert's new Cider Shed from Jan. 12 to Feb. 19.

As if you needed another reason to eat Juniper's (4101 Laclede Avenue, 314-329-7696) acclaimed fried chicken, chef and owner John Perkins has sweetened the deal. The entire month of January, the restaurant is running a fundraiser to benefit the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society with the goal of raising $30,000 to help fund the organization's research and advocacy efforts. Throughout the month, Juniper guests will be able to donate to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society by using a QR code at their table or telling their server an amount they would like to donate and having it added to their bill.

Political prognosticators fill thousands of column inches and hours of airtime making predictions, and love to say “I told you so” when they’re right.  It would be helpful if more pundits stepped up to confess – and reckon with – their misfires.  In that vein, here are five of my mistaken predictions from the 2022 […]

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Politically connected cronies who had brazenly looted a liquor warehouse arrived to cheers on their way to start serving their prison sentence on Jan. 5, 1926.

The $1.7 trillion federal spending bill President Joe Biden signed last week ushers in expanded protections for workers who are pregnant or nursing. Proponents of the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act and the PUMP for Nursing Mothers Act — both included as amendments to the spending bill — say the measures clarify rights for these workers, who weren’t […]

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Radio station 105.7 The Point announced Wednesday that Tony Patrico was no longer with Hubbard Radio or a member of "The Rizzuto Show."

Thieves broke into a gas station in south St. Louis City early Thursday morning.

Thieves were busy early Thursday morning, hitting more St. Louis businesses.

A special committee of St. Louis aldermen is working Thursday, January 5, to half the board.

A local remembrance mass is happening Thursday, January 5, for those who wish to commemorate his life. That service is set to take place later at the Cathedral Basilica.

Find the best things to do in St. Louis this weekend: Friday 01/06

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Mention the name “Will R. Ross” and plentiful well-deserved accolades will flow.

Spire's CEO pay dropped to just under $5 million in 2022, according to a recent filing that also hinted at a decline in median worker annual compensation.

If things had gone according to plan, Amy Guo and Dan Jensen would never have opened Sando Shack (3173 Morgan Ford Road, 314-449-1011). Though the partners in life and business moved back to Guo's hometown from Seattle in July of 2020 to open a restaurant, it had nothing to do with Japanese sandwiches. Instead, their vision centered around Hello Poke, a fast-casual concept they were preparing to open at the then-forthcoming Food Hall at City Foundry.

In the final weeks of 2022, the Democrat-led U.S. House committee investigating the Jan. 6, attack on the Capitol disclosed thousands of pages of transcripts of interviews the panel’s members and staff conducted with key witnesses. The transcripts were central to a committee report released in December that held Donald Trump responsible for the 2021 […]

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