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When you live in the City of St. Louis, one tends to find common ground with neighbors you might not have much else in common with because you have shared concerns around security. In my case, the neighbor behind me is really intense and may run out with a bat or a gun if he sees trouble.

As previously reported, Crosby, Stills & Nash’s Graham Nash and Stephen Stills have already paid tribute to their bandmate David Crosby, who died Thursday at the age of 81. Now Neil Young, who joined the trio in…

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The Art of Water – a juried art exhibit. See how local artists create artwork which incorporates water. The exhibit is free and will run from January 13 thru February

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The energy efficiency investment charge that appears on Missouri customers' monthly bills will drop starting Feb. 1.

It may be cold outside, but the patio at Molly's in Soulard should be hot on March 4 — as the Snow Day: A Winter Beer Festival makes it debut. The new event, a collaboration between the Riverfront Times and Molly's, promises dozens of "seasonal, limited-edition beers," winter-themed cocktails, live music, a "restaurant row" with food from local eateries, a vendor marketplace and fire pits. They're promising more than 100 different beers.

Friday marked the 40th anniversary of the release of Def Leppard’s third album, Pyromania, and the band celebrated by sharing a special message to fans on social media. “So 40 years ago today, 20 of January…

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Video and audio has been released from an encounter last month that ended with police fatally shooting a wanted suspect outside of Dave and Busters in Maryland Heights.

Three workers are hurt after part of a building collapsed Friday morning in Clayton.

Matt Lewis is proud of the deep relationships he's cultivated with his customers at Carl's Deli (6401 Clayton Road, 314-721-2392), first as a teenage employee and now as its owner. Sometimes, though, he has to laugh at how few boundaries there are between him and a few of his guests. "Some ladies come in, and it's funny because they tell me that I am getting gray," Lewis says.

SHILOH - The Shiloh Police Department announced aggravated battery to a child charges against a Shiloh man on Thursday. St. Clair County Assistant State’s Attorney Judy Dalan issued a four-count warrant for Aggravated Battery to a Child, a Class X Felony, for aggravated domestic battery, a Class 2 Felony, for aggravated battery to a child with bodily harm, a Class 3 Felony, and for domestic battery, a Class A misdemeanor, each charging Jason R. Homrig, 42, of the 400 block of Downing Court in Shiloh with the above crimes. The warrants were reviewed by St. Clair County Judge Jeffrey Watson who set Homrig’s bond at $150,000.00 with 10% applying. Homrig is currently in custody at the St. Clair C A report on the case by Shiloh Police read as follows: "At 3:11 p.m. on Monday, December 12, 2022, the Shiloh Police Department took a report for injuries to a child that previously occurred at a residence in the 400 block of Downing Court in Shiloh. The child had been taken

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World Wide Technology, the region’s second-largest private company by revenue, has turned to a former Emerson Electric Co. executive to fill a key c-suite post.

WATERLOO - The jackpot for the Waterloo Queen of Hearts drawing has reached $1,397,265 the highest amount the drawing has ever reached since it began in 2017. 20% of the funds raised will benefit the Saints Peter and Paul Catholic School in Waterloo . The most recent drawing was held Tuesday, Jan. 17 at Outsider pub in Waterloo, when Card #9, the Four of Diamonds, was pulled. Drawings will take place each Tuesday night at 7 p.m. until somebody pulls the jackpot-winning card, the Queen of Hearts. Fifteen cards in total remain and the drawing is expected to reach its $2 million limit in the next week or two. Once the limit is reached, ticket sales will stop, according to the event’s official Facebook page . “When this happens, we will draw until a winner is found,” they wrote in a post . “You won’t want to miss it!” Smaller winnings are also paid out to those who pull certain card suits, including $1,000 for Jokers and $500

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Last week, Twitter (with no notice or explanation) seemed to cut off API access to the most popular 3rd party Twitter clients. It was unclear if this was done on purpose or not. Earlier this week, it became pretty damn clear that it was done on purpose, after one of those providers, Tweetbot, dug up […]

ST. LOUIS - The critical incident briefing for the officer-involved shooting below which occurred on December 7, 2022, in the City of Maryland Heights can be found at https://youtu.be/37RW6rrsHlk . St. Louis County Public Information Officer Adrian Washington said the critical incident briefing is intended to show information about the officer-involved shooting. Viewer discretion is strongly advised. As part of St. Louis County Police's transparency policy, the video is released to show the incident, evidence and St. Louis County Police's response to the situation, Washington said. "Because the investigation is ongoing the information is to show what we know up to this point," Officer Washington said. The deceased in the incident has been identified as Mark Davenport, 48 years of age, of the 400 block of Lanning Lane in Rolla, Missouri 65401. The incident occurred at 4:19 p.m. on December 7, 2022. Detectives from the City of Maryland Heights Police Department were searching

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WASHINGTON — As the one-year anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine approaches next month, Ukrainians who were welcomed to the United States under a special program offering an escape from war are watching another timeline.  The temporary Uniting for Ukraine program, sometimes called U4U, offers a two-year stay in the U.S., given that individuals […]

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