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It's been a busy couple of days for dispensaries across Missouri. Sunday wrapped up the first full weekend of recreational marijuana sales. An amendment allowing for recreational sales in Missouri passed in November 2022, which paved a way for dispensaries to open across our area. Several dispensary owners thought the license to sell would kick in on Monday, Feb. 6, but it came early on Friday, Feb. 3. Despite the surprise of being able to sell a couple of days earlier, owners and general…

A building in Festus is still standing after a fire early Monday morning.

Eureka High School is in the Rockwood School District, which has faced uproar for years over COVID-19 health orders, diversity initiatives and library content.

The 30-year fixed mortgage rate averaged 6.09% for the week ended Feb. 2 — down from 6.13% the prior week.

Police are investigating a two-car crash that took place early Monday morning.

Insurrectionist Senator Josh Hawley did what he does best recently, which is to hoodwink people with a level of mendacity that would make Donald Trump blush. Hawley garnered a fair amount of national attention in January by naming a bill to ban congressional stock trading after former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

Kenny Loggins is heading out on the road this year on his This Is It tour, which, as previously reported, will be his last. But he's added more dates to the…

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It's not the most romantic place to get engaged on Valentine's Day, but there is a good reason to pop the question at a Cracker Barrel restaurant this month.

There could be traffic trouble this week along a busy area in north St. Louis County.

A St. Louis-based private equity firm has acquired a Chesterfield-based provider of regulatory review and biosafety consulting services.

A new grocery store will replace one of a St. Louis County gym operator’s two locations, and the gym owner plans to relocate that site to St. Charles County, blaming past disputes with St. Louis County government.

Thompson's Caribbean roots inspired the company’s colorful and sunny branding and tropical scents found in the products.

Enjoy a live-work-play balance in this loft.

The first weekend of legal recreational-use marijuana sales in Missouri produced smiles all around.

Missouri has made progress toward gathering the necessary eligibility data to begin distributing the benefits, but state officials still will not provide a timeline for when benefits will be disbursed. 

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With just a little more than a month into the new legislative session, there is still time for Missouri lawmakers to change direction and focus on issues that are important to many Missourians.  But, will they? The legislature got off to a roaring start proposing bills to limit transgender students’ participation in schools’ sports, and […]

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‘The 1990s called. They want their scientific misinformation back.’

Bugs need conservation areas too.

Organizing for paid leave, which is on the verge of passing in Minnesota, is part of a larger challenge to reverse an abusive workplace status quo.