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ST. LOUIS - A St. Louis husband and wife team who run a local non-profit group and a south city restaurant are trying to tackle childhood hunger during the summer months. Five Acres Bar B Que on Shaw Boulevard near I-44 and Tower Grove Park is serving breakfast and lunch free to children seven days [...]

St. Louis police said the man was pronounced dead at the scene.

State officials say the bidding process to supply gas for the Spire STL Pipeline lacked transparency, and that Spire destroyed proposals — a move that has sparked outcry.

The corpse flower is expected to bloom within the next two weeks.

It's been a month or two since I've done this, so here, once again, is a chart showing the average monthly mortgage payment for houses sold in the US. This time I'm showing it as a percentage of income: As you can see, mortgage payments for newly purchased houses were pretty steady from the end ...continue reading "Raw data: The cost of buying a house"

"We're out here to say stop killing us, we're out here to say that black lives matter and that we deserve equity and equality in this country."

ALTON - Alton Fire Department responded at 12:20 p.m. Saturday to a 911 call of a collapsed building at 619 E. Broadway in Alton. Alton Fire Department Battalion Chief Tom House said the back of the structure collapsed. "The whole back wall collapsed," he added. "There apparently was a homeless person somewhere near the structure, but he was unharmed. No one was injured in the incident." The Alton Fire Department cleaned the area best they could and again replaced the caution tape around the area. House said it will now become an issue for the owner and other city staff. The building is next to the Jacoby Arts Center. House recommended that residents stay away from the area.

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It was their fourth shutout in the last seven games, the third time against the Phillies.

Days after a sinkhole submerged a car on an East St. Louis street, residents returned to the site to have a wider discussion about the city's infrastructure.

After public surveys, town hall meetings, multiple requests and a two-hour session on Saturday, the council doesn’t appear any closer to deciding how to spend federal pandemic aid.

North St. Louis residents met Saturday morning at Thessalonian Baptist Church to spread a different kind of message.

Vladimir Tarasenko is entering his contract year, and that hasn't slowed down speculation on his future.

The St. Louis County Council held a special meeting Saturday to talk about where they're at in the process to allocate American Rescue Plan Funds.