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Please join us for our Neighborhood Meeting! The meeting will be held at Watson Terrace Christian Church, 4205 Watson Rd. … MoreQuarterly Neighborhood Meeting – June 2022

If you listened to Verizon fifth-generation wireless (5G) marketing at any time during the last three years, it went something like this: fifth generation (5G) wireless was going to absolutely transform the world by building the smart cities of tomorrow, revolutionizing medicine, and driving an ocean of innovation. In reality, US 5G has largely landed with […]

Cora Faith Walker, the former state representative whose March 11 death set off a wave of speculation, died of heart disease stemming from an untreated condition.

Workers disassembled the home after the owner donated the it and the land to Landmarks Association of St. Louis. It may have been built in the 1840s.

The megaphone that was supposed to be used in emergencies was locked in a cage, and managers had to direct employees without it, the report said.

St. Louis County Council greenlit a $6 million proposal to demolish Jamestown Mall through a unanimous vote Tuesday night. The blighted former mall has sat vacant in unincorporated north St. Louis County for more than a decade.

St. Louis County lawmakers on Tuesday approved spending $6 million toward the demolition of North County's vacant Jamestown Mall, a sum described as significant but not enough to complete the project. County Councilwoman Shalonda Webb, who represents the area that includes the mall, said the eyesore is likely why she's in public office at all. Describing Tuesday's unanimous vote for the demolition funds as "one leg of this marathon," Webb said that for 11 years, the area has experienced a "continued…

Hicks was hit by a line drive on his right wrist in the second inning on Tuesday night and had to come out of the game after facing three hitters in the third.

There is concern among many Missouri Republicans about the possibility former Governor Eric Grietens will win the state's soon-to-be-open Senate seat and gain a major platform to promote his views. He is among 21 members of the GOP running for the spot being vacated by Senator Roy Blunt.

Hyde Park neighbors are suing the owners of Shreves Engine Rebuilding, arguing the industrial business doesn't belong in a residential neighborhood.

We can all agree that the last couple of years hasn’t been the greatest due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but the transportation advocate in me sees one upside to the pandemic: more people on bikes. People were out biking on our streets and trails at an unprecedented rate, a some of our St. Louis parks […]

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Bunge's first-quarter profits of $688 million marked a drop of about 17% compared to earnings from a year ago.

Here's our non-exhaustive, but quite fun, guide to as many municipalities as we could find in St. Louis county, even if said municipality only has 12 people. Home to one million people and divided into more than 80 municipal cities, St. Louis County is a bizarre and beguiling place. It does not contain the city that bears its name but does suck resources from it.

ST. LOUIS - There could be traffic trouble Wednesday heading into Illinois on the Poplar Street Bridge due to the scheduled closure of multiple eastbound lanes going into East St. Louis. IDOT is in charge of this project and their officials said the lane closures will likely happen around the area where the split happens [...]

Deep into Missouri’s feverish summer, a St. Louis hardware store owner found his customers clamoring for something surprising: Electric space heaters.  “The weather was warm and it was strange that people were worried about it,” said Don Heberer, owner of Rathbone Hardware. He estimates he sold about 20% more space heaters than normal for that […]

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ST. LOUIS - Wednesday morning is clear and cool with some frost away from St. Louis. Expect a milder day with highs in the 70s and mostly sunny skies. Thursday starts out dry. Then rain moves in by the late afternoon. Showers and storms will continue through the weekend but there will be dry time as [...]

The U.S. House cleared a bill Tuesday that would expand the Kansas site honoring the U.S. Supreme Court ruling overturning school segregation, adding National Park Service sites in other states to commemorate their roles in the decision as well. The bill would designate sites related to school desegregation cases in Virginia, Delaware, South Carolina and the District […]

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