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The St. Louis region through August this year saw no growth in its gross domestic product, according to a new study from a business school at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Two men were fatally shot after a fight broke out early Tuesday morning in East St. Louis.

JEFFERSON CITY — The Missouri Supreme Court put the law license of one of the founders of a St. Louis public interest law firm on probation Tuesday.

This is someone waiting at the bright yellow doors in Les Andelys—which always looks like "Los Angeles" to me. I don't even know what these doors lead to. A school? I don't recall ever seeing a sign. POSTSCRIPT: And what was yesterday's photo? A lot of you got close, but the answer is: a pair ...continue reading "Lunchtime Photo"

"We've never had a deputy actually get robbed. We've never had anyone this bold. This again, we're in St. Louis. ... This scares me," Betts said.

Jones et al celebrated the passage of Board Bill 66, allocating $10.6mil in ARPA funding to assist the art and culture industry’s recovery efforts.

Nearly 150 Missouri military veterans died by suicide last year.

Swifties across the land rejoiced Tuesday when Taylor Swift announced the dates for her "The Eras" tour. Her St. Louis fans were quickly disappointed though, to see that Swift had no plans to come to St. Louis. The "Cruel Summer" singer will still come to Missouri, but fans will have to drive to Kansas City to see her.

The Biden administration is seizing on huge earnings calls from oil companies as it seeks to give voters a response to relatively high gasoline prices ahead of next week’s midterms. President Biden has repeatedly sought to place blame on the industry for the high prices, but has ramped up its rhetoric in the wake of [...]

EDWARDSVILLE – Marti Elford, PhD, instructor in Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s School of Education, Health and Human Behavior, has been named a Fulbright Specialist for the second time by Fulbright Finland for her contributions to special education teacher preparation. “The competition is quite rigorous to be selected to join the Fulbright Specialist roster,” said Elford. “I am honored to be recognized for the contributions I have made to special education teacher preparation. Returning to Finland for a second time is a huge honor.” During her first stint in Finland in 2018, Elford spent six weeks working alongside scholars, researchers and professors to integrate technology into teacher preparation programs. Her acceptance to return to Finland as a Fulbright Specialist will involve her being part of special education faculty on developing processes and protocol for distance supervision of teacher candidates. “The two objectives

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The federal government has launched its first confirmed investigation of an alleged denial of an abortion to a woman experiencing a medical emergency.

The Hazelwood police department responded to a fatal shooting in the 1000 block of Timberwood Trails Drive.

ST. LOUIS COUNTY - The deceased in a crash near the intersection of Grovois Road and Cinnabar Drive resulted in the death of a teenage male that has been identified as Quintyn Lewis, 17, of the 9200 block of Confederacy Drive in St. Louis, Missouri, 63126. St. Louis County Police Crimes Against Persons detectives and the Accident Reconstruction Unit are investigating a fatal motor crash near the intersection of Gravois Road and Cinnabar Drive which resulted in the death of a teenage male. At 1:20 a.m. on October 29, 2022, St. Louis County police officers from the Affton Southwest Precinct responded to a call for service for a motor vehicle accident near the intersection of Gravois Road and Cinnabar Drive. Arriving officers located a single motor vehicle crash. Preliminary investigation has revealed a Lexus sedan was traveling at a high rate of speed eastbound on Gravois Road when it left the roadway, striking a utility pole. The vehicle contained a total of 6 passengers, including

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I think, by this point, I’ve made my overall views on the hype around “cancel culture” pretty clear. To me it seems to be just as much of a moral panic about free speech as most other moral panics, though couched in language that pretends it’s about supporting free speech. As with most moral panics, […]

Three event spaces across the St. Louis region are undergoing more than $3 million in changes to adapt to post-Covid trends, Lodging Hospitality Management's Vice President Todd Hotaling said.

Well, this is interesting. Here are two different big investigative stories about the government's efforts to fight online lies: Truth Cops: Leaked Documents Outline DHS’s Plans to Police Disinformation and How the Biden Administration Caved to Republicans on Fighting Election Disinformation The first is by Ken Klippenstein and Lee Fang of The Intercept. The second ...continue reading "The feds are fighting election disinformation, and that’s fine"

Chesterfield officials are moving toward approving substantial tax-increment financing for some $3 billion in development projects, which would have to be approved within 10 years.

Today on TAP: Well, provided some of the sacked Twitterati and alternative funders establish a non-Elonized forum.

Micky Dolenz plans to celebrate the 55th anniversary of The Monkees' third album, Headquarters, on his upcoming tour. But ahead of that, the album will get the super deluxe treatment this month. Due…

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