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ST. LOUIS - Today, Mayor Tishaura O. Jones voted early at Julia Davis Library following Missouri’s new no-excuse absentee voting provision, which allows voters to vote early absentee without an excuse beginning two weeks before Election Day. “Your vote is your voice and the way we make change in our communities,” said Mayor Tishaura O. Jones. “No-excuse absentee voting is a great opportunity to cast your ballot early, on your own schedule, ahead of Election Day on November 8. It’s fast, easy, and convenient, and I encourage St. Louisans to learn more about all their options to vote .” The Board of Election Commissioners has opened four locations across St. Louis for residents to vote no-excuse absentee: Three St. Louis Public Library branches on Monday, Thursday, and Friday: 10 a.m.–4 p.m., Tuesday and Wednesday: 12 p.m.–7:00 p.m., Saturday: 1 p.m.–4:30 p.m. Buder Library, 4401 Hampton Julia Davis Library, 4415 Natural

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Santa needs a vacation after all his hard work at the North Pole, so he’s trading pine trees for palm trees. Escape the cold and join him at this festive

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In The Art of Darkness, a juried art exhibit at Soulard Art Gallery, local artists showcase artwork that represents the creepy, haunting, macabre, morbid and sinister. Beware of the things

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Tuesday's election could either create a Democratic supermajority under County Executive Sam Page, or it could maintain the status quo of fractured alliances between Democrats and Republicans.

St. Charles judge Michael Fagras said he spent many sleepless nights considering Richard Darren Emery's case but ultimately sentenced him to death.

$100,000 winning scratcher ticket was sold at a Washington Walmart on Oct. 21.

A new virtual docket will allow St. Louis County residents with active warrants for traffic and nonviolent offenses to request new court dates without risking arrest. Tomorrow, St. Louis County will host its inaugural Fresh Start Friday, where residents with low-level warrants can log into a virtual docket with a judge to speak about their active warrant. This serves as a substitute for requesting new court dates in person at St. Louis County Municipal Court, where residents with active warrants, risk arrest by showing up in person to request a new court date.

WOOD RIVER - Jeffrey’s Flowers By Design, a custom flower shop in Wood River, is hosting its 17th annual Christmas Open House from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. this Sunday, Nov. 6, at the flower shop, located at 322 Wesley Drive in Wood River. Jeffrey McElroy, owner and founder of the business, said his flower shop offers several different products at affordable prices. “I think we set ourselves apart because we’re just not a typical flower shop, we’re more of an upscale look without the upscale price,” McElroy said. “I keep my prices very comparable to the area - in fact, there are some things that I’m lower priced on than other flower shops in our area. “We do lots of silk arrangements, we do home decor, we do a lot of funeral work … we do a lot of plants, a lot of blooming stuff whenever it’s available and in season. We do lots of different things, but my main focus is the upscale look without the upscale price.” McElroy

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As the investigation continues into last week's school shooting in St. Louis, some Missouri lawmakers hope gun control legislation will take priority in the state's next legislative session.

Two people died and three others were injured on Thursday in a multi-car crash in Dutchtown in south St. Louis.

If a recession does come, the economist expects the nation’s unemployment rate to jump from the current 3.5% to 5% to 5.5% by early 2024.

With her new documentary, “Education, Interrupted,” Aisha Sultan encourages audiences to reflect on the ways the coronavirus pandemic radically disrupted learning and children’s development. The film is featured in this year’s St. Louis International Film Festival.

ILLINOIS — Check your tickets! Though no one won the $1.2 billion Powerball jackpot Wednesday night, 12 lucky Illinoisans can claim a nice chunk of change. To have claimed the massive jackpot, players needed to have matched all five regular numbers plus the Powerball: 2, 11, 22, 35, 60 and the red Powerball 23. The [...]

Affinia Healthcare will hold an Anti-Violence Block Party from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday Nov. 12, 2022, at its 4414 N. Florissant Ave. location in St. Louis.

City accuses union of “meritless challenges.” Union says city should have responded earlier to its request for information.

Big businesses really should know better as to how trademark law works. Or, failing that, their corporate counsels should. And yet we see far too often that big businesses take an aggressive approach to anything remotely resembling trademark infringement that they do not like. Take The Store is Closed, an as yet unreleased video game […]

When you hear the words "chicken-crust pizza," what comes to mind? Is it a comparison with the much maligned but probably delicious KFC Double Down, which featured toppings between two "slices" of fried chicken ? Is it Taco Bell's Naked Chicken Chalupa, starring a poultry shell?  Or is your noggin completely blank because the idea of a pizza where the crust is made of chicken is too downright wild to picture? But what if that chicken-crust pizza wasn't strange at all?