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Shabria Furlow, 23, of Bridgeton, was shot to death by an acquaintance from Arkansas on Tuesday.

Officials from the City of St. Louis and four surrounding Missouri counties will join leaders from the Missouri Department of Transportation, Metropolitan Sewer District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, East-West Gateway Council, Meramec Regional Planning Commission, Boonslick Regional Planning Commission,…

The St. Louis Democratic senators joins St. Louis Public Radio's Jason Rosenbaum and Sarah Kellogg to talk about the 2022 session — as well as what she would like to see in terms of redistricting for the 1st Congressional District. This episode also features an announcement at the end from Rosenbaum.

Justin King’s family had questioned the investigation into the 28-year-old’s death, which was quickly ruled self defense.

The film-centric nonprofit was awarded $20,000 to support programming and logistics for the 2022 festival.

The 25-year-old victim was found dead outdoors about 9 p.m. in the 5300 block of South Compton Avenue.

Last Wednesday, airport officials gave an update to the ongoing Airport Layout Plan (PDF). The presentation included a “preferred” plan, as well as some other options that could potentially be done to renovate the airport to more modern standards. Those plans included options to keep both T1 and T2 or consolidate everything to T1. The […]

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Council Chair Rita Days said she would continue to press for stronger employee protections despite the administration’s opposition.

There are six vacancies in the House.

Mercy, the St. Louis-based health system, now is requiring anyone who enters its facilities to wear a medical grade or better face mask, rather than a cloth mask.

Dr. Matifadza Hlatshwayo Davis: ‘Until we get past this particular record-high surge, people should not be engaging in anything other than essential activities.’

I was all excited about the forecast of fog, so I got up early to see if I could get some interesting photos of St. Louis shrouded in mist. But already in the early morning the fog was lifting, so… Continue Reading →

There are no “sick days” for constitutional rights, the Missouri Supreme Court ruled Tuesday as it overturned the results of a juvenile case partly held online because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The court issued rulings in three cases that test whether courts can have witnesses, defendants or both appear via remote link software when the […]

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Months after publishing "The Fatal Tunnel," I received a tip from an unlikely source: my five-year-old son.…