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Police are investigating a double shooting in south St. Louis Monday morning.

The first call for a fire came out at about 3:15 p.m. near the plant on Mueller Road.

Natalie Bell was thinking about a career in art after college when a welding class and a delivery of four pizzas changed her career trajectory. “I was taking a delivery out to a construction site and I met an ironworker who I was taking the delivery to,” said Bell, who lives in Columbus, Ohio. “I […]

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Beth A. Rutledge, 45, of Richwoods, Missouri, died Thursday at the scene of the crash along Highway 21.

First, let us lead by saying that, in a way, the entire damn world is one big Man Cave Extravaganza. But in this man's world, the Man Cave Extravaganza in Belleville, Illinois, looks like a genuinely fun event that could be enjoyed by all — men, women or anyone in between — as long as they like beer. Vendors from multiple states will crowd into the Belle Clair Fairgrounds (200 South Belt East, Belleville; 618-235-0666) with their breweriana, collectibles, lighted signs, decor and more this Saturday, April 1.

An eagle at the World Bird Sanctuary in St. Louis has captured the internet and our hearts.  A viral tweet shared over the weekend shows Murphy, a male eagle at the sanctuary in Valley Park, carefully incubating a rock.

Pearl Jam drummer Matt Cameron is denying that he's joined Foo Fighters in place of the late Taylor Hawkins. In a since-expired Instagram Story, viewed by ABC Audio, Cameron writes,…

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The brain-like fungi are popular delicacies amongst Midwesterners.

Celebrate the life and work of Dr. Jane Goodall, who braved the unknown to provide a remarkable window into humankind’s closest living relatives – chimpanzees.   On Oct. 7, the

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St. Louis Treasurer Adam Layne plans to extend a parking-management contract for one year that will pay $2.35 million to a company that, along with its chief executive, has donated $38,000 to Mayor Tishaura Jones’ political campaigns. The original three-year contract for more than $7 million with Hudson and Associates LLC, of St. Louis, was signed April 10, 2020, when Jones was still serving as city treasurer. In the weeks that followed, the deal came under scrutiny from both local news and members of the St. Louis Board of Aldermen, not least because the contract paid a set fee of nearly $2.35 million per year without the company having to meet performance goals or show evidence of cost-savings.

Talking Heads’ Tina Weymouth is sharing her feelings about the band's former frontman, David Byrne. “I recently described David Byrne as Trumpian, which didn’t go down well with everybody,” Weymouth shares with the U.K. Sunday…

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Filipino American artist Ria Unson portrays personal and historical representations of Filipinos within frames used by colonial powers—from Western Literature to World Fairs—to challenge the origin and scope of the

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Republicans pass hateful anti-transgender bills; cut library and child-care funding, all in the same day.

U2 has another top 10 hit. The band’s latest release, Songs of Surrender, debuts at five on the Billboard 200 Albums chart this week. The Irish rockers moved 46,500 equivalent album units of Songs of Surrender to…

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