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Personal attacks, threats, and harassment were aimed at the Jefferson County Health Department during the COVID pandemic.

Schools in Missouri would be required to test drinking water for lead, and install filters if it’s above safe levels, under a bill that won near-unanimous approval Monday in the state Senate. The proposal, amended onto a separate bill by Sen. Jill Schupp, D-Creve Coeur, passed on a 32-1 vote. “Let’s make sure our students, […]

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Enjoy St. Louis Cardinal baseball at Busch Stadium.

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The legislation advanced to the House on a 30-2 vote.

The family of a St. Louis County teen who fell to his death at a Florida amusement park last month filed a wrongful death lawsuit, and they are demanding a jury trial.

The victim, Tony M. Peterson, died at the scene of the fire at his home.

The Humane Society of Missouri said puppies as young 1 week old were rescued.

Ryan Kanzler signed a plea agreement Monday that detailed what he and his partner did with mail stolen at "a large scale."

Jeremiah Allen and Tywon Harris were charged with murder in connection with the deadly shooting on the Hazelwood Central High School parking lot.

In the 65-page lawsuit, Tyre Sampson's parents are suing multiple businesses and they're demanding a jury trial.

A federal judge in Louisiana said Monday he will block the Biden administration from lifting a public health order that keeps immigrants seeking asylum out of the United States. U.S. District Judge Robert R. Summerhays told Republican state attorneys general and the federal government that he planned to grant the Republicans’ request for a temporary […]

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Chicken N Pickle, a pickleball-focused dining and entertainment complex, announced it has adopted a new design plan that will first be implemented at the St. Charles location.

Feeling the crunch of this economy? Why not leverage government power to create a sustainable revenue stream? That’s the plan in Vietnam, a country not unfamiliar with regular deployments of censorial efforts by the government. The Vietnamese government keeps the internet — and its citizens — on a short leash. Only so much free expression […]

The FBI said property fraud is among the fastest-growing white-collar crimes.

The best analysis I've read of Emmanuel Macron's victory in the French presidential election yesterday comes from Helen Lewis in the New Statesman. The satire is subtle, however, unless you're well versed in the mainstream media's habit of parachuting into small town diners looking for "real Americans." But give it a look regardless. UPDATE: This ...continue reading "In search of lost Frenchmen"

A miniature golf facility proposed on the Delmar Loop is moving ahead.

Residents of the former town of Centreville, Illinois, (now Cahokia Heights) have for decades dealt with flooding and sewage overflows. A scientist, a lawyer and a resident working to address the longstanding problems describe where things are at — and what it will take to bring relief.