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Betty Jean (Hayman) Purnell passed away on April 3, 2025, at the age of 87. Born June 18, 1937, she is survived by her husband, Que Purnell, her children Alvin (Barbara) Purnell, Apryl (Tom) Tilert, and Jason Purnell, three grandchildren,…

Passed away peacefully in the loving arms of her husband and daughter on Friday, March 28, 2025, at the age of 67. Please join Mel’s family and friends at the Piper Palm House in Tower Grove Park St. Louis 63110,…

March 31, 2025. 71, of Imperial, MO. Visitation, Sat. April 12, 11am until service at 2 pm. Chapel Hill Mortuary

Fortified with the sacraments of Holy Mother Church on Thursday, March 20, 2025 after a short battle with cancer. He was born May 12, 1944 in St. Louis to loving parents Harold and Marguerite Wefel. Bill leaves behind four beautiful…

Perry Thomas Welker, age 69, of Linn Creek, Missouri, passed away Saturday, December 21, 2024 in Osage Beach, Missouri, after a courageous battle with Parkinson’s Disease. He was born December 27, 1954, in Kirkwood, Missouri; a son of Walter and…

The St. Louis region appears to have been spared the extensive flooding that closed dozens of roads in southeast Missouri and inundated communities in Kentucky and several southern states.

Police said Rahni Alasri's blood alcohol level was .284 — more than three times the legal limit.

Andrew Barnett, 44, will be sentenced Friday on charges of second-degree murder and armed criminal action.

Firefighter Chevy Gall, with the Beaufort-Leslie Fire Protection District, was on his way to a water rescue call just after 4 p.m.

Columnist Bill McClellan writes: I have some sympathy — empathy is the better word — for the woman in Ohio who claimed that Haitians were eating dogs and cats.

The new mayor will succeed Mayor Bob Nation, who is term-limited after 12 years. Two familiar names in city politics are on the ballot: Dan Hurt and Derek Grier.

The landlocked city will celebrate its 50 anniversary in May.

Bayer asked the high court Friday to take its appeal of a verdict from a St. Louis trial in which it was ordered to pay $1.25 million to cancer sufferer.

The National Weather Service predicts three to six inches of rain from Friday through the end of Saturday.

In Missouri, Ed Martin’s professional career has been peppered with controversy; Republicans and Democrats alike say he is known for generating turmoil.

Richard O. Funsch died in Princeton, NJ on April 1, 2025 at the age of 92. He was predeceased by his parents, Oliver Claude Funsch and Frances Simpson Funsch. He graduated from St. Louis Country Day School in 1951, from…

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Robert Lee Prince Jr., 63, died in the incident outside an apartment building Thursday afternoon, police said.

Police on Friday said Jason Lewis, 27, died in the incident Tuesday night on Gravois Avenue in the Tower Grove South area.

Meghan Danahey, whose legal name is Meghan Hodge, accused news director Scott Diener and Channel 4 of discrimination by demoting her to weekend broadcasts and assigning her reporting duties.