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The Urban League praised Jackson for her work on inclusivity, balance, and perspective on stories dealing with race.

Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced legal action to remove Kim Gardner from office after she didn't respond to his demand that she resign by noon Thursday.

Bush, St. Louis’ sole member of Congress, has been visible, vocal supporter of Gardner in past, appearing with circuit attorney on multiple occasions.

A bicyclist died Friday afternoon after a crash in Florissant.

Bush said "we must reject disingenuous, misogynistic and racist calls by state officials to circumvent the will of St. Louisans who have entrusted democratically elected local officials to oversee and implement public safety."

U2 is set to release their new album, Songs of Surrender, on March 17, just in time for St. Patrick's Day — but music fans at Notre Dame have an extra special reason…

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Friday’s announcement marks the beginning of work to ready the plan for implementation, a report on which Pritzker expects by October.

Many have called the case emblematic of the dysfunction in Gardner's office in St. Louis and some state and local leaders have also called for her resignation.

Police recently arrested a second teenager in connection with a murder tied to a foiled carjacking last month.

ST. LOUIS -- What would you like to ask leaders in St. Louis and Missouri about how to deal with crime? FOX 2 and KPLR 11 will take your questions to the people governing the region and the state. The city of St. Louis has been ranked as one of the most dangerous cities in [...]

WASHINGTON — On the one-year anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Biden administration announced an additional $2 billion in weapons and a host of new sanctions targeting Russia’s key industries and government officials. The Friday announcement came on the heels of President Joe Biden’s historic and surprise visit to Ukraine’s capital Kyiv, where […]

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“Pups” as the new generation of Sumner High School students are affectionately called in a mentoring and loving way by school’s alumni of yesteryear.

Pearl Jam is celebrating the 25th anniversary of their fifth studio album, Yield, and they’ve got lots of treats for fans.  The celebrations kick off with the just-released new spatial audio mix…

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We wrote a few times about the problems of Spotify’s attempt to colonize the podcast market. While it was, perhaps, an understandable move driven by the economics of our totally broken copyright systems which made it impossible to be truly profitable with just music, Spotify’s decision to go after the podcast market, shelling out massive […]

A St. Louis alderwoman has resigned for a new gig and a pay raise. Sunday will be Christine Ingrassia's last day as Ward 6 alderwoman. She will join Board of Aldermen President Megan Green's office as director of operations the following day.

The Missouri Technology Corp. has made its first investments from an influx of federal funds expected to increase its pace of investment in the coming years.

An East St. Louis man is accused of intentionally hitting a woman with his truck, leading to her death earlier this week.

Troubled nonprofit admitted to making false criminal statements in claims for services not provided to foster youth, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office of the Eastern District of Missouri.