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Elizabeth Keenan took the top role in the special education district in 2019 at a salary of $245,000.

Bill McClellan writes: Longtime readers might remember Ross. I first visited him and his wife, Cindy, in 1993. They were dairy farmers.

A shocking attack occurred in the Central West End on Sunday morning. This happened just before 9:00 a.m. near Euclid and West Pine.

EDWARDSVILLE – COUNTRY Financial Representative Duane Jones is pleased to support the Edwardsville Police Department with a donation of $1,500. The funds will be used for the purchase of tourniquets and first aid kits for squad cars, LED lasers for traffic stops as well as cables and braces for body cameras. Jones recently shared the support in a check presentation. “The Edwardsville Police Department does an excellent job providing safety and assistance for our community,” said Jones. “We are honored to be able to support them by providing funds for the lifesaving supplies and equipment they need.” “The mission of the Edwardsville Police Department is, in cooperation with our community, to protect life, property, and the rights of those we serve, and to enhance the quality of life for all our citizens,” said Edwardsville Police Chief Michael Fillback. “We recognize that is important for our staff to be prepared for just about anything

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A St. Louis lawmaker is demanding that Missouri regulators investigate what she called an “egregious exploitation” of social cannabis equity licenses, following a report by The Independent last week about a company that recruited out-of-state license applicants on Craigslist.  State Sen. Karla May, a St. Louis Democrat, sent a letter on Thursday to the state’s […]

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Laumeier Sculpture Park’s 2023 Visiting Artists in Residence are Pittsburgh-based artists Lenka Clayton and Phillip Andrew Lewis. This collaborative duo utilizes innovative approaches to conceptualism and minimalism to realize their […]

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The Hoffmann family has sold the majority of its real estate holdings in downtown Naples, Florida.

As a biology professor who studies circadian rhythms, Washington University’s Erik Herzog has strong feelings about the seasonal time changes that will have us “falling back” on November 5 — namely, that we need to scrap them. The former president of the Society for Research on Biological Rhythms is proud to have led the organization to a position that has now been adopted by all of the medical and scientific societies that have taken a position on time changes: That permanent Standard Time is the preferred schedule, and our twice-annual adjustments are not worth the damage.

The ramp, which is set to close at 9 p.m., will reopen by 5 a.m. Tuesday.

Two democratic candidates for Missouri attorney general will have an informational meeting with everyone Monday.

A car crash in Dutchtown leaves one person in the hospital and a business heavily damaged.

Several women at Congregation B'nai Amoona in Creve Coeur organized a donation drive Sunday morning.

A dramatic crash shakes up and wakes up a quiet neighborhood in south St. Louis.

St. Louis City was rocked by another violent weekend, with multiple people murdered and others assaulted.

The two car crashes happened within one hour of each other and only a couple of miles apart on Monday morning.

The rain has moved out, but the cold is sticking around. 

Arts nonprofit Bread and Roses Missouri hopes to connect with St. Louis pride through its new play, 1877, which premieres November 16 at the Missouri History Museum. It’s the highly relevant true story of the general strike of 1877, a significant event in the labor movement that took place in the city of St. Louis.

Piper Molins, a junior Latina student at the University of Missouri, remembers bursting into tears at her summer internship upon learning that the university would no longer offer race-based scholarships. “There’s no way I would have been here or any college, to be honest, without race-based scholarships, and that’s a simple fact,” she said. Molins, […]

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In today’s political environment, one could easily conclude that America is in the midst of a metamorphosis, where its character and identity are undergoing radical change. When you consider the major shifts and developments in the public square that have occurred during these first decades of the 21st century, some disturbing trends cannot be ignored. […]

The post With a new normal emerging in America, lessons from our past could serve us well appeared first on Missouri Independent.

The Beatles' music has brought a lot of families together, and that idea is the subject of a new one-man play from Ted Lasso writer and star Brendan Hunt. The actor’s new show, The…

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