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Wednesday's court-ordered hearing — which will likely decide Williams' fate — was tense and adversarial. Six hours of testimony rehashing evidence in the case were littered with objections and interjections.

About 1,150 new students are expected to attend SLPS this fall after decades of declining enrollment.

Many here seem to believe that the Democratic Party doesn’t stand for working class families anymore.

School officials didn't tell the girl's parents about the alleged abuse until months later, when it left visible marks on her body, the suit claims.

Midas Construction has rebranded as MBG and doubled its office headquarters.

Mia Rose Holdings has started construction on 144 new apartments near the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville campus.

The Illinois Flag Commission will accept submissions for a new state flag design Sept. 3 through Oct. 18, Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias announced on Wednesday.

The opportunity is through Pop Local, a program by Edwards Realty Company, a property management firm and operator of The Boulevard in Richmond Heights.

Brayan Adalberto Rodriguez-Banegas opened fire outside of a party in the city's Dutchtown neighborhood last month, killing one person and injuring two others, charges say.

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.

Two House committees will meet in September to highlight problems in getting financial aid to child care facilities in Missouri.

ST. LOUIS COUNTY — Attorneys sparred Wednesday morning in court while questioning experts and a lawyer about decades-old evidence used to convict a man of murder and sentence him to death.

“Jefferson County is home and always will be,” she wrote in a text message. “My residence is in the district, and I am running for re-election.”

The St. Louis developer has been awarded some $74 million in low-income tax credits to finance the rehab of the Preservation Square neighborhood.

St. Louis County prosecutors and Missouri's attorney general will argue a case whose evidence does not clearly point to guilt or innocence.

The unidentified victim was discovered about 10 p.m. Tuesday in an alley in the 4900 block of Thrush Avenue.

In suburban St. Louis, we worry about first day of school photos. In the city, parents are just hoping a bus shows up.

Residents opposed to the project welcomed the news. But they said it was too late for Arnold city leaders to regain their trust.