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The program is available regardless of whether your home was affected by flash-flooding this summer.

"On a personal finance level, it will help residents with their banking needs; they'll have something that's close," Stacy Clay, First Bank's Midwest retail lead and director of community affairs, said of the new branch in an interview. "But also at a higher community development level, having a financial anchor in the area positions us to partner with developers and other folks who may be interested in doing redevelopment in that area."

Rep. Kevin Windham plans to push legislation next session to help the county absorb and repurpose a growing number of abandoned properties.

The hundreds of millions of dollars that the city of St. Louis, St. Louis County and the St. Louis Regional Convention and Sports Complex Authority (RSA) got from a settlement in the Rams relocation lawsuit was moved to a higher-yielding account Thursday while the three parties continue to debate how to divide it. In a joint statement Friday, St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones and St. Louis County Executive Sam Page said the money had been moved to a "flexible, low-risk account at Commerce Bank, in…

Emerald ash borer does its damage changing the landscape in St. Louis suburbs.

Temperatures are expected to be nearly 20 degrees below normal as we threaten records in both the morning and afternoon to start the week.

The National Weather Service issued a freeze warning for the St. Louis region for Monday night.

Another fraternity brother is due in court Monday, October 17 in connection with a Mizzou hazing case.

St. Louis Police are still working to determine the identity of a man shot and killed Saturday night.

Officers are investigating a Sunday murder in Jennings.

An independent study shows the elementary school has radioactivity in its cafeteria, library, boiler room and areas of the playground.

A Central West End restaurant was broken into overnight.

In St. Louis, Jeanette Culpepper founded Families Advocating Safe Streets after her own son was murdered at 22 years old.

If they had asked me to draft Amendment 3 to legalize marijuana in Missouri, it would have read as follows: "All persons 21 years of age or over shall have the right to possess, cultivate, obtain, purchase or sell marijuana, subject to taxation by the state. All statutes interfering with those rights by the state, or its political subdivisions, are hereby repealed.

Mayor Tishaura Jones has proposed using American Rescue money to make our streets safer.

Downtown St. Louis is playing host this week to a key conference focusing on national defense logistics and transportation issues.

On her website, Holiday Light Hopping, Laura Thake makes it easy to find the coolest Halloween decorations around town.

Eric Frye, Versus’ CEO, says that feedback from parents whose children use the app has been that it's helpful in understanding the mindset challenges that athletes face.

A dozen races to put on your radar this season

For some families, the delayed benefits were a missed opportunity for much-needed relief during the summer, and have been a source of concern and confusion.

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