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“People are a ball of stress a lot of times, and we forget to stretch out and let go. Mixing that up with animal therapy, it’s just incredible.”

STELLA, Mo. — It's prime wildfire season in the western United States, which requires firefighters and paramedics from all fifty states to help extinguish. Here in Missouri, there's one man living locally that answers the call for help out west: Levi Clymer from Stella. Most of the year, Levi Clymer works as a firefighter for [...]

A man was shot and killed around 5:30 p.m. Tuesday near Woodland and Wren avenues.

Hungry to boost municipal budgets, a growing roster of states and cities have spent the last five years or so trying to implement a tax on Netflix, Hulu, and other streaming services. Sometimes (like in Chicago) this has involved expanding an existing amusement tax (traditionally covering book stores, music stores, ball games and other brick and mortar […]

Heavy rain is in the forecast again and it's not waiting for businesses to get back on their feet. July 26's historic flash flooding left an enormous mess in its wake. Businesses in the Elm Point neighborhood of St. Charles are basically rebuilding. Yes, the outside of their shops are fine, but the inside is a different story. When Cole Creek overran its banks it free flowed into Sugarfire Smoke House and Elm Point Animal Hospital. "The picnic tables were floating out on Elm," Sugarfire's Maintenance…

A University City spot known for its selection of tacos and margaritas said it has closed on the property for its new, second location, now slated to open early next year.

The new Major League Soccer team in St. Louis doesn't play its first match until next year. But City SC is already reaching out to all areas of the city to establish a strong community presence.

Zhakaria Green, age 14, opened the beignet shop with some cinematic inspiration and the support of her mom, Chandra “Chan” Davis, owner of Lefty’s Fried Rice.

A 79-year-old woman was killed in a motorcycle crash Monday afternoon after colliding with a deer in Wentzville.

Michael L. Smith, 61, drowned Sunday at the Rocky Fork Lakes Conservation Area, north of Columbia.

If the cost savings wasn’t luring enough, train travel is considered to be one of the most eco-friendly ways to travel.

Enjoy a mix of urban and natural landscapes while traveling via railway.

States have recently focused their efforts to reduce the nation’s teacher shortage by promoting strategies that “remove or relax barriers to entry” to quickly bring new people into the teaching profession. California, for example, allows teacher candidates to skip basic skills and subject matter tests if they have taken approved college courses. New Mexico is […]

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This story was originally published by Investigate Midwest. A century ago, Congress wrote a law intended to counteract unfair business practices in the meatpacking industry. Fast forward to 2022: Just four companies control more than half of the beef, pork and poultry markets, and the meatpacking industry has fielded lawsuits alleging abusive behavior. The Packers and Stockyards Act of 1921 largely […]

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The curious connection between the sky’s “thirstiness” and the dry spell devastating the western U.S.

The Missouri Highway Patrol identified the victim as Jill M. McClelland, 79.

The bigger question about Joe Manchin’s fossil fuel provisions is if they’ll succeed on the senator’s own terms.

The federal government has approved Governor Mike Parson's request for a federal disaster declaration after devastating flooding in several St. Louis areas.

From West Nile to asthma, climate change is aggravating illnesses and hindering our ability to fight them.