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St. Louis just can’t stay quiet. The region has produced legends who are on a first-name basis worldwide, like Ike & Tina, Miles, Chuck, and Nelly. It’s been home to

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A staple holiday decoration, the Christmas tree, is going to cost you more this year and you can blame inflation.

A man is behind bars nearly two months after he injured an officer in a traffic stop over a stolen pickup truck.

“Severe weather is not expected” from the storm, according to online posts from the National Weather Service's forecast office for the St. Louis area.

The City of St. Louis Department of Parks, Recreation and Forestry is offering free firewood to the City of St. Louis residents. 

Twitter is full of people talking about a huge uptick in youth turnout in Tuesday's midterm election. This is typical: The story about last night's unusually high under-30 turnout is not "young people showed up to save democracy." It's "young people were treated as a constituency with valid needs, so they finally had a reason ...continue reading "Youth turnout this year definitely wasn’t up. But it might not have been down either."

Fraud attempts are on the rise, resulting in financial and privacy losses for businesses across the globe. Fraudsters are working hard to stay ahead by frequently testing for new vulnerabilities in businesses’ systems and processes. According to a 2022 study from the Association for Financial Professionals, 71% of organizations were targets of payment fraud attempts and attacks in 2021. The question becomes not if your organization’s finances will be a fraudster’s target, but when. Fortunately,…

Free wood! From now until March, you can grab free firewood at select city parks, courtesy of the St. Louis Department of Parks, Recreation and Forestry. All the wood comes from dead or damaged trees that forest and parks employees had to remove.

Celebrate the life and work of Dr. Jane Goodall, who braved the unknown to provide a remarkable window into humankind’s closest living relatives – chimpanzees.   On Oct. 7, the

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Jason P. Lodes, 37, of Wentzville, died at the scene of the crash near Winghaven Boulevard.

The Senate race in Nevada is tightening while they're not even bothering to count votes in Arizona. I guess the old image of vote counters toiling through the night has been relegated to the ash bin of history. In any case, the latest numbers have improved the odds of Democrats winning the Senate even without ...continue reading "Democrats inch toward winning the Senate. Republicans inch toward losing the House.*"

Paul McCartney will make sure fans have a "Wonderful Christmastime" by giving them the perfect gift: The 7" Singles Box. The collection includes 80, count 'em, 80 7-inch Paul McCartney…

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Scammers are not slowing down in 2023. They will likely take what they have learned in past years and continue to evolve their attempts to gain financially at your expense. Federal Trade Commission data shows that consumers reported losing more than $5.8 billion to fraud in 2021, an increase of more than 70% over the previous year. Stay informed on these emerging business and consumer fraud trends to ensure you are doing what you can to protect you and your business. Business email compromise (BEC)…

On Wednesday morning, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released its own findings saying Jana Elementary was safe.

GLEN CARBON - Wednesday afternoon, seniors Gabe Smith and Jackson Rodgers became the baseball program's first Division I commits at Father McGivney. According to McGivney head coach Chris Erwin, there aren't two other guys more deserving to get to continue their baseball careers. “It starts with their work ethic. There isn’t anyone working harder than they are,” Erwin said. He mentioned that Jack is more of a “vocal leader” while Gabe is “kind of quiet and goes about his work.” When asked about what he’ll miss the most about Jackson and Gabe, Erwin jokingly said “the wins.” “The wins are fun, but to see the kids develop and achieve their dreams, there’s nothing better," he said. Smith and Rodgers' freshman season was canceled due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, but when they came back for their sophomore season, they were ready to work. In just two years they compiled 63 wins with their team. They started

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The sun shined brightly, and a warm breeze hugged all that attended the “A Family Undivided” remembrance ceremony and celebration at Central Visual Performing Arts high School on Sunday, Nov. 6, 2022.

This featured exhibition in the Great Hall of the St. Louis Public Library – Central Library explores how iconic characters both reflect and influence American culture from the 1960s to

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