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Regulators voted Thursday to grant permanent approval to Spire’s embattled natural gas pipeline that has served the St. Louis region for years, despite a court ruling that vacated the project’s original review process.

The department had previously said a man inside the van tried to coax a student to get in, but they now say the report was unfounded.

Wayea Hallowanger, 20, was held without bail on charges of first-degree murder and armed criminal action.

Experience one of the Riverboats’ longest-standing traditions. Listen and dance to live performances from some of the St. Louis region’s best blues artists aboard this special nighttime cruise. Must be

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Hi-Pointe Theatre, a century-old venue and cultural pillar, will change hands in January after 45 years of family ownership.

Johnson told the court that the man he was convicted of killing, Marcus Boyd, had been like an older brother to him. He and Boyd at one point lived together and worked together as drug dealers in their neighborhood.

Well. Just after finishing that last post about Twitter banning the official Mastodon account on Twitter for tweeting about the ElonJet tracking account existing on Mastodon, it seems that whatever brakes or controls were in place at the new “free speech absolutist” Twitter have really come off. In quick succession, a whole bunch of high […]

Three lanes of westbound Interstate 70 were temporarily closed Thursday afternoon after a crash involving a reported stolen vehicle.

A woman is hospitalized after Kansas City police say someone threw a rock through the window of her car, hitting her in the head.

A man was charged Thursday in connection with the murder of a pizza delivery driver in north St. Louis County.

Two adults and one juvenile were taken into custody by police after crashing into three vehicles on Interstate 70.

The pursuit stretched from Lemay in south St. Louis County and through Downtown St. Louis before coming to an end in north city.

Roughly 1 in every 3 childcare facilities in Missouri are no longer open following the pandemic, according to the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, which is affecting the state's economy by billions of dollars. 

Missouri has killed 93 men since 1976. Amber McLaughlin, a convicted murderer, could be its first woman. But Amber's story goes deeper than her crime. Jessica Hicklin met Amber while both were incarcerated. In 2018, Jessica won a landmark transgender-rights case in a lawsuit against the Missouri Department of Corrections, allowing her and other trans inmates, like Amber, access to hormone therapy. Jessica Hicklin discuses her friendship with Amber, and why she's asking Gov. Mike Parson to grant her clemency. Riverfront Times staff writer Ryan Krull discuses Amber McLaughlin's crimes, and how her case fits into the larger pattern of Missouri executions.

Oh, Elon. Following on yesterday’s nonsense in banning the ElonJet account that robotically posted the public information regarding Elon’s private plane flights, and then trying to justify it later (after initially promising to keep the account alive to demonstrate his “commitment to free speech”), it appears that Elon’s commitment to free speech continues to dwindle. […]

A documentary about Bosnians who took refuge in St. Louis during the Bosnian War, “A New Home,” can now be streamed on Amazon Prime Video. We spoke with the film’s director Joseph Puleo as well as two Bosnians featured in the film, Nejla Mustafic and Nedim Ramic, about their experiences.