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“We did what they asked of us,” says one parent at the St. Louis school. “There was no hint of a school closure.”

This morning starts off chilly with cloudy skies and temperatures around 31 degrees. As the day unfolds, expect periods of sun breaking through intermittent clouds with a high reaching near 37 degrees. A gentle west wind of about 6 mph will accompany the afternoon, making it feel just a touch cooler. By evening, clouds will return, keeping skies mostly cloudy, while temperatures dip into the upper 20s. Overnight, expect mostly cloudy conditions and a low around 27 degrees, with an east wind around

We’ve long noted how the 2021 infrastructure bill included $42.5 billion for broadband grants dubbed the Broadband, Equity, Access And Deployment (BEAD) program. The program wasn’t without its warts, but it had the potential to be truly transformative for U.S. broadband access. But Republicans illegally rewrote the program to redirect money away from stuff like affordable, gigabit, […]

A water main break in south St. Louis caused a street to be covered in ice, leaving multiple vehicles frozen and unable to move, and officials are still working to contain the break.

The shooting was about 11 p.m. near East Grand Avenue and North Second Street in the city's Near North Riverfront neighborhood.

St. Peters residents who are 62 or older or have disabilities can apply for the city's Lawn Mowing Assistance Program to have their lawns mowed up to 10 times between April 1 and Oct. 1, 2026, if they meet the established guidelines and income levels.

Gregg Favre has spent most of his professional life in public service, including a decade with the St. Louis Fire Department. Four weeks ago, he returned to city employment to head the City Emergency Management Agency. This morning, a sit down with STLPR's Rachel Lippmann.

A man was killed in an overnight shooting involving an officer in north St. Louis after a pursuit that began in St. Louis County, when the suspect brandished a gun and officers fired their weapons.

Despite heightened federal scrutiny of diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, St. Louis–area schools and universities continue prioritizing DEI initiatives.

A coalition of marijuana companies is filing lawsuits against businesses across Missouri, accusing dozens of stores of illegally selling marijuana under the guise of “THCA hemp flower” and undercutting the state’s regulated cannabis market. The lawsuits target nearly 40 stores in St. Louis County and 17 businesses in the Kansas City area, including major hemp […]

State Sen. Stephen Webber is calling on Waymo to retract and correct testimony provided to the Missouri Senate Transportation Committee last week regarding the company’s driverless vehicles. Webber, a Democrat from Columbia, said in a letter to Waymo on Friday that the testimony given to the committee falsely claimed that the company’s driverless vehicles had […]

Once is an accident. Twice is a coincidence. Three times is a pattern. So what does it say when five times in recent months ballot summaries written by Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins have been tossed out by the courts? Since October, judges at every level of Missouri’s court system have stepped in to […]

ST. LOUIS - While temperatures will stay below average this week, we are expecting a warmer week than last. Temperatures that rose all day Sunday have held steady in the upper 20s overnight. We’ll see highs in the upper 30s Monday under partly to mostly cloudy skies. Areas to the southwest along I-44 will likely [...]

Headlines from the Feb. 2, 1926, front page include: Capitalist David Sommers' estate includes $934,958 in cash.

The post FAA Warns Airlines About Safety Risks From Rocket Launches, Urges “Extreme Caution” appeared first on ProPublica.

The president exempted about 40 medical sterilization companies from Biden-era emissions standards. A new lawsuit challenges his authority.

The homeland security secretary has all but halted the agency’s disaster spending.