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A couple of cars and a truck were involved in an early morning crash in south St. Louis City.

Thursday, October 20 is the annual Great Central U.S. Shake Out Earthquake Drill.

PERRYVILLE, Mo. - The low water level in the Mississippi River is creating once-in-a-lifetime moments for some. “It’s beautiful,” Joshua Speakman said. “I think it’s a once-in-a-lifetime thing to see the water this low.” The low water level allows tourists to walk from the shore to the landmark island, Tower Rock, because of the low [...]

Missouri Congresswoman Cori Bush visits students at Barack Obama School Thursday.

One in three adults in the U.S. lives with a criminal record.

Witnesses told police a man randomly fired at least 30 gunshots Wednesday morning.

"The last time in this area that we've seen significantly low water was approximately the 2012-2013 season,” USCG Commander Daniel Every said.

Taqueria Morita, the newly opened outdoor Mexican restaurant, will move inside for the winter. Chef Aaron Martinez says that Taqueria Morita, which has been located on a patio outside Vicia in the Cortex district, will call Winslow’s Table its home for the next few months. Taqueria Morita will start serving dinner on October 26.

St. Louis is going purple Thursday night in honor of Domestic Violence Awareness Month.

Stan Kroenke is going to have cut a check for $571 million. That's his share of the $790 million settlement that St. Louis city and county as well as the Regional Convention and Sports Complex Authority reached last November with the Rams owner and the NFL over the shenanigans surrounding the team's move to Los Angeles in 2016. The initial lawsuit accused the NFL and Kroenke of violating the NFL's own rules around relocation.

It's not every day that America's preeminent short-story writer comes to town. But at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, October 26, author George Saunders will be reading from his new work and speaking at the Skip Viragh Center for the Arts at Chaminade High School (425 South Lindbergh Boulevard). Saunders is a cross between Kurt Vonnegut and Anton Chekhov.

The Collinsville Police Department hosts the fourth annual Metro East Teen Driver Safety event on Thursday, October 20.

Tis the season to visit graveyards, and while a daytime tour of Bellefontaine Cemetery (4947 West Florissant Avenue, 314-381-0750, bellefontainecemetery.org) may not bring on scary chills, it will definitely offer a glimpse into the history of St. Louis. The graveyard is famous for the important historical figures buried there, often in elaborate tombs and mausoleums. The Wainwright Tomb was drafted by a young Frank Lloyd Wright, who went on to become one of America's most famous architects.

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The St. Louis region is fortunate to have multiple theaters that produce shows for, and often with, younger audiences. Since the early 1970s, none have done so more regularly or consistently than Metro Theater Company, which celebrates 50 years this season. The company is among the longest running professional theater companies dedicated to art, education and developing cultural curiosity for the next generation.

The colder weather over the past few days is a reminder to all of us that winter isn't far off, and on Thursday, more evidence of the approaching winter season will be revealed as MoDOT conducts its annual statewide Winter Operations Drill.

Employees in one state agency dominate this ranking of Missouri's highest-paid state employees in fiscal 2021.

Knowing the résumés of the parties involved in Westchester (127 Chesterfield Towne Center, Chesterfield; 636-778-0636), I expected a good meal. What I didn't expect was that partners Brian Herr, John Cowling and chef Matt Glickert have created some sort of wormhole that allows them to bend space and time to transport diners from a banal west-county strip mall into the sort of gilded, speakeasy-style dining room you'd find in 1920s Detroit.

I often joke that 75% of my job involves aimlessly wandering the Missouri Capitol in the hopes of bumping into news.  But the only funny part of that bit is that it’s not really a joke.  Look: I’ve covered statehouses around the Midwest for nearly 20 years, and there has never been a day when […]

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Joey Gilbert, a Reno-based attorney, lost the GOP primary for Nevada governor by roughly 26,000 votes in June, a margin of around 11 points. But he wasn’t ready to admit defeat. Empowered by former President Donald Trump’s false claims of voter fraud after the 2020 election, Gilbert refused to concede. He offered a $25,000 reward […]

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