Special School District of St. Louis County will freeze pay for its staff next year in an effort to right a years-long financial crisis.
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ST. LOUIS COUNTY — Detectives with the Major Case Squad are investigating after a man was found dead Tuesday night in Berkeley.
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Creve Coeur-based TriStar Properties is pitching a 235-unit apartment and retail complex, an 11-house subdivision and a 31-unit villa on 50 acres near Litzinger and McKnight Roads.
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As the city boomed before the Civil War, many of today's suburbs were still small hamlets or simply farmland.
Headlines from the May 27, 1926, front page include: Man killed, girl injured in bomb received in mail.
Vi-Jon manufactured store-brand baby powders, body powders and foot powders using talc for years, with store-brand powders sold at stores such as Walmart, Target and Walgreens.
The department said Tuesday that drones would be stationed at docking stations throughout the city "based on crime trends, 911 call volume, response patterns and operational needs."
Arquez Phipps, 19, was charged with one count of endangering the welfare of a child.
Anthony Sanders, 27, of St. Louis County, is charged with third-degree child molestation and enticement or attempted enticement of a child.
St. Louis' water system needs at least $10 million more in Rams money, Comptroller Donna Baringer said.
The employee was retaliated against for complaining about the sexual harassment, the lawsuit said.
Authorities said the victim's motorcycle overturned and struck a guardrail on Congress Street Monday afternoon.
The principal, Cedric Gerald, is facing criminal charges in a sex abuse case involving several students in another district. He remains in the St. Louis County jail.
Officers were called Saturday morning to the 3600 block of Bayless Avenue for a report of graffiti, St. Louis County police said.
In court on Tuesday, Jordan Gipson addressed the allegations, saying he did not remember making the phone calls.
A 70-year-old retiree was arrested in connection with the bludgeoning death of Randy Gail Sperino. Her nude body was found along the side of a road in November 1993.
The shooting took place about 10:50 a.m. Tuesday in the 1400 block of North 13th Street, police said.
John Ajena, 33, is charged with third-degree domestic assault and endangering the welfare of a child. He was being held in custody Tuesday without bond.
"Operation VIPER" is an FBI national initiative that focuses on reducing violent crime and is the second such effort publicized by federal and local officials in the past six months.
St. Louis Public Schools plans to move forward with demolishing buildings even as one developer says it has failed to respond to his attempts to buy one of the schools.
The district is considering "cost-containment measures" across all employee groups, a spokeswoman said.
All four men face stealing, burglary and property damage charges in St. Charles County. They also face charges in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, officials said.
If approved by voters, the city would raise the property tax rate. The funding will help pay to replace the oldest of the city's two existing fire stations.
Missouri lawmakers spent part of this year’s legislative session arguing that the state should steer low-income families away from buying candy, soda and desserts with public benefits.
The cabin holds a rich history: It was owned by one of Des Peres' founding families and was likely the first site of permanent European settlement in the area.
Learn about homicide victims and regional trends with this database from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
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Nine graduates of the St. Louis Coro Fellows Program celebrated at Delmar DivINe after nine months of public affairs projects and leadership training in St. Louis.
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UMSL computer science graduate Siddhartha Pullannagari leveraged research and hackathons to prepare for Columbia University’s new master’s in artificial intelligence.
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Autumn Starnes transferred to UMSL, shifted from cybersecurity to accounting with strong faculty mentorship, and gained internships blending IT and auditing.
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The University of Missouri–St. Louis received an IIE American Passport Project grant to fund first U.S. passports for up to 25 Pell-eligible students to study abroad.
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