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A St. Louis-based 18-state network of ophthalmology and optometry practices has launched an innovation center here to study and improve the quality of eye care.

A swanky fundraiser to raise money for children's healthcare was disrupted by a tragic incident on Saturday. At Cardinal Glennon's 10th annual Glennon Gallop, a fundraiser for SSM Health's Danis Pediatric Center in St. Louis, a horse dropped dead in the middle of a polo game. One attendee recalled the event in a tip to the RFT.

The teen was shot in the foot. A man was also killed in a double shooting around the same time less than a mile away, but officers said the scenes were not related.

A St. Louis developer will move ahead with a $400 million mixed-use plan to redevelop 40 acres along the Manchester Road corridor in Brentwood after the city signed on to the plan.

ST. LOUIS COUNTY - The deceased in a homicide in unincorporated St. Louis County has been identified as Jynese King, 21 years of age, of the 5500 block of Golf Ridge Lane in Saint Louis, Missouri 63128. St. Louis County Police Crimes Against Persons detectives are investigating a homicide in the 5100 block of Golf Ridge Lane in Unincorporated St. Louis County, which resulted in the death of an adult female. On September 26, 2022, at 2:12 PM, Affton Southwest precinct Officers responded to a call for service regarding a shooting in the 5100 block of Golf Ridge Lane. Responding officers located two adult females suffering from apparent gunshot injuries. One victim was pronounced deceased at the scene. A second victim was transported to an area hospital with a non-life threatening injury and was treated and later released. St. Louis County Police Department’s Crimes Against Persons detectives conducting the investigation. Preliminary investigation has revealed the shooting

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The former assistant chief sued the department in federal court last year, alleging he resigned in 2019 after repeatedly clashing with the chief.

Niche just announced its 2023 Best Schools and Districts rankings, praising many institutions in Missouri and the St. Louis area.  

Dawan Ferguson was sentenced to life in prison in the 2003 murder of his disabled son. He had also been sentenced last week to life in prison for sexually abusing children.

This is the Fountain of Apollo in the gardens of Versailles. The top photo is the view from the palace side looking out toward the Grand Canal. The bottom photo is taken in the other direction, looking up from the fountain to the palace.

An Oakville, Missouri mansion on the market for $2 million comes with an epic model train room.

WASHINGTON — A nearly 50-year-old federal law backed by Republicans allows the use of federal dollars for abortions in cases of rape, incest or to save a patient’s life. That so-called Hyde Amendment, which is folded into spending bills, is less stringent than new or planned abortion bans in some GOP-led states, where governors and […]

The post Republicans in Congress say they’d keep federal abortion funding in cases of rape, incest appeared first on Missouri Independent.

Health officials in Jefferson County have announced the area's first confirmed case of monkeypox.

The health department is investigating for the possible exposure risk to others.

While we’ve been criticizing some of Elon Musk’s actions and statements lately, we still stand by what we’ve said for years: that his view on patents is entirely, unquestionably, correct. In 2014, he pledged to open up all of Tesla’s patents. And when some investors insisted he didn’t really mean it, he clarified that he […]

The votes are in! By early afternoon on Tuesday, Russia’s state news media had reported what it described as preliminary results showing gigantic levels of support for joining Russia. The RIA state news agency reported votes of 98.19 percent in favor in Zaporizhzhia and 96.97 percent in Kherson in the south, and 97.91 percent in ...continue reading "Eastern Ukraine votes overwhelmingly to show its love for Vladimir Putin"

Today on TAP: Ukraine, Vietnam, and the necessity of draft evasion

Foo Fighters guitarist Chris Shiflett has opened up regarding the response to drummer Taylor Hawkins' death. In an interview with The Plug podcast, Shiflett takes aim at "yahoo[s] on Twitter"…

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