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Growing up in the 1960s, Carolyn Kidd Royal experienced racist incidents that, combined with the way African American history was taught in schools,…

How the Missouri education department measures student comprehension and school performance is complicated. The manual for determining a school’s…

Edwardsville will become the first city in downstate Illinois to require retailers to charge for single-use plastic and paper shopping bags to help…

It’s only midmorning, but shrimper Thomas Olander is already calling it quits for the day in a small bayou in St. Mary Parish, on the central Louisiana…

Before Judy Gladney was among the first black students to integrate University City High School, she and her family were the first black people to move…

Recent data shows the St. Louis region’s foreign-born population is growing at a faster rate than most of the country’s largest metro areas.According to…

The lawsuits say schools have had to hire more staff, install special sensors and provide programs to help students cope with nicotine addiction.

This story was updated at 2:49 p.m. on Oct. 9, 2019 with comments from Bi-State CEO Taulby Roach. The St. Louis County Council voted 6-1 Tuesday to send…

University City, Missouri, is considered to be among the more diverse communities in a region still grappling with the stubborn legacy of segregation. But…

While the sun’s rays were at full effect this August, the Missouri Botanical Garden launched its Grow Solar St. Louis program for St. Louis-area home and…

A majority of Illinoisans think the state is on the wrong track and have a dim view of the economy, but the pessimism doesn’t seem to be affecting Gov....

Updated at 7:00 a.m. Oct. 7 — Celeste Trevino was dancing with a "friend of a friend" early Sunday morning at Tequila KC. It was about a half-hour...