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From a judicial ethics investigation to development efforts and police drone use, here's a look at 10 recent top stories from St. Charles County reporter Ethan Colbert.

MetroLink activated its long-anticipated automatic security and new ticketing machines Monday at 13 stations across the rail network, ending years of open access to the trains.

Cuts made to the state budget could be restored if the economy improves

Police spokeswoman Vera Clay said the men were in an altercation before the shooting. She said police have made no arrests.

The lawsuit is the latest complaint from tenants of Victor Alston and Sid Chakraverty, who operate over 1,000 apartment units despite years of complaints and a federal fraud indictment.

Europe Night Club, at 710 N. 15th St., received notice in February that the business was facing a protest against its 3 a.m. liquor license permit.

The airline began four-day-a-week seasonal service in April and plans to increase that to five days in March 2027, the Lambert Airport director says.

On July 5 and 6, 1995, the Grateful Dead with Jerry Garcia would play their final shows in St. Louis. Two fans would die and 108 would be injured.

Content by Confluence Academies. Find out how St. Louis nonprofit Ready Readers is working to inspire a love of reading and strengthen early literacy.

The congregation of St. Francis de Sales Oratory has tripled since Latin Masses became a staple. “When you come into this church, it’s shockingly different."

Ameren last won a rate increase last year, which added about $14 to the average household's bill. Some of this year's increase is allowed by 2025 legislation.

At least 29 juveniles have been shot in St. Louis so far this year.

The officer had felt threatened by them before he fired the shots near Bellefontaine and Larimore roads, a police spokeswoman said.

See Post-Dispatch coverage of Ameren Missouri electric rate changes. The latest: The utility asks state regulators to boost rates by some $343 million.

For first peacetime draft, St. Louisans registered at neighborhood polling places.

Headlines from the July 6, 1926, front page include: S-51, with 20 bodies, lifted from the sea after 9 months.

After Kirkwood Electric spiraled into crisis, city officials fired two people they believed responsible. But publicly, the city claimed they had retired instead — and paid them to leave.

Rooting for America? Rooting for another country? Both? How the World Cup is crossing our great political divide.

The new 9 p.m. curfew was meant to keep downtown from becoming a firework battlefield among teens, as it has in years past.

ST. LOUIS — After retiring what a Bi-State official once called a "failed" ticketing system, Metro Transit will turn on its new fare system, ticketing machines and security gates at 13 train stations before dawn Monday morning.