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Top talents from all around the world, including many on the St. Louis Cardinals, are preparing for the 2023 World Baseball Classic.

Missouri's Reps. Sam Graves and Jason Smith will now lead important U.S. House committees after the chamber switched party control.

The firm, provider of software products and services to communications and media companies, marks the latest technology firm to scale back its workforce. It said its layoffs are being made "out of responsibility and alertness to what is happening in the world."

The jury deliberated five hours Wednesday before finding David G. Thurby guilty of three counts of second-degree involuntary manslaughter, a lesser charge than what prosecutors sought.

The rock world has just lost another legend. Guitarist Jeff Beck passed away Tuesday from bacterial meningitis. He was 78. “On behalf of his family, it is with deep and…

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A Missouri boarding school for boys labeled the “Christian Reform School from Hell” by Rolling Stone magazine has announced it will be closing this month. In a statement obtained by KSDK, Bryan Clemensen, who until November had been director of the Agape Boarding School, wrote: Robert Bucklin said he spent five years at the Baptist facility in Stockton, Missouri, and was the victim of abuse there. “After years of fighting for justice, justice has finally prevailed,” he said moments after…

A Mega Millions ticket purchased at the 7-Eleven at 900 Shackleford Rd. matched all five white-ball numbers drawn in Tuesday night's drawing.

Black Americans are more likely to start menopause early and gain less treatment to manage symptoms — that’s according to a recent review of menopause literature. Dr. Makeba Williams, an associate professor and vice chair of professional development and wellness in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Washington University, encourages more doctors to recognize that the menopause experience is not universal and more care should be taken when treating patients of color, especially Black Americans.

It sounds like The Rolling Stones may be treating fans to new music this year. In a belated New Year’s message posted to Instagram, Keith Richards gave fans a little insight into what he…

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Facing bankruptcy, Bed Bath & Beyond closing Lake St. Louis store; Fairview Heights store closed Sunday.

The former employee in the Circuit Attorney's office, who is white, said she was told she would "never know how to help these people" because she is not Black.

Missouri has a lot of problems, but if you were in the statehouse today, you would have thought the biggest one was what female legislators wear. Peter Merideth (D-St. Louis) shared the news on Twitter, "Debating the house rules on the floor today, and the first amendment offered by a Republican is about making stricter the rules of what women have to wear in here." Merideth continued:

A 17-year-old student brought a gun inside the school Wednesday morning, police said. No threats had been made.

Pink Floyd’s classic album The Dark Side of the Moon is celebrating its 50th anniversary in March, and a new book is being released to commemorate the occasion. The album-sized book The Dark Side…

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Attention Laser Tag lovers. Grab your friends and an unlimited laser tag pass on Wednesdays from 4 p.m. to close for $19.99 per person plus tax. Based on walk in availability.

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St. Louis detectives are searching for Ronald Berry, 34, who is charged with second-degree involuntary manslaughter after a fatal hit-and-run last year.

MACOUPIN COUNTY - Shawn Kahl, the Macoupin County Sheriff, has reacted to the recent passage of HB 5471, also known as the Protect Illinois Communities Act. Kahl said today the following: "As your elected sheriff my job and my office are sworn, in fact to protect the citizens of Macoupin County. This is a job and responsibility I take with the utmost seriousness. Part of my duties that I accepted upon being sworn into office was to protect the rights provided to all of us, in the Constitution. "One of those enumerated rights is the right of the people to keep and bear arms provided under the Second Amendment. The right to keep and bear arms for the defense of life, liberty and property is regarded as an inalienable right by the people. I, among many others, believe that HB 5471 is in clear violation of the Second Amendment to the Constitution." Kahl continued and said: "Therefore, as the custodian of the jail and chief law enforcement officer for Macoupin County, neither myself nor

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(WTVO) — After several Illinois law enforcement agencies said they won't enforce the new gun ban, Gov. JB Pritzker had a strong response: Comply or hit the road. “As are all law enforcement all across our state and they will in fact do their job or they won’t be in their job,” Pritzker said Tuesday during [...]