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Local filmmaker Josh Guffey directed his debut feature-length film in St. Louis and surrounding areas. Starring Tony Todd as drug kingpin Lamont Hughes, “All Gone Wrong” follows a detective trying to clean up a small town in Illinois. The film took Guffey 15 years to create and will start streaming January 27.

We’ve long covered the trend of communities building their own broadband networks. It’s a movement directly created by decades of anger at telecom market failure, poor service, and monopolization. But since 2015, Vermont officials have taken things to an entirely different level. In 2015, the state legislature greenlit the creation of Communications Utilities Districts (CUDs). […]

A driver who struck and killed a Brooklyn police officer while fleeing other cops will spend the rest of his life in prison.

One victim caught a thief in the act on his dash camera video.

The new company is pursuing senior living projects across the country and is already in the process of acquiring four Midwest facilities.

Chip Caray, grandson of former St. Louis Cardinals broadcaster Harry Caray, is expected to join the St. Louis Cardinals broadcast team for the upcoming season.

Under a law passed by the Legislature in 2021, St. Louis city and St. Charles County have begun allowing couples to get marriage licenses online without appearing in person at government offices.

In June 2022, minutes after the overturning of Roe v. Wade, Missouri led the nation as the first state in the U.S. to enact an abortion ban. A new lawsuit, filed by faith leaders in Missouri, is challenging that ban, arguing that it not only violates the separation of church and state, but also the beliefs of other religions. Discussing the lawsuit, and their religious objections to Missouri's abortion ban, are Moharat Rori Picker Neiss, executive director of the Jewish Community Relations Council of St. Louis; Democratic state Representative Barbara Phifer, and Bishop Deon Johnson of the Episcopal Diocese of Missouri.

A drag performance last week at a diversity event attended by Columbia middle schoolers was “high-brow and innocent,” not the salacious sexual display alleged by Missouri Republicans, the marketing director for the group behind the performance said Sunday. At the annual Columbia Values Diversity Breakfast, timed to be near the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, […]

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Roger Dierberg, scion of the Dierberg family and former executive vice president of Dierbergs Markets grocery stores, died Wednesday, a few days shy of what would have been his 89th birthday.

Billy Idol is hitting the road this spring. The rocker, who earlier this month received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, just announced a new set of tour dates, kicking…

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For more than a quarter-century, Robert Matonis has attended a concert in St. Louis every day, dancing his way into the fabric of local lore as "Beatle Bob."

Business groups like the idea, but opponents warned of tight state budgets.

The members of Yes are the latest artists to sell their catalog. The Rock & Roll Hall of Famers have made a deal with Warner Music Group’s Global Catalog Division to sell the rights to their music and…

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Eatwell Market by Schnucks will host a two-day hiring event for their next location in Chesterfield.

A breakdown in the federal aviation system earlier this month threw a spotlight on the absence of a Senate-confirmed leader of the Federal Aviation Administration, prompting Majority Leader Chuck Schumer to push for the chamber to confirm President Joe Biden’s choice to lead the agency. But key Senate Republicans have raised concerns about that nominee, […]

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Here in St. Louis we’re always getting jerked around by weather predictions. Ask anyone in town, and they’ll tell you that it seems like trained meteorologists only have a 50/50 chance of guessing local weather accurately. Just earlier today we reported their prediction of 3 to 6 inches of snow for the St. Louis area, but now the National Weather Service is saying that we could get anywhere from 5 to 10 inches of snow by Wednesday.