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The newly completed agreement calls for Labcorp to manage St. Louis-based Ascension’s hospital laboratories in 10 states. Burlington, North Carolina-based Labcorp also acquired select assets of Ascension's outreach laboratory business.

Many high schools and school districts around the St. Louis area are being recognized not only as Missouri's best, but also as some of the top institutions in the nation.

So this was unexpected (well, perhaps not that unexpected) but Elon Musk sent a letter to Twitter last night stating he now intends to move ahead with the original deal to buy Twitter, with no changes to the terms. Gentlemen: On behalf of X Holdings I, Inc., X Holdings II, Inc. and Elon R. Musk […]

WASHINGTON – U.S. Supreme Court justices on Tuesday heard oral arguments in a case that challenges an Alabama redistricting map and could potentially eliminate remaining federal safeguards against racial gerrymandering. Voting rights advocates fear that the high court’s conservative majority will further weaken the Voting Rights Act, with implications for voters in states across the country. […]

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The Missouri Senate on Tuesday passed an agricultural tax credit bill, paving the way for incentives for meat processing, urban farming and purchases of farm equipment.

Last Thursday (Sept. 29th), the Forum hosted a webinar presented by accountants and consultants Wipfli, LLP on new energy tax credits that are available to designers, builders, and developers. If you missed the energy credit webinar last Thursday, or even if you were one of the 39 people in attendance and feel like you need […]

The service will begin in February 2023, and Frontier said it will bring its number of nonstop destinations served at Lambert to eight.

The Senate's passage of the agricultural tax incentive bill caps off the rest of lawmakers' unfinished business for the special legislative session.

A St. Charles man has been sentenced to death for the 2018 murders of his girlfriend and her family.

A slew of charges have been brought against the 48-year-old O'Fallon, Missouri, man who is accused of stealing an ambulance yesterday in Crystal City then leading police on a chase in St. Louis. St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department Public Information Officer Evita Caldwell says that Dwane Vardiman of O’Fallon was charged with tampering with a vehicle, assault, armed criminal action and felony resisting arrest Authorities have not said why they believe Vardiman stole the ambulance from Crystal City, a town of 4700 people that lies on the Mississippi River, and then drove it the approximately 35 miles north to St. Louis.

A man offered three people a ride to Midtown Bar on Sunday evening in St. Louis, leading to a series of crimes that began with the group hurting him and taking over his car in the parking lot of the bar, police say.

Frontier Airlines announced today that they will be flying direct from St. Louis to Montego Bay, Jamaica, starting early next year. The nonstop flights will be offered seasonally beginning in February. “We, at STL, are eager to see Frontier’s seasonal nonstop service to Montego Bay on our airport’s schedule,” Airport Director Rhonda Hamm-Niebruegge said in a statement posted to Frontier's website.

Patrick Mason, Market Leader and Project Director at IMPACT Strategies OKI Regional office, recently completed the Project Manager Academy through Fails Management Institute (FMI). The four-day intensive training held in Raleigh, NC covered four core themes: Developing profitable customer relationships Creating powerful, integrated project teams Understanding financial control of projects Planning projects for profits and […]

This is phase 3 of my Andromeda Galaxy imaging. I took this near the top of Palomar Mountain, which isn't as dark as the desert but makes up for it with 5,000 feet of elevation. Although my imaging session started out poorly, it ended up going very well. The sky was dark and clear; focus ...continue reading "Lunchtime Photo"

ST. LOUIS - The Scott Joplin House State Historic Site was damaged in a burglary Sunday morning. Police said they received a call related to the incident located at 2658 Delmar at about 6:50 a.m. When they arrived, they found multiple broken windows. As officers walked around the building, the suspect, 38-year-old Kevin Daley-Bey, "began [...]

GLEN CARBON - Cara Markunas, the director of Storehouse Provisions of Grace, has a love of being positive in others’ lives. She is the founder of a moms' Facebook page that is extremely popular and now she has helped open the Storehouse Provisions of Grace, a ministry of Gateway Family Church in Glen Carbon. Dena Jonessmith also helps run the new charity. Provisions of Grace is located at 97 Oak Lawn Road in the Gateway Family Church facilities. Storehouse, which opened in August, serves anyone in need in the St. Louis Metropolitan area with a focus on single-parent households. “I have always been one to help people,” Cara said. “I know a lot of people are going through hard times right now. I reached out to my church and they asked me to make a storehouse or a group to help other women. Our mission is to show the love of God by providing household and personal items with respect and dignity. "We have cleaning supplies, hygiene items for women and baby items,

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Missouri senators on Tuesday passed $40 million in annual tax breaks for farmers, ranchers and other agriculture-related businesses as part of a special legislative session.