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Kevin Johnson is scheduled to die by injection on Nov. 29. The 37-year-old killed Kirkwood, Missouri, Police Officer William McEntee in 2005.

With hundreds of books banned in Missouri schools this year, the removals are being newly criticized by librarians and authors, including such high-profile writers as Margaret Atwood, Neil Gaiman, Lois Lowry, Laurie Halse Anderson and Art Spiegelman.

STLPR correspondent Jason Rosenbaum discusses Senator-elect Eric Schmitt's official foray into the world of federal policymaking.

"Mr. Mathews was a man of compassion, empathy. A man who cared about the community and people in general," said Jackie Joyner-Kersee.

Two men were indicted Wednesday in a murder-for-hire case that's already entangled a former employee of St. Louis' Cure Violence program.

Voters have selected Cardinals first baseman Paul Goldschmidt as the National League's Most Valuable Player of 2022. It's his first MVP honor in his 12-year MLB career.

The announcement is the latest in a flurry of deals in which Centene, a Clayton-based provider of managed care for government-sponsored health plans, has sold chunks of its business this year.

Techdirt has written many times about the dysfunctional state of academic publishing. The main issue is that academics do most of the work required to publish a paper, but the publishers reap most of the benefit. Profit margins are extremely high for top publishers — typically 30-40%. And yet academics are routinely forbidden from sharing […]

The Missouri State Highway Patrol has issued an Endangered SILVER Advisory for a man reported missing from O'Fallon, Missouri.

A Cure Violence interrupter was previously charged with destruction of property in connection with the same homicide.

Washington University professor Philip Dybvig, who was awarded a Nobel Prize in economics last month, has been accused of inappropriate conduct by two former female graduate students. The allegations started circulating online not long after Dybvig's Nobel Prize win was announced. One former graduate student at Olin Business School posted her story on WeChat, a popular Chinese social media platform in Chinese.

Comments (moderated by me) are now open for new posts. May start some kind of weekly or daily post for friends to stay in touch. We don’t know how Elon’s disasterous management will end, so, anyways, bookmark greatstateofstlouis.com if you want or follow along.

Two million lights adorn the gardens for the 10th annual Missouri Botantical Garden Glow.

The Anheuser-Busch brewery in St. Louis consists of elaborate, red-brick buildings in the Germanic-Romanesque style, with rounded arches, embellished cornices and castellated rooflines. This time of year, the stunning architecture

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BETHALTO - Jared and Tabitha Kloempken came into the Bethalto Police Department today unprompted and announced that they would like to donate to the Bethalto Police Department Christmas for All event, Bethalto Police Chief Mike Dixon said. The Bethalto Police were nearly overwhelmed with their donation of $3,150. "The Kloempkens didn’t ask for any recognition and were clearly just donating to the program to pay good fortune forward, expressing a true desire to help those in need, but I wanted to publicly tell them to thank you on behalf of all the children that will experience the true joy of the holiday season because of their generosity," Chief Dixon said. "I have said it many times before, but it can’t be said enough, we are truly fortunate to live in such a caring and giving community. This donation brings the total raised funds for this year’s event to $12,500. "Last year we raised more than $17,000 and were able to help more than 75 children i

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Thin Lizzy is celebrating one of their classic live albums with a new reissue. Next year marks the 45th anniversary of the double-Platinum Live and Dangerous, and to mark the occasion the…

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"Our main goal is to help as many people as possible," co-director Jerry Price said.

Lawyers for the City of St. Louis are asking a judge to throw out a suit from a man claiming he was mistakenly jailed in the city for eight months after his charges were dropped.

O’FALLON — Lung cancer continues to be one of the most common cancers worldwide, claiming more lives yearly than breast, colon and prostate cancers combined. Many people consider lung cancer a “smoker’s disease” as well as assume it is mostly a cancer found in men. However, while it is true that smoking is the top cause of lung cancer by a large margin, approximately 15 to 20% of cases in the U.S. happen in people who have never smoked or have smoked fewer than 100 cigarettes in their life. Being exposed to secondhand smoke can play a part, as nonsmokers have a 20 to 30% greater chance of developing lung cancer if they are exposed to secondhand smoke at home or work. Other factors may include radon, occupational exposures to carcinogens and outdoor air pollution. Being typically considered a disease found mostly in men, recent statistics from the American Lung Association reveal that more women are getting lung cancer, even if they have never smoked.

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