St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch is the primary newspaper for the Greater St. Louis area. It ranks as one of the biggest newspapers in the Midwest and reaches readers as far west as Kansas City, Missouri, south to Memphis, Tennessee, and north to Springfield, Illinois. Notably, it is the last daily newspaper still in print in St. Louis.

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Ameren plans 66-acre training complex near Wentzville

1 day ago | stltoday.com | Ethan Colbert

WENTZVILLE — Ameren Missouri wants to build a 66-acre training complex here that officials say will draw thousands of utility workers each year. The Wentzville Board of Aldermen will hold a public hearing on Ameren's proposal Wednesday as part of its regular meeting; the six-member board is expected to approve the project.
Baby missing after mother sent concerning texts, Overland police say

1 day ago | stltoday.com | Dana Rieck

OVERLAND — Police on Tuesday issued an alert for a missing woman and her 1-year-old child. Miranda Burnett was supposed to drop her daughter off with a family member Monday afternoon but never arrived, said the Missouri Highway Patrol. The 31-year-old woman's texts have authorities concerned she may harm herself, police said. They are also worried about the safety of the child, Harlow Rae Burnett, who they believe is with her. Police said Burnett is 5'9" and 125 pounds.
St. Louis seeks additional $4.3 million for downtown garage

1 day ago | stltoday.com | Steph Kukuljan

ST. LOUIS — City officials are hoping to secure an additional $4.3 million to pay for repairs at a deteriorating downtown garage. Engineers and construction workers have spent more than two years studying and repairing the more than 40-year-old garage at 400 North Sixth Street just off Washington Avenue. The St. Louis Centre East public parking garage serves employees of several downtown companies, including Stifel Financial.
St. Louis faithful gather and remember Pope Francis in cathedral Mass

2 days ago | stltoday.com | Ethan Colbert

ST. LOUIS — Pope Francis, who died Monday, is being remembered by St. Louis Catholics for his messages of inclusion and hope. “His focus was always on helping the oppressed, the marginalized,” said Kim Blackford, of Oakville.
Parents tried to save the St. Louis area’s smallest Catholic school. It almost worked.

2 days ago | stltoday.com | Colleen Schrappen

STE. GENEVIEVE COUNTY — The families at St. Joseph School were in a position familiar to many Catholics: The parish school they loved was shutting down. They found out in November through a leak on social media, weeks before it was officially announced by the Archdiocese of St. Louis. St. Joseph, about 60 miles south of St. Louis in unincorporated Zell, is the smallest school in the archdiocese. It has 27 pupils — total — in kindergarten through fifth grades. Still, the news came as a shock.
2 sinkholes open up on St. Louis streets. Neighbors are 'scared'

3 days ago | stltoday.com | Steph Kukuljan

ST. LOUIS — At least two sinkholes opened across the city over the past few days, unsettling neighbors and drawing spectators. City officials blocked off nearly an entire block at 17th Street and Cass Avenue in the St. Louis Place neighborhood after a sinkhole — estimated to be at least 20 feet deep — opened when a 100-year-old brick sewer collapsed, the sewer district said. Running water could be heard inside the hole.
Man arrested after stabbing victim with sword in University City

3 days ago | stltoday.com | Steph Kukuljan

UNIVERSITY CITY — A DeSoto man was arrested Friday after stabbing a victim in the chest with a sword and breaking into two apartments in University City. Police say Rodney Cox kicked in the door to the victim's apartment in the 600 block of Geoffrey Lane, off Interstate 170 and Delmar Boulevard, and stabbed him in the chest with a "full-length" sword. Right before that, Cox allegedly had broken into a different apartment but was scared off by a dog, authorities said.
'Better than I could've imagined': A dream MLB debut for WashU's Caleb Durbin

4 days ago | stltoday.com | Ethan Erickson

Caleb Durbin's big-league debut was straight of a daydream. The diminutive infielder who attended Washington University in St. Louis was called up to make his Major League debut Friday night for the Milwaukee Brewers, where he started at third base. Durbin wasted no time, beating out an infield single for his first big-league hit in his first plate appearance. Durbin later dropped in a bloop hit in the seventh, finishing 2-for-4 with a run scored as the Brewers beat the Athletics 5-3 in Milwaukee.
Missing ice surfer’s body found in Missouri River more than 2 years after disappearance

5 days ago | stltoday.com | Mark Schlinkmann

ST. LOUIS COUNTY — Remains of the long-missing Missouri River "ice surfer" have been found along the river near Chesterfield, authorities said on Friday. The St. Louis County medical examiner's office confirmed the remains were that of Aaron Duenke, the Franklin County man who disappeared in December 2022 while riding chunks of ice down the river. The Missouri Highway Patrol, which announced the identification, said Duenke was found Sunday.
Webster University president is out, will join business school faculty

5 days ago | stltoday.com | Steph Kukuljan |Monica Obradovic

WEBSTER GROVES — More leadership change is coming to Webster University after its board declined to renew the contract of the university’s president. The Webster Board of Trustees instead offered Julian Schuster a position on the faculty of the business school. His term expires May 31. Julie Palmer, president of Webster’s faculty senate, said Schuster will start teaching in the business school in August. University spokesperson Patrick Giblin said the university cannot comment on personnel matters.