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During the 2021 bank heist, the robbers gave the teller a note saying, "I got a bomb strapped to my chest, put all the money in or everyone die."

Robert Plant admits it wasn’t easy to go on with his career after the end of Led Zeppelin, but credits his friends, including Phil Collins, with helping him move on.  “After [Led Zeppelin…

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Garden Glow at the Missouri Botanical Garden dazzles visitors with its exquisite light displays year after year.   Celebrate the season with more than one million twinkling lights, beautiful projections,

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Police said the man was driving south on Kingshighway from Interstate 70 when someone he didn't know fired shots at his car from behind.

McCarthy remains at 200 votes. Kevin Hern, however, has skyrocketed to seven votes!

The St. Louis Business Journal's Advance STL project asked readers what they believed are the biggest issues holding St. Louis back from progress as a region. Among the top 10 were travel-related concerns, specifically the fate of both St. Louis Lambert International Airport and the MetroLink light rail system. Here’s what readers had to say about those two topics.

The echo chamber around crime is so loud that it's hard to tell which problem is bigger: the perception of crime or the actual crime. It suggests that solving crime alone isn't the answer: this region has to solve the crime problem and then convince the people of this region that they've done so.

by Tom Finan, Executive Director/Co-Founder, Construction Forum Demetrious Johnson grew up as the youngest of eight children of a single mom in the Darst-Webbe housing projects. He focused his attention on football — first in the projects, then for McKinley High School. He frequently told the story that the first time he ever ate at […]

EAST ST. LOUIS – Jaylan D. Quinn, 23, of St. Louis, pled guilty in a U.S. District Court on Wednesday to fatally shooting a security guard while robbing First Bank in East St. Louis in August 2021. “Vicious acts of armed violence in our communities are intolerable,” said U.S. Attorney Rachelle Aud Crowe. “The U.S. Attorney’s office is prepared to pursue justice in honor of the life lost, and I commend the FBI and our law enforcement partners for their efforts to improve public safety and remove dangerous individuals from society.” “The FBI and our law enforcement partners acted swiftly, working around the clock, to quickly arrest the individuals responsible for the robbery and tragic death of Mr. Horn,” said FBI Springfield Field Office Special Agent in Charge David Nanz. “While the violent act will have a lifelong impact, we hope the justice that is to come will bring some level of comfort for the employees, friends, and family

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A St. Louis man appeared in federal court Wednesday and admitted to killing a bank guard during an August 2021 robbery in East St. Louis.

Kevin McCarthy is down to 200 votes. Victory is slipping away. I wonder why they hold multiple votes each day? There's no time for negotiation between the votes, so what are the odds anyone is going to switch? The first vote of the day tells you where everyone still stands, right?

Neal Schon appears to be asserting his dominance when it comes to his band Journey. Despite his ongoing legal battles with bandmate Jonathan Cain, the guitarist insists in a recent tweet that he “won’t…

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The Art of Whimsy – a juried art exhibit. See how local artists create artwork which represents fantastic images, fanciful and playful ideas and vintage retro design. The exhibit is

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The major project, known as "Oasis at Lakeport," is planned for the community of Osage Beach

One of the common themes here at Techdirt over the last decade is how the very meaning of “ownership” and “property” has changed — often for the worse. In the broadband connected era, firmware updates can often eliminate functionality promised to you at launch, as we saw with the Sony PlayStation 3. And with everything now […]

CITY SC will make its regular season debut on Feb. 25, and the first home game will be March 4.

Rolling Stone’s list of the 200 Greatest Singers of All Time has caused a lot of controversy since its release this week, and Gene Simmons has something to say about it. A TMZ reporter asked the KISS frontman…

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