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Matt Valentine was 499 days sober in a court-supervised diversion program when painkillers taken for a broken nose triggered a long-term addiction. He died of an overdose in August 2020. When beer heiress Trudy Busch Valentine announced her campaign for U.S. Senate, she pointed to her son’s 2020 overdose death as a key motivation for […]

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Eight award-winners were honored with Doing the Most Good” awards at the Hilton St. Louis Frontenac on Saturday May 14, 2022, for contributions to The Salvation Army and community service.

St. Louis Burger Week returns July 18-24, but a new app with all the insider info and a special giveaway is available for download now on Android and iOS. During St. Louis Burger Week, participating restaurants offer $8 burgers. Restaurateurs do their own take on the American classic, with some places offering off-menu specialties and gourmet blends.

The bill started out as just one word.  “Literally adding the word ‘Captain’ to the David Dorn Memorial Highway on Highway (State Route) 180 here in St. Louis County,” said …

The drive-thru will offer coffee drinks and an all-day breakfast menu that features breakfast burritos, quiche and frittata bites, cinnamon rolls and more.

Passengers may experience minor delays as the trains return to their regular schedules.

Gas prices in St. Louis are $1.72 higher than they were one year ago, GasBuddy reported.

The area was deemed safe again shortly after 8 a.m.

At some point U.S. regulators effectively declared that it was okay to rip off consumers with a dizzying array of bogus fees, letting companies falsely advertise one rate, then sock you with a bunch of additional surcharges when the bill comes due. That’s particularly true of the cable and broadband industry, which has saddled consumers […]

MODOT is working to repair the traffic signals.

ST. LOUIS - The MetroLink was shut down between the Civic Center and Grand stops Monday morning for about 1.5 hours due to a suspicious item. Metro shuttled passengers by bus between the Civic Center stop and Grand stop from about 6:30 a.m. to 8 a.m. The suspicious item was located at the Union Station [...]

Founder Courtney Klein curates products to help new moms and moms-to-be navigate each stage of their pregnancy.

In almost any other police department in America, St. Louis County Lieutenant Mike Reifschneider would be treated like the hero that he is. Just not in the one controlled by County Executive Sam Page. Reifschneider was reportedly promised a promotion to captain and a Distinguished Service Citation for Valor after having helped save the life of a woman who was shot by her estranged husband on January 23, 2020.

For years, thousands of patients have come to Illinois for abortions as surrounding states restrict the procedure. If the U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe Vs. Wade, the Metro East could see tens of thousands of new patients a year.

“It’s a private road, so county and state can’t really do anything without us forking out a whole lot of money,” said Trentmann. “We’re trying to get it fixed.”