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An investigation is underway after one person was shot Wednesday afternoon on Machester Avenue in St. Louis City. One suspect is in custody.

Libertarians have long supported marijuana legalization, but the state party has opted not to endorse a plan to do so appearing on the November ballot.

India is still a democracy. Or so it pretends. But it’s becoming indistinguishable from autocratic regimes, like those found in some of its nearby neighbors, China, Turkey, and Pakistan. Under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India has become indistinguishable from dozens of other abusive regimes run by dictators, all while trying to uphold the pretense of […]

My favorite desert spot for astrophotography is a three-hour drive away, and I'm just not always up for that. I've been meaning to find a compromise spot that's closer to home, so last week I checked out Palomar Mountain. It turned out to be excellent. It's not quite as dark as the desert, but the ...continue reading "Lunchtime Photo"

Video Of Monday Night Alton Committee of the Whole below: ALTON - Video gaming license applications were not advanced for four businesses at the City of Alton Committee of the Whole meeting on Monday night. However, they are on the agenda to be discussed Wednesday night at the City Council meeting. Also on the agenda Wednesday night is the second reading of a business ordinance regarding adult-use cannabis business establishments. It is No. 11 on the agenda for Wednesday. Four video gaming applications were introduced in a resolution to the Committee of the Whole - Heaterz, the Village Inn Pancake House, Milton Liquor and Grocery, and Farm Fresh in Fosterburg. Alton alderwoman Carolyn MacAfee requested to separate the Milton Liquor & Grocery application. MacAfee’s motion was rejected by a 4-3 vote. The video gaming licenses for Farm Fresh, Heaters, Village Inn Pancake House, and Milton Liquor & Grocery will be discussed Wednesday night. At Monday's Alton Committee of the

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ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. - A man has been arrested and charged with murder following the shooting death of a St. Ann man. Terrance Washington, 32, was shot and killed on Saturday at 12:15 a.m. in the 10,000 block of Douglas Court. The Major Case Squad of Greater St. Louis said James Cody, 30, was [...]

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is likely to win Brazil's next election: Lula, as he is widely known, appears poised to win Brazil’s presidential election. The question, polls suggest, isn’t whether he will beat far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro, but when. Recent surveys have shown Lula with about 45% of the vote compared with 35% for ...continue reading "Far-right wacko politics is losing ground lately"

The roster has been transformed since St. Louis won the Stanley Cup for the first time in franchise history three years ago. More skill and less physicality has helped the Blues adapt to an evolving NHL.

"This joint venture is an innovative source of additional capital, enabling us to increase commitment capacity and provide enhanced leveraged finance product capabilities and lending solutions to our financial sponsor and corporate clients,” Stifel CEO Ron Kruszewski said.

Tammi Fanson’s case is an example of the importance of what’s known as door-to-balloon time. That measures the time between when a patient has first contact with a medical professional to when a balloon is placed in their heart’s arteries to get rid of blockages and resume blood flow. To say time was of the essence for Tammi Fanson on July 18, 2022, would be an understatement. The Gibson City, Illinois, woman had been dealing with high blood pressure, stress, fatigue and shortness of breath, but she chalked it up to life just being difficult. But on that day, she found herself at her local Gibson Area Hospital in the midst of a heart attack. Fanson was then taken by ambulance to OSF HealthCare Heart of Mary Medical Center in Urbana, Illinois – around 40 minutes on a regular drive but half that with the blaring red lights. That, combined with the cooperation between the two hospitals, and Fanson was fast-tracked straight to the cardiac catheterization

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ST. LOUIS - Wednesday is Tower Grove Park's 150th anniversary. The park opened to the public on September 28 after Henry Shaw and others road carriages from Downtown to the Grand Avenue entrance of Tower Grove Park. A 20-piece military band met them there to mark the day with music. The land for Tower Grove [...]

Today on TAP: At $15 billion a year, it’s a good deal for students and for the economy, but it only begins reform of how we pay for higher education.

The one singular sensation that exhilarated Broadway for over fifteen years returns to STAGES! Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and 9 Tony Awards,

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After a Peoria woman was robbed Tuesday morning, she took matters into her own hands by crashing her vehicle into theirs before they could escape.

A Missouri woman admitted in federal court today that last year — as she awaited sentencing on a $700,000 embezzlement case — she committed $27,000 worth of COVID-relief-related fraud. Today in federal court, Christen Diane Schulte of Franklin County pleaded guilty to bank fraud charges related to her attempts last spring to take out multiple Paycheck Protection Program loans. Schulte received two loans, each worth $13,566, for her Mama Bear Cake Company.

ST. LOUIS - A fire started at a manufacturing warehouse in north St. Louis Wednesday afternoon. The fire started at about 1 p.m. at a warehouse in the 400 block of East DeSoto Avenue. The St. Louis Fire Department is responding. They said they have deployed one line and there is a "report of a [...]

Just when you think the Albert Pujols retirement tour couldn't add much more, think again. The St. Louis Cardinals legend sparked the action-packed celebrations Tuesday evening as his longtime club punched a ticket to the postseason

An ex-aide to St. Louis County Executive Sam Page who worked in the government's jail will now plead guilty to federal corruption charges, a document filed Wednesday in court indicates. A change-of-plea hearing for Anthony "Tony" Weaver is now scheduled for Oct. 21 in federal court in St. Louis, it says. Weaver previously pleaded not guilty to the charges, in which the U.S. Attorney's Office in St. Louis in June accused him of attempting to fraudulently obtain Covid-19 relief funds for a local…

The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a discrimination lawsuit against an apartment complex in south St. Louis County. The suit alleges the apartments are not accessible to people with disabilities.