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This is a statue of Joan of Arc outside the Église St. Augustin, a church in the 8th arrondissement of Paris. It looks like this picture has a forced perspective from being taken up close with a wide angle lens, but no. This is what the statue actually looks like. If you take a look ...continue reading "Lunchtime Photo"

The 2023 wildfire season is the most destructive in Canada's recorded history.

A woman's determined campaign to bring the World's Largest Rubber Duck to St. Louis has captured significant attention.

People crunch any variety of metrics when settling on a city to visit or live in. Some of these factors have to do with the cost of living or staying, or how easy it is to go around by foot or public transit. Other considerations might be in the architecture, culture, and history of a [...]

Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band just kicked off the second leg of their North American tour, but they’ve already run into a problem. Springsteen announced on social media that his upcoming…

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The St. Louis County Council voted Tuesday to move ahead with a tax incentive proposal for the $1.8 billion expansion project planned by aerospace giant Boeing. The proposal will have to go through the legislative bill process. If passed by the council, it would head to County Executive Sam Page's desk. Final approval could take weeks. Councilwoman Kelli Dunaway was the lone dissenting vote. Councilwoman Shalonda Webb, who is an engineer at Boeing, abstained. The Boeing expansion would create…

The Cardinals are in a bit of a precarious situation with next season's rotation: Do you promote from within the organization, try to lure some experienced arms to St. Louis or aim for a little of both?

The two have changed the culinary scene in Metro East, with Fond and Goshen Coffee, as well as C&B Boiled Bagels and 1929 Pizza & Wine.

Today on TAP: How America’s most predatory hedge funds deepened Argentina’s economic miseries and helped invite a far-right reaction

WOOD RIVER - The Jordan Hooks Memorial Terrace was dedicated at Belk Park Golf Course on Tuesday, Aug. 15, in memory of golfer Jordan Hooks. The terrace includes furniture, barstools and a television. The space will serve as a spot for people to relax after a round of golf or enjoy a drink overlooking the golf course. Tuesday marked its official opening, but the crowd agreed that the night was really about Jordan. “It’s kind of bittersweet. Jordan would golf every Tuesday, and I’d rather have Jordan than the patio,” said Mickey Sabolo, Belk Park Golf Course manager. “He loved being out here and we loved having him.” Hooks passed away in May 2022 at the age of 39. He loved playing golf and enjoyed participating in the Amateur Players Tour. Off the green, he worked as a letter carrier with the United States Postal Service. Jordan’s family approached Sabolo about installing the terrace in Jordan’s memory. His brother Aaron donated

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Grey Eagle Distributing, Fedex, Missouri Central Bus, Bi-State - Metro Bus, and Performance Food Group are just a few of the companies hiring.

To say St. Louis has a slightly contentious relationship with traffic signs is, perhaps, putting it mildly. When we're not ignoring them, we're often outright defying them — flipping U-turns where no U-turns are permitted and failing to yield when yielding is the law. Commands to "stop" generally get the worst treatment of all.

In its opinion released Tuesday, the Supreme Court sided with Monsanto’s interpretation of the state law that the proper venue is St. Louis County.

What if those overly familiar movie scenes about alcohol played out in real life?

A civil lawsuit stemming from the 2018 shooting death of an 18-year-old by a police officer working private security in the Shaw neighborhood appears to be headed for settlement soon. Almost nine years ago, VonDerrit Myers Jr. was killed in the Shaw neighborhood of St. Louis city by Jason Flanery, a St. Louis city police officer who was working a private security job in the neighborhood.