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St. Louis City looking to acquire Railway Exchange Building amid crime concerns
St. Louis city officials have announced the start of the process to take over the Railway Exchange Building due to its frequent break-ins, burglaries, and vandalism, and are hoping to negotiate with the owners before filing a formal petition in court.
Missouri Supreme Court halts release of man with overturned conviction as he was about to go free
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri Supreme Court halted the immediate release Wednesday of a man whose murder conviction was overturned — just as the man was about to walk free. A St. Louis Circuit Court judge had ordered Christopher Dunn, now 52, to be released by...
St. Louis and West-Central Illinois: Storms Along I-70, Fog
St. Louis, MO – Weather conditions in eastern Missouri and west-central Illinois are expected to be variable over the next few days, with isolated storms and patchy dense fog creating potentially challenging travel conditions. According to the US National Weather Service in St. Louis, there is a low chance...
1 of the Fastest-Growing Pizza Chains Already in 7 Missouri Towns
I will admit that I had never heard of this pizza chain before today, but if business experts are right, that will change soon. One of the fastest-growing pizza chains in America is already in 7 Missouri towns and that's expected to expand even further. In a new article shared...
Illinois man gets 25 years in prison for shoving girlfriend off St. Louis hotel balcony
ST. LOUIS — An Illinois man was sentenced Monday to 25 years in prison for shoving his girlfriend off the seventh-floor balcony of a St. Louis hotel, driving her to an alley miles away and then abandoning her. Cameron Creamer, 32, of Danville, Illinois, was set to face trial...
McBride leads Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity & Equity
Dwight A. McBride, the Gerald Early Distinguished Professor in Arts & Sciences and a senior advisor to the chancellor, is now executive director of the Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity & Equity (CRE2), Washington University in St. Louis announced. His appointment took effect July 1. McBride, a nationally...
St. Louis prosecutor urges judge to take action freeing a man whose murder conviction was tossed
ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis’ top prosecutor on Wednesday asked a judge to enforce his ruling ordering the release of a man whose murder conviction was overturned after 33 years in prison — but who remains behind bars at the urging of Missouri’s attorney general.
Missouri Supreme Court halts release of Christopher Dunn, despite judge’s order to do so
ST. LOUIS — The Missouri Supreme Court said Wednesday that Christopher Dunn must remain in prison, despite a lower court ruling clearing him of murder and ordering his immediate release. The one-page order from the state high court came minutes before Dunn was expected to walk out of prison...
Rowdy Tellez Has Big Part in Pirates Win Over Cardinals After Late Lineup Change
PITTSBURGH — Rowdy Tellez wasn’t even in the original starting lineup for the Pittsburgh Pirates, but he came up big in a 5-0 win over the St. Louis Cardinals in the series rubber match at PNC Park on Wednesday. Tellez was inserted into the lineup after Bryan Reynolds...
Twisters? Vicious Dust Devil Tears Through Barnhart, Missouri
Thanks to new movies, tornadoes are a fashionable topic these days which makes a new video share from Barnhart, Missouri even more fun. It's a massive dust devil that nearly dropped on top of someone with their phone camera rolling. Thanks to the new movie "Twisters", everyone seems to want...
Storm chances continue over the area through Friday
We will continue to have storm chances through Friday. Today’s forecast says we have a chance of showers and thunderstorms this afternoon, but otherwise mostly sunny skies with a high of 87. Then, a chance of showers and storms for tonight with a low of 67. The National Weather...
The Shotgun/Throwdown (7/24/24): JJ Wetherholt officially signs with St. Louis, receives record-breaking bonus
Welcome to The Shotgun/Throwdown, your daily West Virginia sports roundup (that we didn’t already talk about in another article) with some sophomoric humor and daily distractions thrown in for good measure. And if there’s something we missed, be sure to talk about it in the comments. Programming Note:...
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