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Six people tell the Post-Dispatch the story of Monday's school shooting in south St. Louis: How they survived, what they saw, and what happened next.

With hospitals already seeing an uptick of RSV cases nationwide, and with the flu and COVID still infecting people, many are worried we could face a challenging few weeks, especially for children.

A 17-year-old boy was shot in the stomach, and a 16-year-old boy was shot in the ankle.

CHICAGO – Powerball fever is sweeping Illinois as the jackpot climbs to a mind-blowing $1 billion for Monday night’s drawing. To celebrate the historic jackpot, the Illinois Lottery is hosting a ‘Halloween Ticket Grab Challenge’, hoping to turn the spookiest day of the year to the luckiest for some players. This Halloween, the Illinois Lottery is giving players a chance to scoop up over 1,000 free Powerball tickets at one of the top 10 ‘winningest’ Powerball stores in Illinois. Players can show off their Halloween spirit and join in on the fun at Lucky Mart, located at 2900 W. 87th St. in Chicago from 11:30 am - 1:00 pm on Monday, October 31. Lucky Mart has sold the most winning Powerball tickets in Illinois so far this year. For the Halloween Ticket Grab Challenge, the Illinois Lottery is setting up a money machine full of Powerball tickets, ready to be scooped up by excited players. Once inside the money machine, players have a few seconds

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The motorcyclist, Michael Randall, was pronounced dead at the scene.

Twenty people were evacuated from Pagedale motel following a Sunday morning fire.

Dive bars, unlike fancier cocktail bars or speakeasies, have a certain inexplicable charm.

Officers are investigating a break-in at a Fenton, Missouri gun store on Sunday morning

A Rich History and an Underwhelming Present Once the center of an expansive American railroad system, St. Louis’s Union Station held the title of North America’s largest train station for decades during its height in the early-to-mid-1900s. Reported to average 100,000 daily passengers at times, the station’s colossal popularity was undermined by that of the […]

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A man was killed in a crash Sunday morning after he swerved off the roadway and hit an embankment.

A St. Charles man was killed late Saturday in a crash on Interstate 170.

A fire at a motel in Pagedale forced dozens of residents and guests to flee from the building.

A column about Tyra Johnson's stolen car sparked an outpouring of support from readers across the region.