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Ameren has not said how much this new training facility will cost. Construction is set to begin next April.

In 2019, Kezia Jackson started Healing Spaces Psychological Services, a private practice in Clayton that now employs 14 people, nearly all of whom are Black.

A St. Louis woman says she was dragged across the floor and taken on a rough ride to the hospital in a police van during an arrest, a lawsuit says.

Tom Prater’s nomination faced scrutiny from a Republican lawmaker and DC-based nonprofit.

Most of the debate Thursday surrounded a provision added to the bill by the Senate prohibiting child marriage. Under current law, 16-year-olds in Missouri can marry someone under the age of 21 with parental consent.

Missouri’s new voter-approved state minimum wage and guaranteed paid sick leave rules are set to go into effect May 1.

Sara Smith, Missouri’s new Children’s Division director, says she’s focusing on child safety, including an organized review of random cases and launching a critical investigations unit.

Superintendent Millicent Borishade encouraged the school board “to navigate complex decisions even when we have different perceptions.”

An effort to bar soda and candy from the food assistance program got a favorable reception in a Senate committee. Meanwhile, the Missouri governor is looking to promote “healthier foods.”

Cases are getting backed up in Missouri, and judges are punishing the state.

The GOP-controlled Legislature just reversed a voter-approved utility consumer protection law, and gas and water utilities are also seeking double-digit increases.

The move follows a federal jury’s decision in January to award nearly $19 million to a man killed by St. Louis police.

St. Louis’ new mayor is defending the city’s 1% earnings tax as Republicans weigh whether to poke holes in the citywide levy.

The decision by Durbin, who is in his fifth Senate term and is the chamber’s No. 2 Democrat, will set off a flurry of activity among a scrum of would-be successors, both Democratic and Republican.

Fred Pestello’s signature marks the first public criticism of the Trump administration from the leader of a local university since the start of the president’s second term.

Onder, Robert F. Sr. — St. Louis, MO

Fortified with the Sacraments of Holy Mother Church on Wednesday, April 23rd, 2025.

The Centers for Disease Control reports 800 confirmed cases of measles in 26 states including Missouri and Illinois.

Steven M. Reminger, 53, an electronics technician at the Eastern Reception Diagnostic and Correctional Center at the time, came under scrutiny after a number of inmate overdoses.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the State Department was revoking visas held by visitors who were acting counter to national interests, including some who protested Israel's war in Gaza.