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Fox Middle School teacher accused of molesting student

A Fox Middle School teacher has been charged after allegedly sending inappropriate text messages and having sexual contact with a student, who is younger than 14, according to court documents. Zachery Robert Leonard, 42, of St. Louis was charged today, May 14, with two counts of felony third-degree child molestation,..
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Seeing double: Five sets of twins attending same Missouri nursing school

St. Louis, MO (KSDK/CNN) - A Missouri nursing school has some seeing double: Goldfarb School of Nursing has five sets of twins, all studying to become nurses. They’re learning the science of medicine and the art of caring. And it helps when no one has to figure that out alone.
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You’d Never Guess There’s An Awesome Diner Inside This Missouri Shooting Range

Most businesses pick a lane and stick with it, but Sharp Shooters St. Louis Shooting Range decided that lanes are for shooting and eating, preferably in the same visit. This St. Louis establishment has cracked the code on multitasking by combining two activities that you’d never think to put under one roof, and somehow
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St. Louis officer injured in Thursday morning crash

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - A St. Louis police officer was injured in a crash on Thursday morning. According to police, an officer was driving on Jefferson and Cole when another driver ran a stop sign around 9 a.m. Police said the officer was taken to the hospital...
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Southbound I-270 reopened after significant crash and car fire

Emergency responders are working a significant crash involving a vehicle fire on southbound Interstate 270 at Highway 40 (Interstate 64) Thursday morning.
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Good Day Farm faces second Missouri antitrust lawsuit in two weeks

Good Day Farm Dispensary in St. Louis, MO (Photo by Rebecca Rivas/The Missouri Independent)Missouri’s largest marijuana company is facing a second antitrust lawsuit in two weeks, this time from a Kansas City consumer who alleges Good Day Farm and more than 40 affiliated LLCs used a web of dispensary licenses to limit c
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Jennings Dad Claims Self-Defense After Deadly Street Shooting of Teen Son

A Jennings father told a judge this week that he opened fire on his own teenage son because he believed he was defending himself after a family argument turned violent. The boy, identified by relatives as 16-year-old Isaiah Walker, was found wounded in the street and later died from his injuries, and his father now fac
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Man charged in murder of woman found dead in her Metro East apartment

BROOKLYN, Illinois — Two days after a woman was found dead in her Brooklyn, Illinois, apartment, a man has been charged in her murder. Prosecutors charged Demario Ursery with first-degree murder, alleging he beat and strangled Dolnesha Jones to death. Family members told 5 On Your Side that Ursery...
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‘Gifted’ docuseries shows how family of St. Louis organ donor turns tragedy into hope

Maissa Abdallah loved laughing, dancing around rooms, swimming and giving to others. Even after she took her life on Aug. 10, 2024, she gave the ultimate gift: Her donated organs saved four people and inspired a story in “Gifted: The Docuseries”, which premiered April 1. The project takes viewers on a journey through t
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Carondelet Park Widow Takes City Hall To Court Over Tornado Death

Months after a deadly May 16 tornado tore through south St. Louis, Rachel Baltazar says she is still waiting for basic answers from City Hall about how it all went so wrong. Her husband, Juan Baltazar, was killed when a tree slammed onto his pickup inside Carondelet Park. Now the widow of the 48-year-old food truck own

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