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Year in review: St. Louis startup funding grows as coastal investors expand reach
City Foundry Phase 2 to Begin Construction
Sen. Steve Roberts belatedly claims to see the light
While many state and local elected officials were speaking out against a tiny three-bed medical center in north St. Louis being named after the crusading late Homer G. Phillips, state Sen. Steve Roberts remained mum.
Direct Cash Assistance Applications Put on Pause
An application portal for the direct cash assistance program has been put on pause after the city received over 10,000 applications in four days.
United Way of Greater St. Louis, one of the city’s partners for the program, paused the portal this afternoon to take time to process and review the submitted applications. Opened on December 18, the program aims to assist St. Louisans in need who have lost income due to COVID-19.…
Sophia Benoit on leaving Kirkwood, finding Twitter and loosening up
Kirkwood native (and GQ sex columnist) Sophia Benoit discusses growing up in the St. Louis suburbs, the joys of Twitter and letting go of that bad first boyfriend.
Boone County assistant fire chief killed while working I-70 accident site
Assistant Chief Bryant Gladney died Wednesday near Columbia when a tractor-trailer moving at a high rate of speed struck Gladney's vehicle.
Mariah Carey declares she’s finally “fixed” last year’s infamous knockoff Christmas ornament
Mariah Carey has finally given a much-needed makeover to the weird-looking Christmas ornament that famously annoyed her last year. The ornament -- which was supposed to look like Mariah but most…
East St. Louis woman convicted of health care, housing voucher fraud
An East St. Louis woman admitted to falsifying health care aide hours, housing voucher information.
After more than 10,000 requests, St. Louis pauses applications for direct cash assistance
Funding is available for $500 payments to 9,300 qualified applicants.
Santa Claus is coming to town: Reindeer cleared to fly across Missouri
Charges: Missouri gun store owner illegally sold firearms to undercover ATF agents
Bill McClellan's most memorable columns from 2021: Commenting on the passing parade
Here are five memorable columns written by Bill McClellan in 2021.
After 'the year that never happened,' Greensky Bluegrass is back on the road
The band is readying a new album, “Stress Dreams,” for release Jan. 21.
Assistant fire chief killed while working I-70 accident site in mid-Missouri
Kirkwood family alleges district mishandled racist incidents
A Kirkwood father is calling on Nipher Middle School officials to investigate and take disciplinary actions after his 12-year-old son was allegedly harassed several times since October.
Watch tonight: Joni Mitchell, Berry Gordy & more celebrated at star-studded Kennedy Center Honors event
The 44th annual Kennedy Center Honors special airs tonight on CBS, featuring star-studded tributes to Joni Mitchell, Motown Records founder Berry Gordy Jr. and Bette Midler, as well as Saturday…
Washington University has portrayed its cofounder as an abolitionist — he wasn't
Washington University has previously portrayed co-founder William Greenleaf Eliot as an abolitionist. In a contributed segment from STLPR’s Marissanne Lewis-Thompson, she talks with Wash U student Nkemjika Emenike and professor Iver Bernstein about how Eliot was not an abolitionist. A recent article in the university’s independent student newspaper, “Student Life,” uncovered the details.
Omicron, knocking on Missouri’s door, could overwhelm already-struggling state, health officials warn
They urge the public to take precautions over the holidays to protect themselves and the region’s struggling health care systems.