Parents in the Metro East are pressing the Edwardsville School Board for answers after learning the top school administrator is receiving 21 weeks of sick leave per year.

The contract, originally signed a year ago, had been requested under the state’s open-record law. It was then shared online and the town has been in a frenzy ever since.

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A new initiative named Block Builders, aimed at tackling violent crime in St. Louis area neighborhoods, launches this morning. This collaborative effort involves the Urban League, the Regional Business Council, major utilities, and the city of St. Louis.

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Saint Louis University students are set to hold a pro-Palestinian, anti-war protest today. This follows a similar demonstration by Washington University students, faculty, and activists in Forest Park yesterday, as community passions intensify regarding the conflict in Gaza.

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FOX 2 News has obtained video Thursday showing the dramatic ending of a sad squatting saga in south St. Louis.

Sudanese refugees had been living in front of someone’s home at Spring Avenue and Chippewa Street for more than three years.

The City of St. Louis removed their large shelter made from tarps and grocery carts.

The difference at the busy intersection is startling.

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Missouri’s Republican-led Legislature on Wednesday passed a bill to ban Medicaid funding from going to Planned Parenthood, a move they have tried for years in a state where almost all abortions are banned.

The bill, approved 106-48 Wednesday in the House, aims to make it illegal for Missouri’s Medicaid program to reimburse Planned Parenthood for health care services to low-income patients, such as pap smears and cancer screenings.

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The City of St. Louis has spent nearly $8 million and counting on speed humps to combat its epidemic of reckless driving.

More than 1,100 of the speed humps have already been installed, with about 300 more coming this summer and hundreds more after that.

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