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Illinois State Police said they were called around 1:45 a.m. to the 1300 block of Klein Avenue to help Venice police investigate a homicide.

A 17-year-old was standing on Interstate 44 around 4 a.m. in south St. Louis County when a car swerved and hit him.

Missouri residents who don’t already have an at-home PCR test kit can order one for free through March 31 through the state’s online system at health.mo.gov.

The Northside Economic Empowerment Center, funded with $1.5 million from St. Louis’ federal pandemic relief money, hopes to open its suite of business services by June in the annex on the eastern side of the Sumner campus.

Prominent local developer Larry Chapman came up with the $40 million cost estimate for a proposed North County center championed by County Council Chair Rita Days.

The lawmaker who requested the opinion says the cost of child care is a barrier for parents considering runs for office.

Bonne Terre Patrolman Lane Burns was killed, and another officer injured at the Motel 6. Officers then killed the suspect, James Emery of St. Louis.

Regional COVID-19 rates are at some of the lowest levels seen during the pandemic. But the recent upswing in cases in Europe has some experts casting a wary eye toward the future.

An O'Fallon, Missouri, man died when his motorcycle crashed into the back of a tractor-trailer that police said turned into the motorcycle's path on Wednesday.

William Don Tisaby's perjury and evidence tampering trial is set for March 28 in St. Louis Circuit Court.

The development came as a judge lifted the injunction that had held up awarding the licenses until litigation was settled.

Pothole season: Between February and April complaints can double or triple.

Messenger: A couple of St. Louis area residents offer their thanks to bystanders and first responders.

While some legal experts doubt that Rep. Mary Elizabeth Coleman’s proposal is constitutional, they also worry that the U.S. Supreme Court might refuse to intervene to stop it — just as it did with the Texas law.

Cameron Edwards, of the 1300 block of Switzer Avenue, died Dec. 18 last year.

The Madison County coroner on Thursday said Ann M. Rookard, 81, was the woman who died in a house fire Wednesday night in Granite City.

Three men from the Springfield, Missouri, area and a woman from Alabama were sentenced Thursday to probation for their role in the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection.

Prosecutors on Wednesday charged a 37-year-old St. Louis man with several counts of statutory sodomy, molestation and statutory rape of two 11-year-old girls.

Police released the name of the 19-year-old Florissant man found dead Tuesday afternoon in a North County motel room.

St. Charles County Executive Steve Ehlmann says his area should have at least as many members on the East-West Gateway Council of Governments as less-populated St. Louis city. ‘They have three and we have two,’ he notes.