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Former T-Mobile CEO John Legere repeatedly promised in print that the Sprint merger would result in a massive surge in new jobs. In a rambling missive that took aim at critics of the deal, who predicted job losses, the charming potty-mouth CEO proclaimed that critics were lying, and that the deal would be “job positive from day one” and […]

A bill that would allow religious and other belief-based organizations to refuse membership to certain students raised concerns Wednesday evening that it could open the door to discrimination on college campuses. The legislation, sponsored by Republican Rep. Brad Hudson of Cape Fair, would prohibit public colleges from denying funding to “belief-based” groups based on their […]

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Here's everything we know about the 21-year-old man accused of hitting and critically injuring a 17-year-old girl visiting St. Louis for a volleyball tournament this past weekend.

Emergency crews are on the scene of a two-car crash in Sauget, Illinois.

Andrew Bailey says he will try to force St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner out of office if she does not step down.

School safety will be the topic of a town hall meeting Thursday night. It's for the Principia School community in Town and Country.

The St. Louis County Crime Commission is meeting Thursday morning.

Sean Canan is not a normal person. He doesn't sleep. He is immune to memory loss.

The Missouri Senate General Laws Committee heard testimony Wednesday about a bill that would create the Anti-Red Flag Gun Seizure Act. Red flag gun laws allow courts, when petitioned, to bar individuals deemed a threat to themselves or others from owning firearms. The bill, sponsored by Sen. Bill Eigel, R-Weldon Spring, seeks to prevent federal […]

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The EPA is hosting a community meeting in St. Charles on Thursday night to talk about groundwater contamination.

A nature preserve along the Missouri River is being built in St. Charles.

The Smyrna High School team colors are purple and gold. Purple is one of Janae Edmondson's favorite colors.

The ‘CROWN Act’ would prohibit policies in schools discriminating against students based on hairstyle or texture

In May of 2020, Dawn Wilson stood on the cusp of realizing her dream for her restaurant, Vicini Pastaria (1916 Park Avenue, 314-827-6150). Though she'd formally founded the brand in 2016 while working as a personal chef in Chicago, Vicini's roots went back even further — nearly a decade and a half — to her decision to quit her job as a molecular genetics research scientist and pursue her passion for cooking. It had been a long time coming, but as she prepared to welcome her first guests into her Lafayette Square storefront that May, she felt that she had finally brought to life the neighborhood pasta and prepared foods shop that her mind's eye had pictured for all those years.

A special committee of St. Louis aldermen meets again Thursday to discuss cutting the board in half.

St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones, an ally of Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner, said Wednesday that Gardner has “lost the trust of the people.”

As frontline communities demand relief from diesel pollution, trucking advocates warn the state is moving too fast.

Sen. Mike Moon wants to amend the Missouri Constitution to outlaw the procedure.

The announcement is “yet another nail in the coffin for PFAS.”