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Missouri State Representative Ken Waller, who represented part of Jefferson County at the capitol, died over the weekend.

Work is underway to transform a downtown office building into apartments. Blackline Design + Construction is redeveloping the Farm and Home Savings and Loan Association Building, at 1001 Locust St., into 60 apartments and ground floor commercial space. Apartments will range from 600-square-foot studios to 1,500-square-foot two-bedroom units. About 8,400 square feet of commercial space, […]

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The Muny in Forest Park wrapped up its 107th season Sunday night with its final show of the musical “Jersey Boys.”

From The New York Times: Summer is not what it used to be. On a hot August day, an outdoor concert can feel like a picnic in Death Valley. A trip to Disney World is a roller-coaster ride through unshaded hell. The Beach Boys’ “All Summer Long” sounds like a love letter from another planet. […]

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The St. Louis Galleria has lost one of its longtime anchor stores. Nordstrom officially closed its Richmond Heights location on Sunday, ending more than two decades at the popular shopping center.

Junior Caminero hit his second career grand slam to power the Tampa Bay Rays to a 7-2 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals after a 4-hour, 25-minute rain delay that emptied most of the announced crowd of 8,809 at George M. Steinbrenner Field. The Rays took two of three games in the series and are 5-5 over their last 10. The Cardinals finished a 3-3 trip to Miami and Tampa. With his 37th homer, Caminero surpassed Alex Rodriguez for the most in one season by an American League player 21 or younger. Chandler Simpson added a two-run triple in the sixth to extend the lead to 7-0.

A second person has been charged in connection with a deadly shooting outside a north St. Louis market earlier this summer.

A Florissant man is charged after a robbery during a drug deal ended with a homicide.