Aldridge takes 78th Missouri House seat in special election
ST. LOUIS – A special election on Tuesday, Nov. 5, in the city has designated 5th Ward Democratic committeeman Rasheen…
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Missouri loses millions in e-commerce sales tax revenue
ST LOUIS – An eye-opening report on Missouri’s multimillion-dollar losses in sales tax revenue was released Oct. 16 at a…
Bereaved mother ‘Looking for an Angel’ shares her journey
ST. LOUIS — Losing a child – no matter the cause or method – is horrific. Maintaining sanity can be an…
South City Family YMCA celebrates new look, new ways to play
SOUTHWEST GARDEN – The swimming’s great at the South City Family YMCA. The fitness center’s as good as ever, and…
Missouri police, prosecutor disagree on how to fight crime
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — Missouri police and prosecutors disagreed Monday over how to curb gun violence in a state rocked…
North side groups pitch their projects to banks through Fed program
COVENANT BLU-GRAND CENTER – Organizations in north St. Louis that are perceived to be doing good in the neighborhood got a…
Aldermen pass mandatory reporting of failed gun background checks
CITY HALL – Some St. Louis officials say a newly passed law could tip off police about potential perpetrators of…
Forum addresses issues confronting black youth
ST. LOUIS – Metropolitan Congregations United, a diverse group of faith and community organizers, held a public meeting at Vashon…
Prosecutors, legal scholars back Gardner’s appeal in 1994 murder case
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Dozens of legal ethics scholars and prosecutors have joined an effort get a new trial for…
Group promotes after-school programs to ease gun violence
COVENANT BLU-GRAND CENTER – The return of a robust number of after-school programs is the latest course of action being…
Builders of NGA seek minority-, women-owned businesses
DOWNTOWN – McCarthy Building Companies and HITT Contracting, a joint venture that will build the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency’s new headquarters…
Seniors yearn for a Steakburger, or fries, as Steak ‘n Shake’s future seems shaky
BENTON PARK WEST – Back in the 1950s, Carol Schultheis recalls, teenagers had more in mind than fries and steakburgers…
Closed St. Louis charter school owes Missouri millions, state auditor says
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — State Auditor Nicole Galloway says a closed St. Louis charter school was overpaid $1.4 million after…
The curious tale of the St. Louis street barriers
Story and photos by JACK GRONE When Henning Lohse-Busch and his wife, Emily, relocated a few years ago from Chicago…
State agency tracked Planned Parenthood patients’ periods
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri’s health department director said Tuesday that he had tracked the menstrual cycles of Planned Parenthood…
Sav A Lot grocery brings new life to food desert
HAMILTON HEIGHTS – When Pete’s Shur Save grocery store packed its bags and moved to University City in December 2016, it…