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This story was originally published by Investigate Midwest.  When gases from large livestock facilities overwhelm communities, the health impacts can be severe. Children at schools near concentrated animal feeding operations, or CAFOs, are more likely to experience asthma. Exposure to ammonia and hydrogen sulfide — both emitted in large quantities by CAFOs — can lead to […]

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The owners hope to be fully stocked by Mother's Day.

PUT THE GUN DOWN. It’s just the doorbell, the child is lost. PUT THE GUN DOWN. It’s just a car, doing a u-turn because they were lost. PUT THE GUN DOWN. She got into the wrong car by accident. PUT THE GUN DOWN. He didn’t mean to cut you off. PUT THE GUN DOWN. It […]

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"Children's Advocacy Services" of Greater St. Louis hosts an open house today.

From Chinese Culture Days to an Earth Day celebration, our Today in St. Louis team picks their favorite things to do this weekend, April 21-23.

Several shops recently opened, and business is at a full boil.

St. Louis police chief Robert Tracy marked 100 days in office this week. He'll speak about his new job at police headquarters. Tracy is originally from New York.

Republican legislators have unblinkingly voiced displeasure with the Missouri Department of Transportation during this year’s legislative session. With billions of dollars of surplus funds in the state treasury, lawmakers are considering how — or whether — to use a billion of those dollars to expand Interstate 70 — a priority in Gov. Mike Parson’s budget proposal. But […]

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"If a firefighter would've lost his life last night on that property, it would've been a different situation," said St. Louis County Chair Shalonda Webb.

There's a public hearing today on St. Louis proposed 2024 budget. It's ten this morning at city hall. You can also watch it on the city's YouTube channel.

Missouri U.S. Senator Josh Hawley announces that his "Justice for Jana Elementary Act" has new support.

As the Department of Energy aims to boost energy reliability in Puerto Rico, local solutions are already doing just that.

A woman was hurt in a shooting overnight in south St. Louis.

Walmart is closing its Cahokia Heights store on Camp Jackson Road today.

The Powerplex here, right off 370, used to be at the st. Louis outlet mall before the Powerplex started. Dan Buck, managing partner of the group that operates the Powerplex, says a long term lease deal could not be reached with the new property owner, and the facility here will close on May 1st.

The blue state could become the 20th in the U.S. to enact a so-called critical infrastructure law.

Record Store Day is happening Saturday, April 22, and music fans are going to want to be prepared before they head out to shop at their local independent record store this…

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I have thought that one should always remember who gave their graduation speech, and what it was about.

These 75 companies donated a total of $140.8 million last year in the St. Louis area, an 11% increase from giving in 2021.

Malik Oliphant had a front-row view of entrepreneurship growing up in St. Louis. His mother, Jeanette Ware, owned Happy’s Convenience Store in Ferguson and his aunt ran a local catering business. That sparked an interest in entrepreneurship for Oliphant, who has incorporated lessons, namely “to really go after it,” from his mother and aunt into businesses he’s launched on his own. “If it's something you really want to do, don't stop. That's the main thing that I took,” Oliphant said.…