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Tony Weaver pleaded guilty Friday to four counts of wire fraud as part of a scheme to get COVID-19 relief funds for a local businessman in exchange for a kickback.

A suburban Chicago man has pleaded guilty to an intoxicated driving charge for his role in a street racing crash that killed two Judson University students last year.

Boo at the Zoo is a not-so-scary Halloween celebration for the whole family. Come for the spellbinding decorations and stay for the fall-inspired food.   Returning decorations include Skeleton Soirée,

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A jury found a northern Illinois ice skating coach guilty of aggravated criminal sexual abuse involving a young skater.

Attorneys for six Republican-led states are asking a federal appeals court to reconsider their effort to block the Biden administration's program to forgive hundreds of millions of dollars in student loan debt.

Has Brexit ruined the UK's trade with EU countries? I've always been a bit skeptical of the horror stories, but for some reason most published analysis only goes through the end of 2021. Today I got curious enough to check out the figures on the UK trade site, which goes through August 2022. Here's the ...continue reading "How badly has the UK suffered from Brexit?"

A media company said Friday that it has moved its eastern Missouri office from downtown St. Louis to Fenton, adding to the number of recognizable tenants that have left or plan to leave downtown.

Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft, a top Republican prospect for governor, wants to block public funding for library books that might appeal to the “prurient” — meaning sexual — interests of minors.

Grove Properties, a firm headquartered in the Forest Park Southeast (Grove) neighborhood, has proposed a 4-story, 71-unit apartment...

A former St. Louis County employee pleaded guilty Friday to criminal charges stemming from a kickback scheme involving COVID-19 pandemic relief funds.

Former St. Louis County jail official Tony Weaver pleaded guilty Friday to four felonies stemming from a COVID-19 loan kickback scheme.

A nuclear scientist at Washington University calls the study by the Boston Chemical Data Corporation over-simplistic.

The Fifth Circuit is often the worst circuit when it comes to protecting constitutional rights. Every so often, it will make the right call, but most often it’s willing to let the government expand its power at the expense of the citizens it’s supposed to be serving. It does this often enough even the Supreme […]

For the next two weeks, nearly 90 people will fill the lawn at Washington University. Their faces stand over seven feet tall. They press up against the sidewalk.

In 1872, the Missouri Republican newspaper heralded the arrival of St. Louis' newest park beneath the headline: "A New Lung to the City." Now, Tower Grove Park is celebrating its 150th anniversary. Local author Amanda Doyle joins the show. Her new book is “Tower Grove Park: Common Ground & Grateful Shade Since 1872.”