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It was the 12th record-setting day for hospitalizations this year. One apparent positive note: a dip in hospital admissions from 216 to 145.

Austin Vines, 25, was shot in the 600 block of Greenhurst Court, near Bowles Avenue and Highway 141.

The family of a man who died when a tornado hit an Amazon warehouse last December in Edwardsville is filing suit. Austin McEwen’s family is filing a wrongful death lawsuit against Amazon and two companies that were involved in the building of the site, Contegra Construction Company and Tristar Properties. McEwen, a 26-year-old from Edwardsville, didn’t work for Amazon but he was a contracted delivery driver who worked with the company to make deliveries from the warehouse in Edwardsville. He…

Mike Parson is calling on the Legislature to approve a 5.5% raise for all workers, as well as set a base minimum of $15 per hour for hourly workers.

An Army veteran and former prosecutor, Richard Irvin was elected the first Black mayor of Illinois’ second-largest city in 2017.

The new documentary Barn, about the making of Neil Young & Crazy Horse's 2021 album of the same name, will be streamed exclusively at Young's official YouTube channel starting this…

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*For this graphic, habitable area of the City of St. Louis was calculated to be 48.176 square miles. The city is officially 66.2 square miles, with land area measured at 61.9 square miles. Subtracted from this were city parks, Bellefontaine and Cavalry Cemeteries and the largely industrial neighborhoods of North Riverfront, Near North Riverfront, Riverview, […]

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Works from Laura Lloyd, Steve Jones, Charlie Houska and Theresa Disney can be found around every corner of this home.

There are many projects governments create to help rural areas. But there are dozens of definitions of rural. That means tiny communities far from urban areas can be left out of initiatives like grant programs.

So far, its cannabis division has constructed six cultivation and manufacturing facilities for companies including BeLeaf, KindBio and Cannaver.

Pants are so pre-pandemic.

Cupid’s Undie Run is planning a return to St. Louis streets on February 12 and you’re invited to let your freak flag fly. (For a good cause, of course.)

Running around on downtown streets in your unmentionables might get you a visit from the cops on any other day, but on Cupid’s Undie Run day it’s not just allowed but encouraged.

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Cupid’s Undie Run is a charity event that bills itself as the “nation’s largest pantless party” and you’re encouraged to go as bare as you dare in the name of charity.

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Like a lot of people during the first weeks of the pandemic, Mike Evans found himself stuck in his home with nothing to do but eat, drink and doom-scroll through social media.…

Marsha Keene-Frye grew up around guns, going hunting with her family from a young age near her home in Mississippi County. To this day, she still regularly carries a firearm and considers herself a supporter of the Second Amendment, just like most of her neighbors in southeastern Missouri. But for 27 years, Keene-Frye has worked […]

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A Republican lawmaker is seeking to undercut efforts by officials in the St. Louis area to build more electric vehicle charging infrastructure in preparation for the move away from gasoline-burning cars.  Both St. Louis and St. Louis County passed ordinances last year requiring businesses to prepare for electric vehicle charging. The city’s ordinance also has […]

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Rick Wakeman is preparing to return to North America in February for a new leg of his Even Grumpier Old Rock Star solo tour, but the former Yes keyboardist also…

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