The city has signed contracts with two local companies to help plow and salt residential side streets. While high temperatures were in the 50s on Friday, bitter cold moves back in at the end of the weekend.
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The Church of God in Christ’s Holy Convocation is estimated to generate roughly $250 million in economic impact over three years for St. Louis.
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The St. Louis Civil Service Commission hearing on firing Personnel Director Sonya Jenkins-Gray is scheduled to enter a third day on Thursday.
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Illinois promised answers after fatal officer-involved shootings and other deaths at the hands of law enforcement. But some prosecutors, including some in the Metro East, stay silent.
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The electric utility is asking Missouri regulators to approve a 15% increase in rates, or about $17 more a month on average. Customers can share feedback on the raise at upcoming public hearings.
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EarthDance Organic farm used a federal program to help pay for a solar array that now provides 87% of the power they need to teach classes and grow vegetables
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The separate proposals by Ward 7 Alderwoman Alisha Sonnier and Ward 13 Alderwoman Pamela Boyd have some similarities but also have differences that need to be resolved.
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Freeburg has been the “Midgets” for 90 years. Many people with dwarfism now consider the term a slur.
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Gov. Mike Parson appointed Melissa Price Smith to fill out the term of Wesley Bell, who was recently sworn in as Missouri’s 1st Congressional District representative.
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Former Missouri Secretary of State Robin Carnahan will soon depart from the agency responsible for managing federal procurement and the government’s real estate holdings.
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Four St. Louis arts organizations are collaborating with St. Louis County’s Department of Justice Services to test a program offering violin or piano lessons to some incarcerated at the jail. Organizers say playing music can build life skills and help prepare inmates for life after release.
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