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Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell couldn't attend the budget hearing to discuss his office's $15 million request for next year because of a family function following his birthday weekend, staff said.

Laumeier Sculpture Park’s 2023 Visiting Artists in Residence are Pittsburgh-based artists Lenka Clayton and Phillip Andrew Lewis. This collaborative duo utilizes innovative approaches to conceptualism and minimalism to realize their […]

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Laumeier Sculpture Park’s 2023 Visiting Artists in Residence are Pittsburgh-based artists Lenka Clayton and Phillip Andrew Lewis. This collaborative duo utilizes innovative approaches to conceptualism and minimalism to realize their […]

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A bid by the city of Manchester to annex part of unincorporated St. Louis County was among a handful of local ballot measures that were to be decided, including municipal marijuana sales taxes and a school district tax levy transfer.

Many smaller, often rural, schools are improving cooperation to address lower enrollment. It allows districts to provide options that are offered at larger schools.

United Auto Workers at the General Motors plant in Wentzville will learn about the terms of their new contract Wednesday.

A trademark lawsuit against St. Louis chain 'Mission Taco Joint' ends in a settlement.

WASHINGTON — U.S. senators at a Tuesday hearing pushed for bipartisan legislation to protect children online. The U.S. Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law heard testimony from whistleblower Arturo Bejar, who served as Facebook’s director of engineering for protect and care from 2009 to 2015. Committee members discussed paths forward for holding […]

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St. Louis City is on track for its biggest drop in homicides compared to the previous year in about 90 years.

This Veterans Day, some military veterans with housing issues may get a new place to live.

Missouri officials say children will no longer be kicked off medicaid if their parents no longer qualify.

The Missouri Supreme Court hears an appeal Wednesday about Medicaid.

Voters in the village of Riverview in north county chose to officially become a city.

A weed tax passes.

WASHINGTON — U.S. Supreme Court justices during Tuesday’s oral arguments seemed to lean toward upholding a federal law that prevents the possession of firearms by a person who is subject to a domestic violence protective order. Liberal and conservative justices appeared to side with the Biden administration’s position that the 1994 federal law is in […]

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Fontbonne University in Clayton is facing a significant budget shortfall heading into next year and its leadership has proposed cutting more than 20 degree programs and 18 faculty positions to make up for the projected red ink, according to internal documents obtained by the Riverfront Times. Those documents say that the school's operating budget has a $5.2 million deficit for fiscal year 2024.

Police are responding to an early morning robbery on Wednesday morning.

Whether a novel, play or musical, coming-of-age stories succeed best when they create a sense of immediacy and empathy with the audience. Tesseract Theatre Company’s emotionally connected and realistically raw production of The Mad Ones, by Kait Kerrigan and Bree Lowdermilk, gives the story the heart and resonance it needs to thoroughly entertain. 

Plans to transform the city's approach to caring for the unhoused have hit a roadblock.