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Bollinger County, just south of the St. Louis region, was hit hard by tornado-warned storms Wednesday morning.

Missouri legislators heard testimony Tuesday night urging them to remove an anti-abortion provision from a bill that seeks to extend postpartum Medicaid coverage out of concern it could put federal approval at risk. The House Committee on General Laws heard a bill passed out of the Senate in February that would extend postpartum Medicaid coverage […]

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Many were heartbroken when, earlier this year, Epiphany Lanes (3164 Ivanhoe Avenue, 314-781-8684) quietly announced that it was closing. The small bowling alley is attached to Epiphany of Our Lord Church and is a south city mainstay. For some, the news was especially hard hitting.

Fresh off his first appearance with the Canadian senior men's national team, St. Louis City SC defender Kyle Hiebert sits down with Post-Dispatch beat writer Tom Timmerman and Carter Chapley

Storms entering the region Tuesday could bring large hail, damaging winds and tornadoes, based on the outlook from the St. Louis forecast office for the National Weather Service.

Reductions to the St. Louis area’s bus service for people with disabilities begin Monday. Roughly 250 people in parts of St. Louis County who use Call-A-Ride will have to find other options.

Voters around Missouri had the chance to decide on recreational marijuana sales taxes during Tuesday's election.

The U.S. Department of Energy issued a draft report in February that found a “pressing need” for new electric transmission infrastructure across the country to improve reliability, connect a rapidly growing number of solar, wind and battery storage projects, supply increasing electric demand and alleviate scattered pockets of consistently high prices across the country. To […]

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Fun isn't only for kids anymore. Adults deserve to have a blast, too, and they're demanding more options than just drinking these days.

Growth, renewal, Renaissance. Whatever you want to call the upward phase of the cycle of birth and death, St. Louis is in it after a few years of deterioration due to COVID-19.

An hour after midnight on a recent Saturday, my options were limited. By this hour, most restaurants had closed.

The list of St. Louis shops you need to visit has gained a few new offerings in recent years. Here are five that recently opened that highlight what the area has to offer.

Teri Clemens never thought she would go from coach to player — but that's just what she did. At 67, Clemens isn't coaching like other people her age.

For decades, the "international" in St. Louis Lambert International Airport had about as much meaning as the "I" in IHOP. While technically true, you wouldn't get the sense that St. Louis was a globally connected city based on its airport's daily departures and arrivals.

The cracker is everything you'd want it to be: buttery, intensely cheesy, shatteringly crisp and just the right amount of salty. It is something like a gourmet, way-more-delicious Cheez-It.

Two people escaped an early-morning apartment fire Wednesday in south St. Louis.

Eastern Illinois University's faculty and staff will strike Thursday in Charleston, Illinois.

ALTON - Nariah, an Eunice Smith Elementary student, had an experience of a lifetime recently at Principia College. Nariah portrayed Astronaut Mae Jemison at the school's Living Museum event on March 10. As good fortune would have it, Dr. Jemison spoke at Principia College that night and Nariah got to meet her in person. Dr. Jemison traveled to space aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour. She became the first African-American woman to travel into space when she served as a mission specialist aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour in 1992. Jemison joined NASA's astronaut corps in 1987 and was selected to serve for the STS-47 mission, during which the Endeavour orbited the Earth for nearly eight days on September 12–20, 1992. Born in Alabama and raised in Chicago, Jemison graduated from Stanford University with degrees in chemical engineering as well as African and African-American studies. She then earned her medical degree from Cornell University. Jemison was a doctor

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