Kokomo Joe’s celebrates employee’s enlistment in the marines

ST. PETERS, Mo. - Celebrations aren't new to Kokomo Joe’s Family Fun Center in St. Peters. But one they hosted Thursday was more special than most. Kokomo Joe's hosted a sendoff party for one of their very own employees, Ian Hedgecorth, who enlisted in the Marines and will be deployed to Japan for the next [...]

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Fountain Park residents seek answers on stalled rehab project

ST. LOUIS - A new development in an underrepresented part of the City of St. Louis has residents questioning what officials have planned for the area. Last year, one contractor was awarded a grant of over $800,000 to rehab three buildings in Fountain Park. But now, neighbors are wondering what the high price tag means [...]

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Report: Senator Eric Schmitt eyed for Trump’s cabinet role

MISSOURI - Buzz is growing about U.S. Senator and St. Louis County native Eric Schmitt being a potential cabinet pick for President-Elect Donald Trump. The first-term Senator from Missouri has become a close confidant of Trump, speaking at the Republican National Convention and even sitting in the Trump family section there.  Schmitt was also part [...]

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Residents, city employees confront Bellefontaine Neighbors Board of Aldermen at meeting

ST. LOUIS - The City of Bellefontaine Neighbors held a packed Board of Aldermen meeting Thursday for the first time since city employees walked off the job last month. City Hall was filled to capacity with residents and employees calling for an end to a financial deadlock. Not only was the budget in the discussion, [...]

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Route 141 in Valley Park closed due to flooding

VALLEY PARK, Mo. - MoDOT closed Route 141 in Valley Park Thursday as water began to cover a stretch of the highway that dips under Interstate 44. Fenton resident Michael Arens stopped with his children to look as he planned how to make trips to both sides of the closure for sporting event practices. “This [...]

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E-mails show IT concerns with new childcare subsidy software

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. - Childcare providers are still struggling after months of delays in state subsidy payments. At one point, Lisa Scheer, the childcare director at Baden Christian Child Care, said the state owed her center $17,000 in unpaid childcare subsidies. "They have made significant payments to providers, and they are getting caught up," [...]

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Prosecutors left unpaid after chasing taxpayer delinquents

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. - St. Louis County prosecutors are being warned of a budget crisis. A prosecutor’s office internal email reveals the budget manager warning staff, stating in part, "supplies cannot be ordered by any department....we are out of envelopes and paper...I just paid the last phone bill that can be paid this year...I [...]

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Abortion right supporters knocked thousands of doors before Election Day

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Millions of text messages and knocking thousands of doors—that's what supporters said led to the passage of Amendment 3, making abortion legal in the state once again. Many voters went to the ballot box this election to vote in favor of the amendment and for many anti-abortion Republicans. Canvassers said it [...]

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St. Charles County completes hand count audit of Election Day vote

ST. CHARLES COUNTY, Mo. – St. Charles County voters shattered an election record on Tuesday. Election officials conducted a hand count audit on Thursday to assure voters the results were accurate. St. Charles County Director of Elections Kurt said the audit, performed on a sampling of votes, perfectly matched the machine count. “Each team of [...]

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Groundbreaking for Olia Village at site of former Bayer campus

CREVE COEUR, Mo. – A longtime campus for a St. Louis-based Fortune 500 company is seeing a change coming to west St. Louis County. For decades, it was the home to Monsanto. But after the purchase by German-based Bayer AG, the sprawling west county campus was no longer in use or needed. On Thursday, shovels [...]

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