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Giant cinnamon rolls and loaded breakfast burritos will accompany artisan-brewed coffee next month in a serendipitous pairing of two Belleville neighbors.

A Missouri woman already in prison for embezzlement was sentenced yesterday in federal court to two additional years in prison for COVID-relief fraud. Christen Diane Schulte of Franklin County worked as a bookkeeper for a trucking company from 2018 to 2020, during which time she funneled $727,000 of company funds into her own pocket. After her scheme was uncovered, Schulte was charged in 2020 with wire fraud, bank fraud and money laundering.

Imports and exports continued their downward trend in November: Imports of consumer goods are down $23 billion since the March peak. Imports from China are down $11 billion. This is yet another example of the general decline of economic activity over the past six months or so.

St. Louis Blues Junior Reporter Ella interviews Ryan O'Reilly, Jordan Kyrou and Craig Berube.

Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) appears to have lost the seventh vote for Speaker of the House. The preliminary results were largely unchanged from all three of Wednesday's votes, with McCarthy garnering 201 votes, 20 Republicans voting for another candidate and one voting "present." The House must now go to a historic eighth vote for Speaker. [...]

Since a new policy begun in July 2020, about 190 people have been barred from Metro Transit, including 12 permanently, for various violations of the system's code of conduct.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans applying for jobless benefits fell to the lowest level in more than three months last week, reflecting a still-robust job market despite the Federal Reserve's efforts to cool the economy and bring down decades-high inflation. Applications for unemployment aid for the week ending Dec. 31 fell by 19,000 [...]

Emma Fraser is really unhappy that Netflix has canceled 1899 after only a single season: Nothing says ushering in the new year like attempting to break old habits. Netflix obviously didn’t get the resolutions memo, not even waiting until everyone had gone back to work before swiftly canning yet another ambitious series after one season. ...continue reading "“1899” has been canceled, but there’s a way to breathe life back into it"

A Chesterfield-based manufacturer of pet care and food products and one of the St. Louis region's largest privately held companies has hired a new CEO with experience in the food manufacturing and pet products businesses.

For much of the last year, European telecom giants have been pushing for a tax on Big Tech company profits. They’ve tried desperately to dress it up as a reasonable adult policy proposal, but it’s effectively just the same thing we saw during the U.S. net neutrality wars: telecom monopolies demanding other people pay them […]

The annual legislation session runs through mid-May

Police were at the scene of another smash-and-grab at a Central West End business.

The death sentence was carried out this week at the state prison in Bonne Terre. We spoke with a reporter who was a media observer at the execution.

The feds on Wednesday accused an ex-staffer with a St. Louis union of embezzlement.

Demetrius Evans knew one thing after he pointed a gun at a police officer’s head — that what he did next would change his entire life. An officer had just found him cowering behind a trash can after Evans, 27 at the time, tried to evade police in a vehicle chase.

The Cozy Cider Cabin will be held in Eckert's new Cider Shed from Jan. 12 to Feb. 19.

As if you needed another reason to eat Juniper's (4101 Laclede Avenue, 314-329-7696) acclaimed fried chicken, chef and owner John Perkins has sweetened the deal. The entire month of January, the restaurant is running a fundraiser to benefit the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society with the goal of raising $30,000 to help fund the organization's research and advocacy efforts. Throughout the month, Juniper guests will be able to donate to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society by using a QR code at their table or telling their server an amount they would like to donate and having it added to their bill.

Political prognosticators fill thousands of column inches and hours of airtime making predictions, and love to say “I told you so” when they’re right.  It would be helpful if more pundits stepped up to confess – and reckon with – their misfires.  In that vein, here are five of my mistaken predictions from the 2022 […]

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Politically connected cronies who had brazenly looted a liquor warehouse arrived to cheers on their way to start serving their prison sentence on Jan. 5, 1926.