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Real talk about abortion, the economy, and crime from the heart of Abigail Spanberger’s tightly contested district.

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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Police identified the victim as 17-year-old Caleb Balaban of St. Clair, Missouri. He was struck before 4 p.m. in the 1400 block of Kiefer Creek Road near Ridge Road.

The ridiculously buff co-host of America's Got Talent, Terry Crews, will be visiting three elementary schools in St. Louis this week to talk to kids about his new graphic novel, Terry's Crew. The Brooklyn Nine-Nine star will visit Marion Elementary, Buder Elementary (in the Ritenour School District) and Halls Ferry Elementary on Friday, November 11. The 650 kids Crews meets will get a free copy of his book, donated by the Noble Neighbor.

ILLINOIS — Once again the Powerball jackpot, now nearing $2 billion, went without a winner on Saturday, however eight lucky Illinoisans now have tickets worth tens of thousands of dollars. To have claimed the massive jackpot, players needed to have matched all five regular white ball numbers plus the red Powerball: 28, 45, 53, 56, [...]

The Tuesday election will be the first statewide balloting held under a new Missouri law requiring voters to produce a government-issued photo ID at polling places.

We’d noted a few times how Elon Musk’s Starlink isn’t really as disruptive as it pretends to be. For one, the service keeps getting more expensive thanks to price hikes, and with a $710 first month price tag ($600 hardware fee, $110 a month) it’s too expensive for the struggling rural Americans it’s purportedly aimed […]

Daniel and Kelle Boyer's new restaurant specializes in loose meat sandwiches.

People directly affected by the July 25-28 severe storms and flooding have just one day left to apply for FEMA disaster assistance.

Within seven minutes of receiving a 911 call about an active shooter in a St. Louis high school, police and armed security guards were already in the building and engaging the suspect in gun fire.  The immediate response by police and school security on Oct. 24 at Central Visual and Performing Arts High School has […]

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Sports collectibles vs. gaming collectibles. Old school vs. new school. There's plenty of room in the market for both approaches, local owners say.

New York state-based artist Jean Shin, Laumeier’s 2022 Visiting Artist in Residence, describes her work as “giving new form to life’s leftovers.” Her sculptures and installations transform familiar objects into

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Elijah P. Lovejoy, known for righteous and unforgiving prose, was almost 35 when he was killed Nov. 7, 1837.

CLAYTON, Mo. - Did you hear an alarm this morning? It appears that the monthly tornado siren test started earlier than expected. Officials say that there is no emergency. "St. Louis County outdoor warning sirens were accidentally sounded this morning. There is no emergency. The regular monthly siren test will occur later this morning. Thank [...]

The Archdiocese of St. Louis is still in the middle of a restructuring plan. A message from Father Jack Siefert in the bulletin at St. Ambrose parish Saturday evening showed a timeline for the archdiocese's "All Things New" plan. According to the timeline, the archdiocese will announce the final decisions for Catholic grade schools in early January and final parish decisions in May. The “All Things New” strategic plan was launched in January 2022. The draft models on how to restructure parishes…