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“It’s hard to wrap your brain around, but as it turns out innocence is not a good enough reason to release a prisoner in Missouri.”

The crash was before 5 a.m. on westbound I-270 at Lewis and Clark Boulevard, said Cpl. Dallas Thompson of the Missouri Highway Patrol.

The victim was struck about 12:20 a.m. Monday on St. Charles Rock Road near Coles Avenue.

Six of the nine library trustees would have to agree to ban a book after reviewing all information regarding the appeal and reading the book themselves.

St. Louis Public Schools looks to a California company to solve its longstanding bus crisis even as a tornado scrambled the plan.

Harmony Homes was granted a conditional use permit to raze a historic stone mansion and build six 16-bed buildings at 211 Midland Avenue.

Festus passed a bill that bans the feeding and watering of stray cats. Critics say it won't work and won't result in fewer cats.

Under the proposal, St. Louis Public Schools would close 37 schools and keep 31 open in what would be the city’s largest round of closures.

Police said the detainee didn't comply with commands after an altercation. He was then placed in the chair, which allows jailers to strap someone down by their arms and legs.

Divers recovered the man's body and the Morgan County coroner pronounced the man, 50, dead at 12:25 p.m.

The episode appeared to undermine the council's claims to have repaired their working relationships after another sitting councilman called two colleagues a derogatory term during a public meeting last year.

"They're still insanely talented players, but they bring a new level of fun to the game."

Columnist Bill McClellan tells the story of George "the Creeper” Seper, a homicide detective in the early 1980s.

St. Louis’ leading research university has quietly removed references to the university’s commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion from many of its websites amid rising federal scrutiny of higher education.

Catch up on local business appointees, awardees and new hires.

Passed peacefully in her sleep at Mercy Hospital in St. Louis on the morning of July 15, 2025, after a brief illness.

85, passed away Sunday, July 13, 2025, with her family at her side. Memorial Visitation WED 8/6,10-11am, Hoffmeister Colonial Mortuary, 6464 Chippewa Street 63109. Celebration of Life at 11am. Inurnment Sunset Memorial Park. www.hoffmeistercolonial.com

Passed away on July 14, 2025. For more information, please see www.luptonchapel.com

Edmund “Ed” Lorenz 91, passed away peacefully July 14, 2025;Visit: Wed. 7/23 4-8pm at John L. Ziegenhein & Sons S. City Chapel 63116;Visit: Thurs. 7/24 9-10am at St. John the Baptist Cath Church;Mass:10am;Interment at JBNC; ziegenheinfuneralhome.com

Fortified with the Sacraments of the Holy Mother Church, James Francis Hitchcock entered into eternal life on Monday, July 14, 2025. He was predeceased by his wife, Helen (Hull) Hitchcock, in 2014. Father of Alexandra Kassing (Don) of Summerville, SC;…