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The Missouri Gaming Commission voted Thursday to reject a proposal from the NCAA that would have banned bets placed on individual collegiate athletes.

Governor Mike Kehoe has declared a state of emergency and activated the Missouri National Guard ahead of the incoming hazardous winter storm.

Ctrl-Alt-Speech is a weekly podcast about the latest news in online speech, from Mike Masnick and Everything in Moderation‘s Ben Whitelaw. Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, Pocket Casts, YouTube, or your podcast app of choice — or go straight to the RSS feed. In this week’s round-up of the latest news in online […]

AAA says dead or disabled batteries are expected to be the leading cause for calls, followed by slide-offs and crashes while the snow is falling.

From NextSTLMayor Cara Spencer announced that the City of St. Louis will begin exercising eminent domain on 89 properties owned by Paul McKee’s NorthSide Regeneration. The announcement was made on Thursday, January 15, alongside St. Louis Development Corporation Executive Director Otis Williams and Alderman Rasheed Aldridge. City officials described the move as a response to […]

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From Webster-Kirkwood Times: A newly proposed housing development in Kirkwood may bring with it a new type of zoning, as residents learned at a pair of recent public hearings. The location at the center of discussion at the first Kirkwood City Council meeting of 2026 is the current home of the city’s public works departments. […]

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From St. Louis Public Radio: The nonprofit that supports Gateway Arch National Park wants to expand it into Illinois, plans to soon launch a fundraising effort and is already working to acquire land. The Gateway Arch Park Foundation announced Tuesday that it’s started exploring what it would take for East St. Louis’ Malcolm W. Martin […]

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A big fire in Vandalia has shaken this close-knit town, as nearly three dozen dogs died in the pre-dawn blaze.

A ribbon-cutting is scheduled for February.

Missouri’s construction sector closed out 2025 with modest but meaningful job gains, even as broader private-sector employment softened and workforce constraints continued to shape the market. According to the Missouri Economic Research and Information Center (MERIC), nonfarm payroll employment increased by 800 jobs in December 2025, with gains concentrated in goods-producing industries—led by construction. The […]

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From grocery stores to roadways, preparations are underway as negative temperatures and severe winter weather move into the St. Louis region.

FOX 2 obtained surveillance images and body camera video, shedding light on a fatal Illinois State Police (ISP) shooting that took place in East St. Louis.