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A Kirkwood firefighter suffered a minor muscle strain while battling the fire and was taken to a hospital for treatment.

From St. Louis Post-Dispatch:  The Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday that an Ameren substation is the source of the newest groundwater contamination near St. Charles’ wells for public drinking water — bolstering the city’s claims in a drawn-out dispute that was recently laid out in court. The agency said lab results from fieldwork conducted last […]

A 35-year-old Missouri man who gained infamy for his role in the 2017 Unite the Right Rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, died by suicide in southwest Missouri last month. On January 30, Teddy Von Nukem died by a self-inflicted shotgun wound at his home in Hartshorn. That same day he was supposed to stand trial in Arizona on federal drug trafficking charges.

From St. Louis Post- Dispatch: The centerpiece of Missouri government is crumbling. Amid the divisive debates on human rights, gun control and elections in the House and Senate chambers this week, workers shut off access to the legislative library in the Missouri Capitol because of structural weaknesses that could pose a danger to denizens of the […]

It's no secret that the price of prescription drugs costs people more than just money, as millions struggle to pay for life-saving medications. Take the diabetes drug Ozempic. it costs more than $300 with insurance. Without it? Up to a thousand dollars, even at cost-saving pharmacies like Amazon and Costco. The issue itself is a national crisis. During President Joe Biden's recent State of the Union address, he spent several minutes vowing to bring down the cost of medications and going after…

Full recreational adult-use cannabis is finally legal in the Show-Me State. I'm sure there are lots of excited people who didn't get a medical marijuana card who can now visit all the dispensaries that have popped up in the metro area over the last two years.

The retailer has revealed plans to close more than half its store across the U.S. – including half its St. Louis-area locations.

Authorities haven't released the name of the man who died.

Construction began last year on Riverpointe.

As more than $50 billion in broadband subsidies begin to flow, entrenched U.S. broadband providers are working overtime to try and secure their share of it by any means necessary. That has included sabotaging grant applications from competitors, changing state laws to dictate who can or can’t get these subsidies, and falsely inflating their actual […]

The leaders of the Washington University Transgender Center at St. Louis Children’s Hospital said they will not place a moratorium on puberty-blocking medication for new patients despite calls from Missouri's attorney general to do so. Attorney General Andrew Bailey called for a moratorium on the medications for new patients last week in the wake of an article from a former employee of the center and an investigation from his office. In a letter to Bailey's office Tuesday, BJC HealthCare CEO…

The new so-called NIL collective will provide payments to student-athletes for charity work they complete as part of the NCAA's new endorsement policies. It is currently seeking donations from businesses and individuals.

Oxbow Calcining spent years running from clean air rules. New evidence suggests it bent the law until it broke.

Proton w/ Littered with Arrows, Hippyfuckers, Q 8 p.m. Thursday, February 16.

Former St. Louis police officer Lafeal Lawshea, 40, faces two counts of rape for alleged assaults that occurred more than a decade ago.

The former Cousin Hugo’s closes abruptly, months after reopening following a historic flood that caused extensive damage.