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Traffic on Interstate 270 is slowed down Thursday morning in the westbound direction near Interstate 170 due to a crash.

The National Football League has scheduled an owners vote that would finally settle the question of who ultimately pays the $790 million settlement won by St. Louis in its lawsuit over the Rams’ controversial 2016 relocation to L.A.

Celebrate the life and work of Dr. Jane Goodall, who braved the unknown to provide a remarkable window into humankind’s closest living relatives – chimpanzees.

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ST. LOUIS, Mo. - The fall color show continues to advance ahead of the pace set the past several years. There is now some decent color starting to show up across much of the area, especially out near the Lake of the Ozarks up over northeast Missouri into northern Illinois. We're starting to see some [...]

American watchers of the U.S. Supreme Court keep looking for the one phrase that strikes terror into the hearts of those who want courts to make law rather than leave it to the legislatures. That phrase is: “We should reconsider our jurisprudence in this area.” It’s a siren call to judicial review, where five members […]

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ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) — Electric vehicle (EV) license plate renewal fees for owners in Illinois cost $251 a year, $100 more than a standard internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicle. In 2019, the state legislature approved a $45 billion transportation bill that doubled the state gas tax to help pay for improvements to infrastructure. But since [...]

The St. Louis Department of Health will soon hire more than a dozen workers to staff a new behavioral health agency designed to address the city’s growing mental health needs.

On Sept. 16, Everything Is Golden, a solo exhibition by St. Louis-based artist Lizzy Martinez, opens as the first exhibition of the 2022-2023 Millstone Gallery

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Even with inflation taking less of a bite than earlier in the year, real hourly wages declined yet again in September: Since the beginning of 2021, hourly earnings are down $1.42. For blue-collar workers, hourly wages are down 73¢. Wages have now fully declined to their pre-pandemic level: Wages are obviously not pushing up inflation. ...continue reading "Wages were down once again in September"

Two former Moscow Mills police officers who blew the whistle on an alleged traffic ticket quota scheme say the chief and city retaliated against them.

ST. LOUIS - In the world of fashion, she is an international superstar, and on Wednesday, that superstar made a special visit to St. Louis. Diane von Furstenberg – designer, author, and philanthropist – took part in a public talk and trunk show hosted by the St. Louis Fashion Fund. If you’ve ever heard the [...]

A recently purchased, 25,000-square-foot production facility is making the company’s expansion possible.

Debra Donze lists all of the things they have lost. She's staying optimistic, though, saying they could be planning funerals.

The BLS announced the CPI for September today, and the month-over-month figure was quite a bit higher than it was last month: On a year-over-year basis, headline inflation came in at 8.2%, the same as last month. Core CPI rang in at 6.6%. As always, though, the trendline is the thing to watch. The trend ...continue reading "September inflation remains stubbornly elevated"