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A Kansas City woman has been charged after her 2-year-old son was found dead in a home strewn with apparent drugs and drug paraphernalia, prosecutors announced Thursday.

“It looks like our road got bombed,” said Shellie Tippet. “There’s just asphalt chunks everywhere.”

GM on Thursday previewed the 2023 models of the Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon, which it will produce in Wentzville.

Korn and Evanescence will perform live at the Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre in Maryland Heights, MO, as part of the Allegiant Air concert series, on Thursday,

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ALTON - It has been some time since Alton High has been able to host a full field for the annual Andy Simpson Doubles Invitational, but on Saturday that will happen once again. The COVID-19 Pandemic slowed the tourney, but Director Jesse Macias has it back as good as ever this year with 11 team entries. The tourney is named for one of the biggest names in tennis and athletics in general in Alton - Antigone "Andy" Simpson. Simpson died in 2016, but she left a lasting legacy with her tennis contributions and work in the community. “No family could give more to our area in regards to tennis than the Simpsons, and Andy was a true angel in our community," Coach Macias said. "They generously helped build the tennis facilities at Lewis and Clark and Gordon Moore, but Andy also loved all things Alton and we appreciate the time and love she gave to everyone. This tournament is for her and I hope we have terrific competition and sportsmanship all day to make her proud.” "Andy,"

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From Mass Transit:  St. Louis Metro Transit provided an update regarding repairs made on its MetroLink system after it sustained damage following historic rainfall during a July 26 storm. The extreme weather event caused flooding after more than nine inches of rain fell in a 24-hour timeframe. Shortly after the storm, the agency estimated damage […]

From UtilityDive:  High inflation in the U.S. could make things difficult for the clean energy sector, but the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act could more than make up for those impacts, experts say. In the U.S., consumer prices in July were up 8.5% compared to the previous year, albeit slightly lower than June’s 9.1% […]

While MetroLink red line service is restored after last month's flooding, the blue line has not able to operate due to damage. But Metro Transit has good news for riders.

From Forbes:  America’s infrastructure needs an overhaul. But while everyone agrees fixes are needed, no one can agree on how to do it. While our government continues to debate on how to address our crumbling roads and bridges, there is one solution that I think has been largely overlooked: skilled trade workers. These are the […]

The jobs include sign-on bonuses and great benefits packages.

A new service at St. Louis County's public health clinics will allow patients to access same-day birth control.

The Scotch Bonnets are playing a free, outdoor show on S. Grand Blvd. in Ritz Park (next door to Steve’s Hot Dogs) the evening of

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1972 Fischer/Spassky: The Match, its Origin, and Influence celebrates the 50th anniversary of the American Robert “Bobby” Fischer’s historic win over the Russian Boris Spassky’s legendary

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Hours after winning the St. Jude Dream Home drawing, John and Jenna Huntebrinker took a tour of their new home.

A federal grand jury has indicted three siblings for a conspiracy to commit forced labor in Champaign County, Illinois.

As you may recall, back during the Trump administration, after a bunch of kids on TikTok trolled Trump into believing one of his campaign rallies would be massively attended (which it was not), Trump decided to take out his anger on TikTok by issuing an almost certainly unconstitutional executive order demanding that TikTok’s owner, the […]