Search results for

The Whitaker Festival will return to the Missouri Botanical Garden this summer. The music festival went on a two-year hiatus as the coronavirus pandemic shut down performances across the St. Louis region.

According to a fiscal analysis, the changes to charter school funding would initially cost the state an additional $62 million.

Kohn's Kosher Meat and Deli, a family-owned business that's been in operation for near six decades, may soon be in other hands. Customers are wary of the changes a sale may bring, but owner Lenny Kohn is ready to move on.

Aldermen needed an extra meeting to be able to accomplish all they wanted to before the current session adjourns on Monday. But the five-hour meeting also included some heated exchanges.

Missouri’s current unemployment benefit ranges from 13 to 20 weeks, depending on the state’s unemployment rate. The new bill shortens it to as few as eight.

Brittany Green is one of six finalists for the 2022 Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Leadership for her work transforming Gordon Bush Elementary from a failing school to a “commendable” one.

Viktor and Svetlana Zribnyak had lived in Kharkiv, Ukraine, since 1983, but Russia’s invasion forced them to flee to their son’s home in St. Charles.

New data on opioid deaths among Black St. Louisans show fatal overdoses up by more than 500% since 2015. A physician and a researcher with the new CENTER Initiative discuss what they’re doing to reduce those deaths.

The centers give people a space to address outstanding warrants and other legal matters without risking arrest.

A former Missouri secretary of state is the head of an agency that oversees federal buildings and big-ticket federal contracts.

If the U.S. Supreme Court overturns the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion, a Missouri law would automatically kick in to ban the procedure except in medical emergencies. Republican lawmakers have also proposed bills that would take aim at abortions occurring across state lines.

Researchers say even a small amount of the toxin can harm kids’ development. One 2021 study found Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska and Missouri had some of the highest rates of elevated blood lead levels in children.