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A Republican lawmaker running for governor next year held up all action in the Missouri Senate Thursday night, arguing one of his top legislative priorities was being held hostage in negotiations over legalizing sports wagering.  Sen. Bill Eigel, R-Weldon Spring, spent much of the evening reading aloud from a biography of Ronald Reagan and from […]

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St. Louis County Councilman Ernie Trakas is questioning the cost of two Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District projects, which the public entity admits will cost $900 million but says are mandated by regulators.

Police did not say how much cash was taken or if the suspect was armed during the robbery.

The St. Louis Cardinals are last in the NL Central with a 13-25 record in a surprisingly lackluster start for one of baseball's winningest franchises.

New executive chef/partner Andrew Cisneros helped develop the acclaimed restaurant's latest offerings.

Ahead of Mother's Day weekend, there will be a heavy police presence in downtown St. Louis due to violence and large, unruly crowds.

The late musicologist and critic Richard Taruskin rejected the art-for-art's-sake argument that music is essentially innocent, pointing out that questions about Orff's intentions—specifically regarding the use of his music by the Nazis—are irrelevant because "[t]hey allow the deflection of any criticism of his work into irrelevant questions of rights: Orff's right to compose his music, our right to perform and listen to it. Without questioning either, one may still regard his music as toxic, whether it does its animalizing work at Nazi rallies, in school auditoriums, at rock concerts, in films, in the soundtracks that accompany commercials, or in [the concert hall]." (With no disrespect toward Taruskin's memory, I'd be astonished if you leave the Meyerson tonight any more animalized than you were upon entering it.)

Data has driven many decisions during the COVID-19 pandemic, including the size of gatherings, mask mandates, and virtual work/school accommodations.

The homeowner was not bitten, but nurses are assessing the situation for any potential exposure to determine if treatment is needed.

Imo’s Pizza last week introduced a new limited-time menu offering. The specialty pie marks a change in strategy for the iconic purveyor of St. Louis-style pizza, as the family-owned company is adapting to what it called a “shifted,” post-Covid marketplace.

More than 200 students filed out of Gateway STEM High School on Thursday to try to keep sustained focus on gun violence in St. Louis and in schools across the country.

ST. LOUIS - New mothers can have a difficult time after giving birth. About one in five go through perinatal mental health disorders. This may include postpartum depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder. They can have severe consequences for both the mother and child if left untreated. LaCresha Cree Cunningham, LCSW of Healing Sacred Scars [...]

Richmond Heights Fire Chief Phil Goode said the officer suffered "very minor" abrasions and was taken to the hospital as part of policy.

Mötley Crüe will relaunch their stadium tour with Def Leppard later this month, and it sounds like they are loving having guitarist John 5 on the trek with them. The former Rob Zombie guitarist replaced original Crüe guitarist Mick…

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Mayor Quinton Lucas said he was looking forward to signing the measure.

There’s that old saying: the coverup is always worse than the crime. There appears to be something of a corollary to that: the freak-out over a leak is always worse than the leak itself. Let’s call that Geigner’s Law, because why the hell not? You should recall that Nintendo has been in full freak-out mode […]