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A proposal raising the age to purchase or use tobacco products from 18 to 21 would bring the state in line with federal law.

Demond Williams picked up a young girl in 2020, had sex with her, gave her drugs and forced her to have sex with others for money, his plea agreement says.

Missouri is the only state where lawmakers have not at least passed a congressional redistricting plan.

The program is aimed at helping disabled, elderly or homeless SNAP recipients who may not be able to cook.

Washington University's recent fashion show featured young models in adaptive special-occasion clothes.

“I’m pretty sure the bill is dead,” Rep. Ron Hicks, R-Defiance, said Wednesday.

A Ukrainian journalist with 1.1 million Twitter followers, posted a photo from his 2020 visit to Columbia, which included Katy Trail rides.

Robert Fulstone garners more Boys & Girls Club honors.

Ask the experts from the Missouri Department of Transportation, St. Louis and St. Charles counties and St. Louis City your questions about highways and roads. The live chat starts at 1 p.m. on Wednesday.

The Senate supported an amendment allowing two weeks of no-excuse absentee voting, and the Democrats ended their filibuster.

Andrew Purcell is accused of serving on the Bridgeton city council while living more than two hours away in Illinois.

Survivors and the family of one man who was killed called on Amazon to put employees’ safety first and to rebuild the destroyed warehouse to higher standards.

She suffered a serious leg or ankle injury.

A new podcast about wrongful convictions focuses on the case of a Missouri grandmother imprisoned for the past 36 years.

Final approval of the measure, which would be placed on the August ballot, could come as early as next week.

Southern Illinois Planned Parenthood and the Hope Clinic expect to see up to 15,000 additional patients per year, up from 6,000 to 7,000.

Democrats are looking to capitalize on the issue during what appears to be an otherwise dim year politically for the party.

So far this year, two people have been executed in Oklahoma and one each in Texas and Alabama.

Pritzker and Democratic lawmakers vowed to strengthen the "force field" that has made Illinois an abortion rights island in the Midwest.

The debate over transgender athletes has blocked all action on other pressing issues facing Missouri, including the state budget.