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Robert Merkle, who spent two years in prison after sending women rape threats, is back in jail, accused of harassing a St. Louis County woman.…

St. Louis County Prosecutor Wesley Bell said that new evidence showed that the person acted in self defense.

It would spare consumers nearly $1 billion in taxes in the coming year, including relief on groceries, gasoline and property taxes.

More than 50 students and community members in the Dunklin R-5 School District chanted with signs on Monday following a school board vote earlier in January.

With as much as 6-9 inches of snow possible in the region, the university made the decision Monday to switch to virtual learning and work as of midweek.

I met with Peter Tao, who shared his family’s history of immigration to the U.S., including a connection to the Grandview Arcade building on South Grand. This story is a collaboration between Peter and I to shed some light on the history of this beautiful building and its ties to Asian-Americans in St. Louis.

State officials investigated last year allegations that a law enforcement officer pointed a handgun at his son’s head while intoxicated.  The same officer was also intoxicated during “multiple incidents of …

State health director Donald Kauerauf adamantly spoke against mandating face masks and COVID-19 vaccines during a hearing Monday, as anti-vaccination demonstrators protested his confirmation in the halls outside. While protesters chanted outside the Capitol hearing room, senators inside grilled Kauerauf for nearly two hours on his views on how best to mitigate the spread of […]

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Def Leppard has reached a new deal with Primary Wave Music that pours some sugar on the original agreement that the British rockers struck with the music publishing company back…

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In response to the current climate—social, not weather—The Novel Neighbor bookstore in Webster Groves placed a shelf containing “banned” books at the front of its store, offering 20% off the sale of any of their books that have been listed as “banned” by school boards locally and across the country.

The impending winter storm is going to be extra challenging for road crews because we will have different precipitation types happening in different areas, but at the same time as well. Not only do we have to worry about snow on the roads but significant ice accumulation for some of the region as well.

In a Facebook post, the Belleville Police Department said they worked with state, local and federal agencies in Missouri and Illinois to locate and arrest the man.

The company says its newly developed app is designed to provide customers with market research while also creating a new revenue stream for nonprofits.

Officer Colin Ledbetter was off a ventilator and has regained consciousness, his family said.

A Des Peres-based provider of transportation, energy, telecom and waste invoice payment and information services has a newly promoted president.