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Reductions to the St. Louis area’s bus service for people with disabilities begin Monday. Roughly 250 people in parts of St. Louis County who use Call-A-Ride will have to find other options.

Voters around Missouri had the chance to decide on recreational marijuana sales taxes during Tuesday's election.

The U.S. Department of Energy issued a draft report in February that found a “pressing need” for new electric transmission infrastructure across the country to improve reliability, connect a rapidly growing number of solar, wind and battery storage projects, supply increasing electric demand and alleviate scattered pockets of consistently high prices across the country. To […]

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Fun isn't only for kids anymore. Adults deserve to have a blast, too, and they're demanding more options than just drinking these days.

Growth, renewal, Renaissance. Whatever you want to call the upward phase of the cycle of birth and death, St. Louis is in it after a few years of deterioration due to COVID-19.

An hour after midnight on a recent Saturday, my options were limited. By this hour, most restaurants had closed.

The list of St. Louis shops you need to visit has gained a few new offerings in recent years. Here are five that recently opened that highlight what the area has to offer.

Teri Clemens never thought she would go from coach to player — but that's just what she did. At 67, Clemens isn't coaching like other people her age.

For decades, the "international" in St. Louis Lambert International Airport had about as much meaning as the "I" in IHOP. While technically true, you wouldn't get the sense that St. Louis was a globally connected city based on its airport's daily departures and arrivals.

The cracker is everything you'd want it to be: buttery, intensely cheesy, shatteringly crisp and just the right amount of salty. It is something like a gourmet, way-more-delicious Cheez-It.

Two people escaped an early-morning apartment fire Wednesday in south St. Louis.

Eastern Illinois University's faculty and staff will strike Thursday in Charleston, Illinois.

ALTON - Nariah, an Eunice Smith Elementary student, had an experience of a lifetime recently at Principia College. Nariah portrayed Astronaut Mae Jemison at the school's Living Museum event on March 10. As good fortune would have it, Dr. Jemison spoke at Principia College that night and Nariah got to meet her in person. Dr. Jemison traveled to space aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour. She became the first African-American woman to travel into space when she served as a mission specialist aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour in 1992. Jemison joined NASA's astronaut corps in 1987 and was selected to serve for the STS-47 mission, during which the Endeavour orbited the Earth for nearly eight days on September 12–20, 1992. Born in Alabama and raised in Chicago, Jemison graduated from Stanford University with degrees in chemical engineering as well as African and African-American studies. She then earned her medical degree from Cornell University. Jemison was a doctor

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Students in several school districts across the St. Louis area are doing walk-out demonstrations Wednesday.

The new Mexican restaurant is a westward expansion for Atlanta-based restaurateurs Miguel and Irene Ruiz—and an opportunity to add St. Louisans to the family business.

The new Mexican restaurant is a westward expansion for Atlanta-based restaurateurs Miguel and Irene Ruiz—and an opportunity to add St. Louisans to the family business.

Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol questioned outfielder Tyler O’Neill’s effort after he was thrown out at home during a 4-1 loss to the Atlanta Braves on Tuesday night.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol confirms there are some deaths and injuries after a tornado-warned storm system struck some areas south of the St. Louis region Wednesday morning.