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Night Comfort

4 months 3 weeks ago

The High Low Gallery presents a new exhibition, Night Comfort, featuring works by St. Louis artist Jeremy Rabus, opening Friday, March 27 and running through Sunday, June 14. Night Comfort explores nostalgia through […]

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Myranda Levins

Paramount Already ‘Informally’ Considering Scaling Back Bari Weiss’ Role At CBS

4 months 3 weeks ago
When right wing billionaire Larry Ellison (and his nepobaby kid David) hired trolling blogger Bari Weiss to run CBS News, Weiss arrived with the promise of “balanced, fact-based news,” “independent, principled journalism,” and a unique “entrepreneurial drive and editorial vision” that would completely modernize the network and reach the “everyday Americans” she claimed were being […]
Karl Bode

Missouri lawmakers fail to deliver property tax relief amid rising assessments

4 months 3 weeks ago
As the Missouri House began the final day of this year’s session last week, state Rep. Tim Taylor reluctantly reported that last-minute efforts to salvage a package of changes to property tax laws had failed. For most of the past year, property taxes and how they are levied had dominated the three-term Republican’s legislative work. […]
Rudi Keller

Wak’a Garden

4 months 3 weeks ago

Begin Again: Wak'a Garden is the second installment in Laumeier’s Begin Again series, honoring the Park’s 50-year history of collaborating with artists and supporting new commissions and exhibitions. The organic, amphitheater-shaped sculpture, built […]

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Myranda Levins

Fox Middle School teacher set to appear in court for molestation charges

4 months 3 weeks ago
HILLSBORO, Mo. – A special education teacher at Fox Middle School is set to appear in court Wednesday morning after being charged for having inappropriate sexual contact with a student. Court records indicate that Zachary Robert Leonard, 42, is due in court in Hillsboro for a seven-day bond review hearing. Leonard has been behind bars [...]
Nick Gladney

Person killed in overnight crash on Highway 47 in Troy

4 months 3 weeks ago
LINCOLN COUNTY, Mo. - A person was killed overnight Wednesday after a single-vehicle crash on Highway 47 in Troy. According to the Missouri State highway Patrol (MSHP), the crash occurred shortly before 3:30 a.m. at Highway 47 and Woodcrest Drive. Officials said the crash happened after the vehicle struck a utility pole, leading it to [...]
Nick Gladney

Missouri’s Eric Schmitt pushes DOJ crackdown on majority-minority congressional districts

4 months 3 weeks ago
Republicans on a U.S. Senate panel suggested Tuesday a recent Supreme Court decision weakening the federal Voting Rights Act invalidated U.S. House districts in Democratic states where most residents belong to a racial minority group.  Sen. Eric Schmitt, a Missouri Republican who chairs the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, signaled that Republicans will target […]
Jonathan Shorman

Regrets, but I’m sitting this one out until everyone’s welcome at America’s birthday party

4 months 3 weeks ago
Today the Trump administration is hosting an all-day prayer festival on the National Mall, partially funded with millions in taxpayer dollars, to “rededicate” America to God — and to promote Christian nationalism. It’s all part of America’s 250th birthday celebration, which has been co-opted by the current administration and its minions to convey an overtly […]
Max McCoy

Wednesday, May 20 - "I was not going to be taken away."

4 months 3 weeks ago
The Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Missouri says a routine immigration appointment upended his family’s life for a year. Reverend Deon Johnson shares how a separation following the appointment affected their children, how Johnson navigated it as an immigrant himself, and why he’s choosing to share his story.

Mostly dry weather through Thursday, wet start Friday

4 months 3 weeks ago
ST. LOUIS - Stubborn scattered showers are lingering across the region Wednesday morning in the wake of Tuesday’s cold front. Spots of rain will be possible through about 10 a.m. Clouds will linger throughout Wednesday and that will keep high temperatures in the mid to upper 60s. We’ll see partly cloudy to mostly cloudy skies [...]
Angela Hutti