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The Latty Avenue property is an example of one of many unresolved environmental issues from the historic arms race.

Proper Brands just carried out the "largest single business purchase in Missouri Cannabis" when it acquired Nirvana Investments, the parent company for N'Bliss Dispensaries, 5150 N'Fusion manufacturing and Bold Lane Logistics transportation, according to Greenway Magazine. "Since the early days of the rollout of the medical program to the present day, both Proper and Nirvana have not only shared an emphasis on quality products, quality brands, quality service, and quality people, but we've worked together," Proper CEO John Pennington told Greenway.

The Rockford Beach access to the river has been the site of multiple drownings over the years due to the strong current of the Big River.

Climate change is one factor that will influence future tick behavior. Some experts believe ticks will move further north while their populations decline in areas that become too warm.

Monday night, the 'Very Asian Foundation' is celebrating the St. Louis Cardinals' first ever 'Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Night.'

The friendly competition to save lives is on. The Festus-Crystal Elks Lodge is hosting the 'Battle of the Badges' blood drive on Monday.

SSM Health is partnering with medical tech company, Siemens Healthineers for a 10-year deal.

Pappy’s Smokehouse co-founder Mike Emerson, who now lives on Maui, has several suggestions.

Former St. Louis police officers point to politics, conflicts with Kim Gardner's office and staffing shortages as reasons for leaving the city force.

FOX 2's parent company, Nexstar, is helping to raise money for the victims of the Hawaii wildfires.

If you want to have your education paid for, you might be interested in working for Charter Communications, the parent company of cable and internet provider Spectrum. They've announced plans to cover all tuition costs for workers.

Back to school in the St. Louis area starts Monday morning with two Illinois districts beginning the new school year, including East St. Louis School District 189.

Drivers will soon see at least three lanes on Interstate 70 across the entire state of Missouri.

A cluster of strong thunderstorms is moving through the region early Monday morning. Strong wind gusts and hail will be possible, but heavy rain is the bigger concern.

Belshe was recently honored as the recipient of the 2023 American College of Physicians James D. Bruce Memorial Award for Distinguished Contributions in Preventive Medicine.

Missourians have a powerful tool in their arsenal — they can change the state constitution by a 50 percent vote of the people through initiative petitions. Pro-choice advocates hope to leverage this in 2024 and enshrine the right to abortion in the state constitution.

Scott Miller, the founder and artistic director of St. Louis' acclaimed New Line Theater, has been on a writing tear in recent years, publishing incisive books about various aspects of his beloved musical theater, from Stephen Sondheim to Grease. "There's a growing mass market of people who love musicals, and I want to feed them the cool stuff that I've been thinking about all these years," he explains.

For a generation, Missouri politicians who played between the 40-yard lines reigned supreme. From the 1980s through the mid-2010s, in race after race, center-right Republicans like Jack Danforth, Kit Bond and Roy Blunt were elected to the U.S. senate, and John Ashcroft and Matt Blunt captured the governor’s mansion.   After Ashcroft veered further right in […]

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A network of 20 Missouri school districts is asking the state to implement a more responsive assessment system in order to personalize student learning. The state Board of Education is considering the districts’ proposal to change testing at its Aug. 15 meeting. If approved, it would be the inception of a shift in Missouri’s education […]

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ST. LOUIS • In August 1942, U.S. Marines landed on Guadalcanal. The Germans were grinding toward Stalingrad. Back home in the "Arsenal of Democracy," many booming war factories refused to hire black Americans.