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Illinois Republicans on Tuesday chose conservative state Sen. Darren Bailey to face Gov. J.B. Pritzker, a billionaire who easily won the Democratic nomination.

Legal analysis says Gov. Mike Parson’s suggestion that women who seek abortions won’t be prosecuted misses details in the law.

Bailey, as a state lawmaker, has been an ardent opponent of many of the progressive social advances that have been pushed by Pritzker.

Study found most 911 calls to St. Louis County Police were for non-criminal incidents. Only about 1 in 20 are for violent crime, according to the findings.

Illinois Republicans on Tuesday chose conservative state Sen. Darren Bailey to face Gov. J.B. Pritzker, a billionaire who easily won the Democratic nomination.

Gov. Mike Parson visited St. Louis on Tuesday to discuss a statewide crime reduction plan developed by the Missouri Chamber of Commerce.

After a brutal campaign, the political fates of U.S. Reps. Rodney Davis of Taylorville and Mary Miller of Oakland lay firmly with Republican voters in Illinois.

A Washington County official is facing multiple charges, including stealing, forgery and official misconduct, the Missouri Highway Patrol announced Tuesday.

A Pine Lawn man has been accused of stealing jewelry off the body of a driver who had been killed moments earlier in a two-car collision, police said.

A Berkeley man has been charged with the fatal shootings of two men in Pine Lawn on Friday.

Mike Spencer, a local farmer, said everyone in the small Missouri community understands that the intersection where an Amtrak derailed this week is dangerous.

AHM Group's plans include a mix of market-rate, workforce and affordable housing across a mix of five projects.

A city development board is moving ahead with plans to approve a tax incentive on a project despite the objections of Alderman Tina Pihl.

Pier Property Group will receive up to 10 years of tax abatement for its project that will build five stories atop the Reliance Building.

St. Louis aldermanic committee gives quick endorsement to spending $1 million on helping city residents gain access to legal abortions in Illinois.

The Wentzville Police Department on Tuesday released video footage of an officer wounding a man who was threatening to kill himself in April outside a store.

A 9-year-old boy and two 13-year-old boys died when a vehicle hit a tree and burst into flames in Florissant. The 13-year-old driver survived the crash.

Rep. Tricia Derges was convicted Tuesday of conducting fraud at medical clinics in southwest Missouri in part by falsely claiming that she was giving patients stem cell treatments.

A Ritenour High School choir teacher has been indicted on a charge of having sexual contact with a student, authorities said.

The scouts were among 275 passengers who were on the train along with 12 crew members, according to Amtrak.