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St. Louisan Dr. Thomas A. “Tom” Dooley, III, helped lay the groundwork for American involvement in the Vietnam War. His bestselling books about his work providing medical aid to Vietnamese and Laotian refugees brought the region’s struggles to Americans’ attention. Like many things about the Vietnam War, though, nothing about Dooley was simple. He constructed …

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Angie Brandt of Maryland Heights, MO joined the Real Rock Army today

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Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner seeks freedom for man she says was wrongfully convicted.

St. Mary's High School is expected to make a big announcement about the future of the school.

Mayor Bob Nation said the TIF will pay for things like infrastructure around the Chesterfield Mall redevelopment area.

The long-awaited entertainment venue, The Armory STL opens Friday, giving another boost to Midtown.

A man’s stolen truck is recovered after he used a GPS tracker to find it.

Questions persist about how a St. Louis County 911 call went to Colorado as a 6-year-old boy drowned.

Kathy Becker is hard at work running her deftly dubbed business, “Crafted By Kathy." Her holiday-themed handiwork has her at the hardware store nearly every day.

Square Enix, the game studio behind famous video game franchises like the Final Fantasy series, is well known to be a big believer in intellectual property enforcement. Just on our pages alone, we’ve talked about the times they struck out against folks selling replica swords from its games, or fan-made productions featuring Square IP in […]

The family of sportswriter Grant Wahl said a ruptured heart vessel caused his death — brought on by an undetected aneurysm.

That reaction includes members of the Wilmington City Council in Delaware. That's where the new chief served prior to taking the job in St. Louis.

Some St. Louis residents are surprised their new police chief will come from outside the ranks of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department.

A former federal prosecutor in St. Louis made the claims on Twitter.

Today brings yet another story about the catastrophic state of our public schools, this time from Tom Edsall. And I just don't know. These stories keep coming and coming even though the simplest, most straightforward data says there's nothing to it. Here is the K-12 student-teacher ratio for the past two decades: And here is ...continue reading "There is (still) no reason to panic about our schools"

St. Louis has hired a new police chief: Robert Tracy, 58, of Wilmington, Delaware. He is the first chief to be hired from outside the department, according to St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones.

The prosecutor who led the original case against Lamar Johnson testified Wednesday that without the identification made by an eyewitness there wasn't enough evidence to charge him with the 1994 murder of Marcus Boyd.

After the Independence district approved a four-day school week, Missouri's education department says shortened weeks are being used as a perk.