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St. Louis hasn’t had someone at the helm of its diversity and equity efforts since 2018, but that changed earlier this month with the addition of Vernon Mitchell.

A new food manufacturing plant opened up 300 jobs opportunities for people in north St. Louis County and the surrounding area. On Tuesday, elected officials, community members, and 8th Avenue Food & Provisions employees gathered outside of the new 250,000 square-foot facility at 4801 Trade Access Blvd. in Hazlewood. The company, which manufactures private brand food products, including nut butter, dried fruit and nut, granola and pasta, primarily for retail, foodservice and food ingredient customers,…

St. Louis Standards is a weekly column dedicated to the people, places and dishes that make our food scene what it is.

A student of French and English, Reine Keis always assumed she would work in journalism, not the restaurant business.…

“We are experiencing rapid, dynamic growth,” Timothy Pyatt said. “The thought was we need to get ahead of that growth curve and be able to focus on the strategies that a firm would need to be successful globally."

Many hospitals and clinics are still infusing the costly treatments that public health officials now say are almost certainly useless.

University of Missouri Health Care will require nurses who don’t usually care directly for patients to take four 12-hour hospital shifts during the next two weeks as it struggles under a record COVID-19 caseload. Notice went out Jan. 14 for “licensed nurses and other licensed health care professionals at the School of Medicine currently working […]

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Coyotes have become fixtures of American life, from the biggest cities to the open range. The number of coyotes in Kansas has nearly tripled since the 1980s and they're unwelcome around ranches, farms and homes. One response is to hunt them, but the canine still finds ways to survive. Listener note: This story includes the sound of gunfire and depictions of hunting animals.

The music world is mourning the death of Bat Out of Hell singer Meat Loaf, who passed away Thursday at the age of 74. A cause of death is unknown…

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Illinois is among states that have seen a decline; Missouri is not.

In a letter to the Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission, Sen. Cindy O'Laughlin said MoDOT's director, Patrick McKenna, should "either resign or be fired."

Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock, a reboot of the original show created by the late Jim Henson, is now streaming on Apple TV+, and a soundtrack has also been…

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The answer has more to do with hospitality practices than which items are ordered.

Coinciding with today's release of John Mellencamp's latest studio album, Strictly a One-Eyed Jack, the famed singer-songwriter has released a new single from the record called "Did You Say Such…

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Photos from a 1991 gig Nirvana played six days after the release of Nevermind are being turned into NFTs, with some of the proceeds from their auction going to charity.…

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The 2022 Boston Calling Music Festival will take place May 27-29, 2022 at the Harvard Athletic Complex in Boston, will feature performances by Foo Fighters, Metallica and Cheap Trick. Foo…

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John Mellencamp's first studio album in five years, Strictly a One-Eyed Jack, was released today. As previously reported, Bruce Springsteen appears on three of the album's 12 tracks -- "Wasted…

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Growing up in south St. Louis County, Scott Mosby thought his father’s home-based construction business seemed like a dream job, complete with power saws, scaffolding and construction trucks in the driveway. A natural mechanic and builder, the late Samuel Mosby built barracks and wired radio systems in the South Pacific during World War II. When he returned, he started custom building out of his house, in 1947 founding the home remodeling company now known as Mosby Building Arts. Off the clock,…

Carol often drives and I often pass the time looking at both sides of the highway at old-fashioned and electronic billboards.