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St. Louis County Republican Councilman Dennis Hancock tried to hire his daughter as his legislative assistant. He's not the only one to hire a relative.

Federal authorities say burglars stole from nearly 900 pharmacies nationwide in 2023. In the St. Louis region, investigators are trying to crack down.

The tropical depression will bring beneficial rain to a parched region from Thursday night into Friday, according to the National Weather Service.

Low river levels are forcing barge companies to limit the soybeans, grain and other cargo they carry to prevent barges from potentially getting stuck. That means less profit for farmers.

A grand jury has indicted the man accused of assaulting a Ferguson police officer, doubling the number of charges he faces.

Susan Trautman, the CEO of Great Rivers Greenway — the regional parks agency — has announced her retirement effective next May.

The trial had been scheduled to last a month but moved quickly, concluding after a week of testimony.

A machine recount earlier this month said Sheriff Vernon Betts lost by 221 votes.

Everett Hawley, 72, of Stockton, Illinois, and Clarence Owens, 65, of Freeport, Illinois, vanished after leaving a farm auction on Feb. 19, 1976, near the Winnebago-Ogle county line.

Dominic Stidmon was charged for second-degree murder, robbery and armed criminal action.

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.

Horus had been left in the police vehicle all day and died of heat exposure, according to a probable cause affidavit.

Nicole Greer is part of complaint to federal officials alleging that Page offered county job to Gretchen Bangert, Greer’s primary opponent, to drop out of race

The Missouri Highway Patrol identified the man as 23-year-old Montez Patterson of the St. Louis area.

A majority of the seven-member court ruled that the measure should stay on the ballot.

“I understand you are frustrated. Your way of life has been altered and your businesses have been hurt,” Pollitt told child care providers in the hearing room.

A judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by a group of nurses against a new hospital's use of the name Homer G. Phillips.

A defense attorney says delusions from an untreated mental illness sent a Chesterfield teen to the White House in an attempt to "seize power" and impose a Nazi dictatorship.

Olivette is the second city in the St. Louis region, after Des Peres, to ask voters whether they want to ban recreational pot dispensaries within city limits.

Despite dueling letters for aldermen after Keith Rose's arrest at a Ferguson protest last month, oversight board members said nothing on the matter at their meeting Monday.