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Two university communities are in mourning after two former star volleyball players and their daughters died in a crash in Missouri. Lesley Drury Prather, 40, and Carrie Urton McCaw, 44, were traveling to a club volleyball tournament in Kansas City with their 12-year-old daughters when the crash happened Friday, according to a statement from the University of Louisville womens volleyball team. Prather played volleyball at Louisville and McCaw played at Syracuse University. The group was traveling on Interstate 64 in

The brutal killing and mutilation of a 25-year-old woman in Mexico has sparked outrage and prompted calls for a change in the countrys law, after several media outlets published a leaked photograph of the victims disfigured body on their front pages. Authorities announced Sunday that police officers arrived at a home in Mexico City over the weekend to find Ingrid Escamilla lifeless, with her body skinned and missing some of its organs the latest incident in an ongoing string

COLUMBUS WCMH An Ohio woman was saved by her dogs when her ex-boyfriend attacked her, police say. It happened Thursday evening in a Linden neighborhood home. According to police, the victims ex-boyfriend, 58-year-old Lonnie Hollingsworth, was outside her home retrieving some of his property. The woman said she allowed Hollingsworth to come inside at one point. She told police they hung out for a while, but then an argument started. Police said Hollingsworth then held the woman at knifepoint

The 135th Army Band is stationed in Springfield, Missouri, and is one of several army bands stationed across the U.S.

My husband is not only special to my family, he must be very special to God because I dont know how in the world he is still alive, his wife said

Lake St. Louis escorted Kentucky firefighters to the state line

Where a defendant challenged the denial of a pretrial suppression motion and argued that his sentence was substantively unreasonable, a written plea agreement did not refer to the suppression motion, so he waived the right to appeal the denial of the motion, and the judgment is affirmed because the sentence was not unreasonable. Judgment is ...

Where a defendant challenged his sentence in a drug-conspiracy case, the district court did not err in applying a two-level enhancement for possession of a firearm or a two-level enhancement for obstruction of justice, so the judgment is affirmed. Judgment is affirmed. U.S. v. Morrow MLW No. 74533/Case No. 18-3626 7 pages U.S. Court ...

Where a defendant who pleaded guilty in a methamphetamine case argued that the district court erred in making its drug-quantity determination for sentencing purposes, claiming that the informants testimony was inconsistent, the court explained its reasons for believing the informant witness, and there was no clear error, so the judgment is affirmed. Judgment is affirmed. ...

The Staenberg Group has closed on its deal to acquire the Chesterfield Mall. The retail-focused commercial real estate firm acquired the 1.2 million-square-foot mall from Georgia-based Hull Property Group for an undisclosed price in a transaction that closed Feb. 14, TSG said in a release. With the deal, TSG which also owns the Sears building at the mall can now control redevelopment of the mall, a project poised to change the landscape of the city of Chesterfield. This is the start

The St. Louis Business Journal on Thursday once again feted its latest class of rising stars of the business community.Around 600 people attended the 40 Under 40 Awards celebration at Chase Park Plaza in the Central West End. The event marked the 26th class of 40 Under 40 honorees, dating back to 1995.In conjunction with the Business Journals 40th year, Publisher Robert Bobroff and Editor Erik Siemers unveiled a new 40 Under 40 Hall of Fame, detailing the impact of the 10 executives selected

The startup, Native Pet, plans to use its funding to grow its team, expand product development and bolster its direct-to-consumer presence.

The board hired Sweeney in 2015.

Darcy Horn Davenport, president of Active Nutrition since 2017, will become CEO of the new public company.

Cereal business is out of favor, but Bob Evans side-dish sales are growing rapidly.

Recently, Saint Louis Universitys Museum of Arts SLUMA was designated as one of the top 10 university art museums worth exploring by USA Today. Other university museums with this impressive distinction include Yale University Art Gallery and Princeton University Art Museum. Petruta Lipan, Executive Director of Museums and Galleries, said, for Saint Louis University to...

Highlighting the senior class is always a surreal experience for athletes, coaches, spectators, friends and families. On Saturday, Feb.1 SLUs swimming and diving team celebrated their senior class in their final home meet of the season at Simon Rec. The 12 seniors were honored prior to the start of the meet against University of Missouri...

If you wanna be the wokest woke that ever woke, go to womens sports events. Abby Wambach came to speak at SLU last Tuesday and had these words of wisdom for the SLU community. As a longtime supporter of Billiken athletics and a big proponent of supporting both our male and female teams, hearing Wambach...

David Clewell, Missouris second poet laureate and longtime Webster University professor of literature, passed away on Saturday, February 15. The university released a statement Sunday morning confirming his passing and celebrating Clewells career, impact as a professor and voice as a writer and poet.

Sylvia Benford lived in the Blue Fountain Apartments in north citys Baden neighborhood for ten years, the first nine of which she says were pretty good. But about a year ago, conditions took a turn for the worse.

Eric Greitens is back. On Facebook.