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Conservation geneticist Christy Edwards never expected to use her knowledge of plant phenotyping to help solve a murder. The experience seemed more akin to a script of “Law and Order” or “CSI”: A young wife and new mother disappears, the investigators suspect her husband of foul play, and they just need the evidence to prove it. Instead of blood, mud and juniper needles become the focus — and Edwards and her colleagues at the Missouri Botanical Garden rush to collect samples and analyze over 100 trees around Mengqi Ji’s burial site, evidence that ultimately ties her husband to the crime.

A key witness whose testimony helped convict a man of murder and send him to prison 28 years ago testified Tuesday that his role in the case of Lamar Johnson “still haunts" him.

A man admitted to targeting a St. Charles restaurant in a Molotov cocktail attack while he was employed last year.

The National Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows sparkles in winter as its annual Christmas light display, Way of Lights, illuminates the grounds.   All are invited to witness

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WonderLight’s Christmas at World Wide Technology Raceway features approximately 2 miles of LED Christmas lights synchronized to rocking Christmas music.   Open nightly from Nov. 11 to Jan. 1, including

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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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WASHINGTON — Same-sex and interracial couples had many of their marriage rights codified Tuesday when President Joe Biden signed the bipartisan marriage equality bill during a ceremony attended by thousands outside the White House. In a brief speech, Biden told supporters on the South Lawn that “marriage is a simple proposition — who do you […]

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The annual M3 Rock Festival is out with the lineup for their 14th edition, and they’ve landed some heavy hitters.  The festival, set for May 6th and 7th at the Merriweather Post Pavilion…

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Editor’s Note: This week, Forum Drone Pilot/Photographer Louis Kelly of Drone Eagle LLC provides an update onapartments being constructed at the former location of the United Missouri Bank in Kirkwood. Demolition has been completed and sitework is underway on the five-story apartment complex. The 152-unit apartment building, to be called “The James” is the first […]

Carlos Morton, 43, was shot to death and police arrested three boys who sped away in a car.

Visitors to St. Louis this holiday season can book a side trip that’s bound to create a Christmas memory they will treasure forever–a journey to the North Pole via THE

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CVS has agreed to pay $5 billion over 10 years, and Walgreens agreed to pay $5.7 billion over 15 years, to multiple states to resolve allegations that they failed to properly oversee the dispensing of opioids.

Sports historian Ed Wheatley shares stories from his latest book, “St. Louis Sports Memories: Forgotten Teams and Moments from America’s Best Sports Town.”

Cyndi Lauper made a trip to Washington, D.C., Tuesday to thank President Joe Biden for his support of the Respect for Marriage Act. ABC News reports that ahead of the signing ceremony, Lauper surprised…

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