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The Screaming Eagle is safe.

Interstate 44 covered with floodwater in both directions near the Intersection of Highway 141. More flood coverage.

Family members were shocked to find toppled gravestones at Chesed Shel Emeth Cemetery in University City; almost 200 were vandalized over the weekend. Monument company crews worked to upright as many stones as possible; others were broken and could not be restored.

More than 650 people died from opioid overdoses in the St. Louis region in 2016, more than four times the number in 2007. Toxicology results continue to come in.

Toni Stevenson, 15, is fatally shot by masked gunmen in St. Louis

Terrence Dixon, 32, a cook at a Bridgeton Hardee’s who makes $8.50 an hour

Photo By David Carson

Photo: David Carson

Blues Chairman Tom Stillman, discussing renovations at the Scottrade Center, which is owned by the city of St. Louis.

Danny Leahy tests the weather as he sits with brother Tommy (left), father Pat and mother Stacy, of Webster Groves, as they await the start of the Winter Classic between the Blues and the Blackhawks on Monday, Jan. 2, 2017.

Bob King, 87, makes large story boards to help him document his long, active life. He has a board showing all of his grandchildren and great-grandchildren. He was employed with Boeing for 53 years until he was laid off  in September. 

More fun things to do downtown over Winter Classic weekend.

Photos: Laurie Skrivan

Pulitzer himself had his start in St. Louis, and several St. Louisans have won the Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartoons.

Desmond Settles, 2, joins mother Dearia Grice, an employee at Wendy’s and Hardees, and a group of workers in a protest outside McDonald’s on North Tucker in St. Louis. The protesters were asking for a raise in the minimum wage to $15 an hour. 

Helen Launhardt, 54, St. Louisan and lifetime Republican

Missouri Highway Patrol officers stand at attention as police escort an ambulance transporting a deceased St. Louis County police officer from St. Anthony’s Medical Center.