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Otis Williams spent 22 years at the agency, including the last eight as executive director.

Her decision ends a chaotic four years atop a department responsible for delivering some of the city’s most visible services.

Gov. Mike Kehoe’s administration is moving forward with plans to switch to a new electronic court monitoring service despite concerns some crime victims could be cut off from notifications of upcoming court proceedings.

ST. LOUIS — City police on Tuesday recovered a projectile launcher stolen last week from a SWAT bunker in department headquarters.

Elizabeth Fischer, 55, who lived in the Wildwood house until it was condemned, has been on the lam for two months, federal prosecutors said in court on Tuesday.

There were no injuries as dozens of staff members and 800 students waited out the storm in an emergency shelter on the campus

The $3.2 million would have gone to five urban farmers to expand operations and fill fresh food shortages. The county executive said it needed to be bid competitively.

One St. Louis organization helping gunshot victims will lose out on over $1 million in federal funding.

Business groups challenged the new minimum wage law but the Supreme Court rebuffed the plaintiffs days before a key provision takes effect.

Tauren Taylor is the first to resolve his case stemming from the Aug. 9 protest, which ended in several arrests after a fence was damaged and an officer was severely injured.

Program riled property owners, who said repairs made no sense and worried it was a backdoor land grab. Then, it was hit with corruption allegations.

Bayer will soon install a new CFO at its Crop Science division, turning to veteran company executive Guru Ramamurthy, who will be based in St. Louis.

Sen. Steven Roberts’ bill to spur redevelopment of vacant downtown buildings, including the AT&T tower and the Railway Exchange, is being held up in the Missouri House.

John Viviano founded the original grocery in 1950. It will close May 3.

A spokesman for the sheriff’s office said he did not know how much the office was paying the lobbyists.

A proposal to loosen Missouri’s animal neglect and cruelty laws is drawing strong opposition from pet adoption organizations and animal control groups.

Two bodies were discovered in north St. Louis on Tuesday morning, and homicide detectives have been dispatched to the scene.

Sensient Technologies Corp., one of the world’s largest dyemakers, is working to overhaul the colors used to brighten products from cereals to sports drinks.

Two consultancies are already building a pool of candidates for top St. Louis positions. And they're raising money, $50,000 so far.

Detectives say Alex Johnston, 25, can be seen on surveillance footage ducking under the gate of the department’s parking garage as it was closing.