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Edward Jones exec heads Chancellor's Council as UMSL seeks to transform campus
Ken Cella’s new role carries a three-year term and coincides with a multi-year project, “Transform UMSL,” that calls for consolidating the academic core to the campus north of Natural Bridge Road, freeing up 35 acres to the south of Natural Bridge for a business and workforce district.
New Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers live album to showcase band’s 1997 Fillmore residency
An archival Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers album and box set featuring highlights from the 20-show residency the band played at San Francisco's famed Fillmore venue in 1997 will be…
Fox 2 anchor Vic Faust fired from TV station after tirade
Shortly after being let go from Fox 2, Faust aplogized by posting a statement on Twitter: “I am very sorry. I made a huge mistake and I’m ashamed.”
Fall starts this week: Check out these events and festivals around the St. Louis area
After record-setting heat in the summer, Thursday, September 22 marks the first day of fall.
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Midtown entertainment redevelopment sets opening date
A 250,000-square-foot redevelopment in Midtown that officials said will be St. Louis’ largest indoor entertainment venue has set the opening date for its first phase.
Rare dog loses 40 pounds while missing for 3 weeks
ST. LOUIS COUNTY - An extremely rare dog that went missing at the end of August was found Tuesday. Tito is a championship-winning endangered otterhound. He went missing the day his family arrived at their new home in west St. Louis County. A missing dog flyer was stuck to a stop sign just 20 feet [...]
Read the Road Crew chat about broken traffic signals or highway construction
Ask the experts from the Missouri Department of Transportation, St. Louis and St. Charles counties and St. Louis City your questions about highways and roads. The live chat starts at 1 p.m. on Wednesday.
Man gets life sentence in 2019 shooting death of St. Louis area officer
A St. Louis County judge sentenced Bonette Meeks, 29, to life in prison plus 40 years over the murder of North County Police Cooperative Officer Michael Langsdorf in June 2019.
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No, The Solution For Criminal Defendants Is Not More Clearview AI
The problems with Clearview AI’s facial recognition system, particularly in the hands of police, are myriad and serious. That the technology exists as it does at all raises significant ethical concerns, and how it has been used to feed people into the criminal justice system raises significant due process ones as well. But an article […]
Get excited—Sky High Travel has the 411 on non-stop charter flights out of the STL
Great rates and a nicer way to travel, we are talking about non-stop charter flights out of St. Louis. 
Daily Deal: Microsoft Surface Laptop (Refurbished)
The Microsoft Surface Laptop (refurbished) delivers incredible performance with its 2.5 GHz Intel Core i5 processor and 8GB of RAM. It offers an improved 13.5″ PixelSense display. It has either a 128GB or 256GB hard drive capacity. You can be productive anywhere you go. Its compact size makes it perfect for travel or taking to […]
St. Louis County health dept. administering omicron-targeted COVID-19 booster
Sen. Belt: Millions In Additional Funding Coming To School Districts Across East St. Louis
 EAST ST. LOUIS – To help offset the financial challenges of the last few years, State Senator Christopher Belt announced that school districts across the 57 th Senate District will receive millions in additional funding. The funding comes from the 2017 Illinois Senate Democrat-backed evidence based funding formula, which reexamined the state funding model for K-12 education. Thanks to this law, the school funding formula is more equitable as it takes into account a district’s total enrollment, poverty rate, the number of special education or English language learners, among other factors to base its revenue needs. “Schools were some of the hardest hit by the pandemic, and they can benefit heavily from this increased financial support,” said Senator Belt (D-Swansea). “Building off of the tax holiday for school supplies, this funding is yet another opportunity for educators to acquire the resources they need to provide children with the most optimal
Four nature sites in Missouri renamed to remove indigenous slur
Four nature sites in Missouri have been renamed under a new national policy to remove their previous names over a slur used against Native American women.
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       Sexually transmitted infections are rising in the St. Louis region. Over the last six years, STIs have increased by over 1,000 cases, from 3,866 in 2015 to 5,119 in 2021, according to data from the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services.
    
Sweetie Pie's to close last St. Louis-area location on Delmar Boulevard
Sweetie Pie's Upper Crust will close Sunday.
St. Louis police investigating after man found dead in Near North Riverfront
Police on Wednesday were investigating a man's death after finding his body in the city's Near North Riverfront neighborhood.
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