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Gov. Mike Parson has named Vivek Malek to serve as state treasurer, the first Indian American to hold a statewide office in Missouri.  Malek, 45, will replace Republican Scott Fitzpatrick, who was elected state auditor in November.  “We interviewed a lot of great candidates for state treasurer, all of which have promising and rewarding careers […]

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Though St. Louis christened CITYPARK stadium in November with an exhibition match, our new Major League Soccer team, St. Louis City SC, has yet to play there. But the schedule for the inaugural season was released today, and soccer fans now have a date to countdown to the soccer team's home opener: Saturday, March 4, when the City SC will take on Charlotte FC. That won't be the team's first game.

We’ve been warning about the likelihood of extreme winter weather in late December for a couple of weeks now. The next several days will finally see those prognostications come to fruition.

Some big-name rock stars came out in Las Vegas Monday to help magician Criss Angel celebrate his 55th birthday — and it was all for a good cause. Blabbermouth reports that KISS’ Paul Stanley, Cheap Trick’s Robin Zander and Skid…

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City SC will begin its 2023 season on the road before playing its first home game in a match that pits the MLS' newest teams against each other.

The Missouri Supreme Court in a ruling Tuesday sided with Creve Coeur in its fight to deny QuikTrip permission to open a gas station-convenience store.

The location gets its name from the translation from Bosnian for coffee sediment at the bottom of the cup.

Selfie, Times Square.

The Red Hot Chili Peppers family is getting bigger. Bassist Flea tells E! News that his wife, fashion designer Melody Ehsani, has given birth to their first baby together. The…

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GLEN CARBON - Girl Scouts of Southern Illinois (GSofSI) is excited about a $5,000 grant for an upcoming six-week program and said it looks forward to partnering with American Water to deliver a new STEAM (STEM + Art) learning series. "Thanks to a $5,000 grant from American Water, Girl Scouts program and community outreach staff will host a six-week program titled, “It’s Your Planet – Love It!” for K-5 students in East St. Louis, Cahokia, and Belleville," the Girl Scouts said. "Girl Scouts there will learn about water conservation, water management, watersheds, hydroelectric power, and more."

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Sigh. Look. I want to stop writing about Twitter. I want to write about lots of other stuff. I have a huge list of other stories that I’m trying to get through, but then Elon Musk does something dumb again, and people run wild with it, and (for reasons that perplex me) much of the […]

AAA expects 2 million people are expected to hit the roads in Missouri between Dec. 23 and the end of the year.

There's a reason Indigenous groups are calling for a boycott of the film.

With the winter storm approaching, some groceries should be stored in the pantry in case it is unsafe to travel. 

St. Louis City SC will make its league debut on Feb. 25, and the first home game will be March 4.

This holiday season, pick up some packages of international desserts from Welcome Neighbor STL, an organization that helps immigrant and refugee families in St. Louis. The dessert packages are prepared by refugee chefs and proceeds go to benefit the chefs' families. The packages each contain six Syrian baklava with pistachios and walnuts, six Moroccan coconut macaroons, and six Afghan semolina sugar cookies.

Today on TAP: With organizing campaigns and strikes on the rise, Congress finally proposes to increase funding for the NLRB—for the first time since 2014.

Dave Grohl dug up the rarity "Marigold" during a performance on a concert stream Monday supporting the Chicago charity program Letters to Santa. "Marigold," as Grohl fanatics will tell you,…

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