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The Bommarito Automotive Group SkyFOX Helicopter flew over storm damage across the St. Louis metropolitan area Friday.

The victim was identified Friday as Dwayne Haywood, a 46-year-old man from St. Louis.

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ALTON - A free health fair for senior citizens on Wednesday at Senior Services Plus on North Rodgers in Alton was well-received with a large group in attendance. About 40 vendors participated and several senior and health-related agencies, including TRIAD, were also present. Seniors were able to learn about health care, wellness, legal issues and much more, plus have health screenings and participate in giveaways. Carrie Carter of the Older Adults Health Council said this event allows them to reach seniors in a special way with the health fair. She said she appreciated the partnership with Senior Services Plus and the other vendors for the event. Debbie Frakes, a spokesperson for Senior Services Plus, said it was an excellent turnout for the event. “We haven’t been able to hold one of these for three years because of COVID-19 and we had a lot of participants today and it worked out well,” she said. “We are so happy to have everyone back in the building.”

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Two men are accused of conspiring to make a bidding process for building Aldi stores appear to be competitive when it wasn't.

By the time state lawmakers return to the Capitol next year, nearly all abortions could be illegal in Missouri. With a trigger ban already on the books that would go into effect if the U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, the GOP supermajority that controls the Missouri legislature is already mulling what types of […]

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The veteran Clinton lawyer is representing a developer accused of bribing Trump’s Deputy Secretary of the Interior.

This excerpt comes from Ben Westhoff's new book, Little Brother: Love, Tragedy, and My Search For the Truth, about his relationship with his mentee in the Big Brothers Big Sisters program, Jorell Cleveland. When Cleveland was killed near his home in Ferguson in 2016 at age 19, Westhoff set out to find the killer. I hadn’t seen Jorell in a couple months.

Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft will not use random sampling to verify whether a pair of initiative petitions submitted this month collected enough signatures to be placed on the …

The victim's name and details surrounding the crash have not been released.

A new concept from Billy Gianino, Jr. will serve classic diner fare and more at breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

Back in early 2016, Parma, Ohio resident Anthony Novak decided to have a little fun. He created a parody of the Parma Police Department’s Facebook page and began posting obviously satirical announcements, like the following: The Parma Civil Service Commission will conduct a written exam for basic Police Officer for the City of Parma to […]

Reservations will no longer be required to visit the Saint Louis Zoo (1 Government Drive, 314-781-0900) starting Monday, May 23. The reservation system started as a way to control capacity at the zoo while St. Louis faced COVID-19 restrictions.

This story was originally published by the Missouri Independent. Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt announced Thursday that his office has filed six new lawsuits challenging school masking requirements.

Our environmental safeguards are being decimated by none other than the agency meant to protect us from pollution, the Missouri Department of Natural Resources (DNR). Staff from DNR met secretly with corporations and consulting firms before releasing a proposed rule that would drastically reduce oversight at coal ash dumps by allowing them to continue leaching […]

The post Missouri proposes ‘permit lite’ for leaking coal ash dumps | Opinion appeared first on Missouri Independent.

On June 4, the mentoring organization is hosting a pretty unique affair: a rock, paper, scissors battle at Busch Stadium.