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“We have a whole lot of legislators who will eat a whole lot of bad stuff to get one morsel of good ... It’s a sad state of affairs."

St. Louis was ranked 13th out of 180 cities in the US for its entertainment, nightlife and costs, according to a new study by Wallethub.

Today expect a cold day with a high of 37 and a low of 12. Winds will be light from the southwest at about 6 mph, gusting up to 12 mph. The chance of rain is very low, around 2%, but some light flurries are possible in the evening, with a 55% chance of snow late in the day. Temperatures will feel colder than the actual readings, especially in the evening when the wind chill drops to around 5 degrees. This morning will start out with some sun and patches of high clouds, but by the afternoon, mostly

Last election season you might recall that the Trump administration lied repeatedly and pretended to be really interested in reining in corporate power and shoring up antitrust reform. And while this line was propped up by a lot of useful idiots (like Matt Stoller) who insisted there was common cause to be made with fascists, […]

An Afghan man who fled the Taliban has been released from a Missouri immigration detention facility following a federal judge’s ruling. Mohammad Ali Dadfar had been held in the Greene County Jail in Springfield since early October, when he was detained and turned over to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE. On Monday, the […]

An overnight fire damaged Serra's Pizzeria in Maryland Heights, believed to have started in the kitchen, with no injuries reported.

One person was injured and another was detained after a shooting in north St. Louis on Tuesday afternoon.

A state appeals court will hear arguments Wednesday over whether Missouri Republicans erred in how they drafted a constitutional amendment banning abortion that voters will see on next year’s ballot. Last year, voters enshrined the right to abortion in the state constitution. The GOP-dominated legislature responded six months later by voting to put a new […]

For the last three years, my husband and I have called St. Louis home. He teaches at Kenrick-Glennon Seminary, our families are here and we’ve made a lot of friends who have welcomed us in and treated us like family. In recent years, one of those families, along with another we befriended at a previous […]

ST. LOUIS — Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway is warning consumers to be cautious of holiday scams as Christmas approaches. Hanaway advises Missouri families to remain vigilant against various forms of scams that are prevalent during the holiday shopping season. She said scams can come in many different forms especially during this time of year [...]

The niche card game was once banned at a downstate Illinois prison, but is back and helping with rehabilitation efforts.

ST. LOUIS — After a cold start, we’ll see a small touch of a warm-up Wednesday. Some morning sun will give way to cloudy skies, with temperature highs in the upper 30s. As a cold front pushes in Wednesday night, those clouds will yield pockets of snow flurries or some light snow showers. What falls [...]

Aerosmith is no longer a part of one of Disney World’s popular attractions.It was announced in November 2024 that Aerosmith was being replaced by The Muppets on the Rock ‘n’…

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Headlines from the Dec. 3, 1925, front page include: Ferguson again indicted, charged with $188,000 embezzlement