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The family of a St. Louis-area Lyft driver killed in 2021 after immigrating to the United States from Ghana filed suit this month claiming Lyft fails to protect its drivers.

Four children of Kenneth R. Wiest of O’Fallon, a Mascoutah High grad and Vietnam War veteran, received medals left years ago in a safe deposit box

Fred Cay says the Weldon Spring Conservation Area shooting could have been avoided.

The number of nurses and medical staff at the jail has dropped by more than half since 2019. At the same time, spending on temp firms has skyrocketed by more than $4 million annually.

Parson proposes spending $859 million to add lanes in suburban St. Louis, Kansas City and Boone County.

Dennis Phillips is proposing to build 300 apartments on his property at 1525-29 South Broadway in St. Louis’ Kosciusko neighborhood, on the Soulard border.

Lux Living proposed demolishing a row of long-vacant buildings along Kingshighway, just south of Forest Park, that would clear the way for apartments.

Disputed expenses include invoices for printer ink, furniture, and the repair of a courthouse window shot out last month.

About 1.62 million people visited in 2022. In the late 1990s, the park regularly welcomed about 3.5 million a year.

City elections officials spent the day hurrying to find and count provisional ballots, and an alderman coming off a big win raised questions about what they'll do next.

Dontez McCray, 27, was held on $1 million bail Wednesday night on the charge of first-degree murder.

The kids were unharmed and went to a neighbor's home for help after triple shooting about 8:15 p.m. Wednesday.

Legislation would prohibit physicians and other health care providers from providing “gender transition procedures” to individuals younger than 18.

A man charged with shooting a woman during a purse snatching outside a St. Peters Schnucks grocery store remains at large, police said Wednesday.

Metro East city has been spilling raw sewage into the Mississippi for years. “We don’t really need to go to trial over this,” residents’ lawyer says.

Alderman Cara Spencer, who lost to Mayor Tishaura O. Jones by 4 percentage points in 2021, came back Tuesday with an impressive showing.

A St. Louisan and Democrat, Gross lost a bid for the office in 2020. He won a major Sunshine Law case in 2021, after suing state for overcharging for records.

News reporting put a spotlight on the problems at Choate, officials said, and it’s time to improve conditions for residents with developmental disabilities and mental illnesses.

It was not immediately clear how a tie would be decided. But elections officials said that it may not come to that.

The measure on Wednesday escaped the House with a slim majority — 85-69 — three more votes than constitutionally required to advance legislation to the Senate.