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Biden issues disaster declaration for area flooding, opens access to FEMA assistance
St. Louisans affected by the recent severe storms and flooding can now get help from the federal government through FEMA’s…
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Crime
Municipal Courts tosses backlog of low-level cases; Warrant Reset Day, Second Chance job fair planned
Municipal Courts Administrative Judge Newton McCoy signed on Thursday a dismissal order for more than 24,000 older, low-level cases at…
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Loop Trolley is running again through Oct. 30; rides are free
The Loop Trolley is officially back in service after Bi-State Development received final approval from the Loop Trolley Transportation Development…
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State requests federal disaster declaration for St. Louis, to access federal relief
Gov. Mike Parson asked the federal government on Thursday for a major disaster declaration in order to seek federal assistance…
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Health
‘True cost of aging’ index shows many seniors can’t afford basic necessities
Fran Seeley, 81, doesn’t see herself as living on the edge of a financial crisis. But she’s uncomfortably close. Each…
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Flooding disrupts MetroLink service; damage is being assessed, addressed
MetroLink service has been affected by the severe flooding that struck the area after two separate days of storms this past…
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City sets up mobile command centers in neighborhoods hit hard by flooding
ST. LOUIS – This week’s severe storms and the flooding they caused have left many people devastated. So the city…
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Jones declares state of emergency in St. Louis after record rainfall, flooding
ST. LOUIS – Mayor Tishaura Jones has declared a state of emergency in the city after the recent rainfall and…
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City Recorder of Deeds offers new online way to get vital records
CITY HALL – St. Louisans can now get important documents from the city’s Recorder of Deeds without leaving home. The…
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Health
Conservative blocs unleash litigation to curb public health powers
Through a wave of pandemic-related litigation, a trio of small but mighty conservative legal blocs has rolled back public health…
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Health
Patients with epilepsy navigate murky unregulated CBD industry
In 2013, Tonya Taylor was suicidal because her epileptic seizures persisted despite taking a long list of medications. Then a…
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Health
Comptroller’s office to host American Red Cross blood drive Aug. 10
The Red Cross urgently needs blood and platelet donors to help ill patients, and there is special and ongoing need for…
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City opens registration for National Night Out parties in October
CITY HALL – Residents who want to host National Night Out block parties can register their plans with the city’s…
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Kids
Summer Fun STL adds new site, more pop-up events for city children
CITY HALL – Children are getting even more options for safe summer fun, with an expansion of youth programming locations…
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Crime
How will the new federal gun law affect Missouri? It’s complicated
The federal gun safety bill passed with bipartisan congressional support in June was heralded as the first notable piece of federal…
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Politics
At naturalization ceremonies, immigrants celebrate ‘beginning of a new life’
ST. LOUIS – Twenty people became new U.S. citizens here on Saturday during a naturalization ceremony at Kiener Plaza. Judge…
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Health
Monkeypox: symptoms, how it spreads, and more
The World Health Organization said this week that monkeypox wasn’t yet a public health emergency of international concern. But more than…
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Politics
Missouri enacts photo voter ID law before November elections
Missouri voters will have to show photo identification to cast a regular ballot in the November election as a result…
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Politics
Parson signs proclamation to end elective abortions in Missouri
JEFFERSON CITY – Today, in response to the United States Supreme Court’s ruling overturning Roe v. Wade, Gov. Mike Parson signed…
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Politics
Roe overturned: What you need to know about the Supreme Court abortion decision
After half a century, Americans’ constitutional right to get an abortion has been overturned by the Supreme Court. The ruling…
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Health
Mobile food pantry expands free food program at 5 Metro Transit centers
ST. LOUIS – Metro Transit and the St. Louis Area Foodbank are expanding the free Food on the Move program…
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News
Juneteenth celebrates emancipation, but how people were kept unfree needs to be remembered, too
The actual day was June 19, 1865, and it was the Black dockworkers in Galveston, Texas, who first heard the word…
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Art
Greater Mount Carmel church to host free Juneteenth concert by Symphony
KINGSWAY EAST – The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra will perform a free public concert on Sunday, in honor of Juneteenth,…
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Health
Mortality gap is widening across the political aisle
Politics may be a matter of life or death. A study published June 7 by the British Medical Journal examined mortality rates…
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Health
Health plans block patients’ mental health care from their doctors
When a longtime patient visited Dr. William Sawyer’s office after recovering from COVID-19, the conversation quickly turned from the coronavirus…
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Health
Addressing the ‘trust factor’: Researchers tackle health disparities using genetics
Quenton Tompkins’ family tree is deeply rooted in rural McCormick County, S.C. His grandfather was a sharecropper in McCormick. His…
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Education
A scholar studies the school choices parents of all races make
Chantal Hailey, assistant professor of sociology at the University of Texas at Austin My research at this moment focuses on school…
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Crime
Study: Children who survive school shootings endure lasting consequences
As the U.S. reels from another school shooting, much of the public discussion has centered on the lives lost: 19…
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Opinion
Opinion: The forgotten history of Memorial Day grew up in aftermath of Civil War
In the years following the bitter Civil War, a former Union general took a holiday originated by former Confederates and…
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News
City to resume alleyway recycling collection starting May 31
CITY HALL – St. Louisans can again put their household recyclables into the city’s blue alley bins for pickup separate…
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