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The proposed takeover of Liberty Hospital in Missouri by the University of Kansas Health System is being greeted with scorn by lawmakers from both sides of the state line and both political parties. Leading the charge against the takeover in Missouri is Kansas City Democratic state Sen. Greg Razer, who said the idea of KU […]

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The 2023 Major League Soccer season just ended on Saturday, but teams are already getting ready for next season.

Cardinal fans don't have to wait until spring to see their favorite players.

The 44-story building will be offered at a starting bid of $2.5 million in a three-day online auction that is slated to start Tuesday and end Thursday.

Last month, St. Louis officials announced that in the wake of a rash of deaths at the City Justice Center, they were changing healthcare providers.  "Ensuring the health and wellness of individuals detained at the City Justice Center remains a top priority," the mayor's office said on November 30, announcing that as of the next day, the nonprofit Physician Correctional USA would handle healthcare at the jail.

The basic idea is to use a strategy called "focused deterrence," in which police and social service providers give people repeatedly involved in violence a choice.

Data collected by the nonprofit Pregnancy Justice shows that criminalization of pregnancy has been on the rise for years.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Friday signed into law a measure that will allow for the limited development of new nuclear power generation technology in the state. The measure, House Bill 2473, does not allow new large-scale power generation facilities like the six plants that are already operational in the state, but rather allows for new smaller-scale emergent technology. Since 1987, the state has had a moratorium on any new nuclear power construction until the federal government designates a long-term…

EDWARDSVILLE - Prairie Farms Dairy, Inc. of Edwardsville, announced it has initiated a voluntary recall on specific batches of private label Holiday Nog purchased in United Dairy Farmers stores between Dec. 4 through Dec. 6, 2023, that may contain an undeclared egg allergen: Product Product#/ Lot# Product Size Code Date Sold Between Holiday Nog 7631005049 I 21-65 1/2 Gallon 12/19/2023 12/4- 12/6 Holiday Nog is produced and manufactured by Prairie Farms Dairy, Inc. of Edwardsville, and sold at United Dairy Farmers stores. This specific batch may have been mislabeled related to egg allergens. People who have an allergy or severe sensitivity to eggs may run the risk of serious allergic reactions if they consume these products. "As part of our commitment to food safety, potentially impacted products have been removed from all United Dairy Farmers store shelves," Prairie Farms said in a statement. "To date, there have been no reported cases of illness reported t

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Complaints have spiked this year about the board that handles property tax challenges in St. Louis County. "They really didn’t want to listen.”

Enrollment at St. Louis area universities has dropped, in a trend playing out nationally. "Impossible to imagine a future in which every institution" survives.

It wasn’t that long ago that cable TV execs were trying to claim that “cord cutting” was either outright fiction, or a fad that would end once Millennials started procreating. The willful denial among cable execs was downright palpable for the better part of the last decade. Now they all just pretend like they never […]

Brad Loyet likes to go fast. And he’s made a career out of that love for speed — twice.