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The Gateway to Pride exhibit opening in June 2024 has involved a wide range of conservation and restoration efforts. Since the majority of the objects in the exhibit date from the 1970s onwards, preparing and preserving artifacts for it has presented unique challenges for Missouri Historical Society conservators who typically work with much older items. …

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Jeff Wilson of St. Charles, MO joined the Real Rock Army today

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The Riverboats at the Gateway Arch award guests one of the best views of St. Louis’ working riverfront, the Gateway Arch and the city skyline.   Narrated by the captain

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A tenant in a horrible north St. Louis rent-subsidized apartment is facing a terrible problem again of insect infestation.

The repair or replacement of the building has to happen because of a City of Clayton ordinance requiring fire suppression sprinklers to be installed by 2028.

Officers found the boy shot in the head in the city's Jeff-Vander-Lou neighborhood.

Concerns over safety and the woman in charge of the St. Louis Justice Center were the focus of the meeting for the citizens tasked with overseeing complaints with the jail.

WOOD RIVER - A few members of the public responded to the Wood River City Council’s split vote to delay the development and opening of a dispensary in the city’s downtown and place the issue on the ballot next spring, after the council held a special meeting on the subject on May 17. Wood River resident Bill Rogers spoke during the Public Comment portion of the meeting and said he would not support a dispensary opening in Wood River. “As for the referendum that’s listed on the dispensary, my position has not changed - we do not need one, period,” Rogers said. Pastor Dave Landry said the three council members who voted to delay the dispensary - Bill Dettmers, David Ayres, and Jeremy Plank - went against the wishes of the public and are “scaring off investors.” “ are voicing their concerns at the last special meeting on Wednesday . There was a sincere plea from citizens to keep the cannabis dispensary open … but you didn’t

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A Madison County, Illinois couple’s intervention in a murder along a busy highway in Pontoon Beach ultimately led to a conviction last week.

There’s a new plan to crack down on downtown parking lots in St. Louis.

The Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department doesn’t have a great track record. In addition to the usual stuff expected from law enforcement agencies (biased policing, zero accountability, civil rights abuses, excessive force deployment), the LASD has been home to deputy gangs pretty much since its inception. Its recent string of elected sheriffs hasn’t done anything to […]

In St. Charles, work has begun on a three-month project to replace portions of Zumbehl Road.

Evan Dorsey’s mother, sister, and brother spent the last year and a half splitting up shifts so they could be by the bedside of their loved one.

One of the (many) downsides of the debt ceiling debacle is the possibility that it undermined faith in US treasury bonds. If that happened, interest rates on treasuries would increase, potentially costing the government billions in higher funding rates. So did this happen? A very rough back-of-the-envelope look at treasury yields suggests it did—a little ...continue reading "The debt ceiling crisis probably cost less than half a billion dollars"