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Residents of an apartment building in downtown St. Louis were evacuated early Tuesday morning after a fire broke out on the ninth floor, with firefighters using the building's pipes to fight the blaze.

There were so many people at the meeting that the representatives themselves couldn't get into the room, City Administrator Todd Streiler said.

The best-laid plans of appliance-purchasers often lead to more costly appliances.

St. Louis Mardi Gras season officially kicks off Tuesday with Twelfth Night, leading up to the grand parade weekend in February, with the theme "Peace, Love and Mardi Gras" and the Mayor's Ball on Feb. 13 supporting the St. Louis Tornado Response Fund.

"People just wanted to help," Holly Forrest said.

The Rev. Darryl Gray said he is now working as "chaplain-program manager" at the city's Justice Center, the formal name for the downtown jail.

Championship events, which award medals in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating and ice dance, will take place at Enterprise Center from Wednesday, Jan. 7 to Saturday, Jan. 10.

Flu cases in Illinois are surging, prompting state health officials to urge vaccinations as the activity level has reached the "very high" category, the most severe of five classifications for respiratory illnesses, with 22% of residents vaccinated against the flu and 6.8% against COVID-19.

Missouri’s largest state employee pension fund can’t recover losses from investments in Ontario-based capital funds, a Cole County judge ruled last month as he closed out a five-year court battle. The Missouri State Employees Retirement System, or MOSERS, spent at least $21 million pursuing the case accusing Catalyst Capital Group Inc. of mismanaging $175 million […]

The University of Missouri has lost almost a third of its Black student population over the last decade, and students say a lack of Black faculty is part of the reason. Lilley Halloran reports faculty say hostility from university leadership makes it hard to stay.

The deal to lure the Kansas City Chiefs across the state line to Kansas, announced by Gov. Laura Kelly with glee just a few days before Christmas, may represent the largest public subsidy in the history of American professional sports. Is it a wise investment? No, but it follows a recent Kansas trend of abandoning […]

ST. LOUIS - Even as a weak cold front slides through the region, our weather will stay mild and dry Tuesday. Some morning clouds will give way to clear skies. Temperature highs again will be around 60 F, 20 F above average for early January. Mostly clear and chilly overnight, with wake-up temperatures Wednesday in [...]

Democrats see Missouri's Josh Hawley as one of four GOP senators who could vote to rein in President Trump's power to continue armed action.

Saturday marks 10 years since David Bowie’s death and his longtime pianist Mike Garson is opening up about the last time he spoke with the rock legend.Garson tells Gold Derby that…

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Headlines from the Jan. 6, 1926, front page include: Mount Vesuvius breaks into violent eruption; much lava flowing

A new study reveals a conundrum for climate policy: People hate it when you tell them what to do.

On this day in 1972, the St. Louis Blues were involved in one of the wildest brawls in sports history at the Philadelphia Spectrum, scuffling not only with fans, but members of law enforcement, too.

Sometimes all a charitable idea needs is small act of generosity and connections to energize growth. So it was with Danny Miller and his Farmington-based Total Electric. In 1992, Miller made Total Electric’s first donation to the then nascent St. Francois County “Shop with a Cop.” He also realized it had greater possibilities if he […]

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