A movement to draw more youngsters — especially from underrepresented groups — is making inroads: School districts started golf teams. Summer camps are filling. Nonprofits are donating money and equipment.
A car crashed into the corner Gus’s Pretzel Shop, damaging building and leaving a pile of bricks on the sidewalk.
The International Mentoring Program connects international women with local mentors and helps them integrate into the St. Louis community.
Washington University officials said police arrested more than 80 “who refused to leave after being asked multiple times.”
GKN Aerospace, which was threatening to close, was a key supplier to Boeing’s F/A-18 and F-15 fighter aircraft.
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Bob Trigg faced eviction from apartments run by an arm of St. Louis Catholic Charities. Marijuana and a vape pen were the issue. Then his friends stepped in.
The students launched the encampment, they said, following similar protests at Columbia University and other colleges and universities across the United States.
On April 28, 1980 The Who played the Checkerdome in St. Louis. It was the band's first concert following a show in Cincinnati when 11 fans were trampled to death.
A forensic psychologist for the defense testified Friday said she believed that Thomas Kinworthy Jr. could not be held responsible for killing a St. Louis police officer because he was in an "acute psychotic episode" at the time.
The charges against Desmond Harris were filed a week after Circuit Attorney Gabe Gore took office. His predecessor, Kim Gardner, had been unable to win a conviction in a separate case.
Lawmakers are operating under a May 10 deadline to finalize the state budget.
More than 130 staff and students signed a letter condemning what they call an “arbitrary and heavy-handed response” by the private university. Activists plan to protest Saturday in Forest Park.
After Congress declared war against Germany on April 6, 1917, pressure grew to muzzle the slightest German tendencies.
A couple billed as "a genuine giant and giantess" arrive in St. Louis for a visit. The Capt. and Mrs. M.V. Bates, both eight-footers, arrive at Union Depot and are followed by children. They stay in special accommodations at the Lindell Hotel.
The outbreak has spurred calls from staff and parents for the school to move to virtual learning.
Affected neighborhoods, in addition to downtown, include Soulard, the Central West End and Old North St. Louis.
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Prosecutors are walking back claims that a teenage driver had fentanyl and ketamine in her system when she crashed and killed three of her passengers last year in Lincoln County.
The case of St. Louis police Sgt. Jatonya Clayborn Muldrow could change the fate of workplace discrimination cases across the country.
WashU student Angelica Harris found that most commercial test prep companies failed to meet the needs of Black students, so she started her own.
A teacher's aid was charged this week with slamming a 6-year-old's head onto a table during lunchtime at Wilkinson Early Childhood Center.
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A jury on Friday found a Berkeley man guilty of shooting and killing a woman during a fist fight about a high school prom after party last year.
Boeing’s deal for GKN Aerospace’s Hazelwood plant comes at a crucial moment for the defense contractor and its 16,000-person St. Louis-area workforce.
Walmart is removing self-service lanes at some stores across the country. It joins a band of other large retailers who have recently announced changes to their self-checkout services.
Three-fourths of Missouri voters supported the 1992 constitutional amendment on term limits.
The Loop Trolley returned to service for the season on Thursday, April 25, 2024. The free trolley runs Thursday to Sunday between the U. City Loop and the History Museum.
This week the Missouri Botanical Garden is having an herb sale, the Twilight Tuesdays concert series starts back up and a new exhibit about the World's Fair opens.
Dan Pruitt, 54, was fatally shot about 10 p.m. Wednesday in St. Louis.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch columnist grades the ownership of Tom Stillman, management of Doug Armstrong, and coaching by Craig Berube, and Drew Bannister. Video by Allie Schallert, aschallert@post-dispatch.com