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Sheriff Alfred Montgomery said his office, struggling with a budget crisis, had neither the money nor the responsibility for the service.

The smell of rotting flesh attracts flies and humans who want to experience it.

MWR has more than 30 porta-potties in tornado-damaged north city. Mayor Cara Spencer says she is working with porta-potty companies to increase the number.

A decade of work by lawmakers and activists culminated earlier this month with the legislature sending a bill to Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe expanding extracurricular opportunities for homeschool students. The legislation, which has been filed every year in Missouri since 2014, will require public schools to allow homeschooled students in the area to try out […]

Staff at Old Bonhomme Elementary helped orchestrate a surprise marriage proposal for music teacher Danielle Sutherland.

St. Louis County officials are holding off further exploration of MetroLink expansion and new rapid bus lines in North County.

So you might recall that Republicans recently have been making a gigantic stink about how the $42.5 billion in broadband grants included in the infrastructure bill hadn’t actually connected anybody yet. I pointed out in detail why things have been admittedly slow; a big reason being that we had to completely remap broadband access after […]

Kansas is the only state or local government to pass a plan to fund a Kansas City Chiefs or Royals stadium project. Dysfunction in the Missouri General Assembly might also mean the Show Me State has nothing to offer. A last-minute plan by Gov. Mike Kehoe to help finance stadium projects for the Royals and […]

Living independently in a foreign country teaches a young person so many life skills, along with broadening one’s perspective and understanding of the world.

How honest should elected officials be with the public? It’s not a rhetorical question. In Kansas City, recent decisions by the mayor suggest a level of opacity that warrants closer scrutiny — not outrage, necessarily, but concern. Mayor Quinton Lucas has sidestepped ethics rules, not by breaking them outright, but by rerouting gifts through a […]

Two bills, Board Bills 23 and 24, are set to pass the St. Louis City Board of Aldermen on Friday morning, providing financial assistance to tornado victims in the form of rent relief and reduced property taxes for those whose homes were destroyed.

Missouri’s political leaders are united behind getting federal aid to victims of the May 16 tornado. But actually delivering critical assistance to people is often a slow and cumbersome process. Plus: In April, a mother from Kennett (KEN-it), Missouri, attended a routine immigration meeting to renew her documents, which allowed her to work in the U.S. Instead, she was arrested and placed in an ICE jail. Now, her hometown is rallying for her release.

ST. LOUIS - The lingering rain of Thursday evening has exited, but some clouds and a few wrap-around showers will linger through 8 a.m. Friday morning. Skies will clear later Friday morning, with sunshine returning Friday afternoon. Temperatures are expected to reach highs in the upper 70s. That sunshine may be a bit hazy Friday [...]