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The 5% jump comes despite the Republican-led Legislature increasing core higher education funding 3% for the fiscal year beginning in July.

House Budget Committee Chairman Cody Smith, a candidate for state treasurer, was the guest at a March fundraiser in Cape Girardeau.

The initiative, endorsed in March by the regional East-West Gateway Council of Governments, aims to cut murders in the metro area by 20% in three years.

Terry Pfeffer, 45, of Arnold, fired shots at police before officers killed him, authorities said. The chased ended in a cul-de-sac of an apartment complex in the Imperial area of Jefferson County.

Officials at the park do not yet know the sex of either calf. Mothers are very protective at this stage, so officials have not yet approached the calves.

So far, the opponents have succeeded in getting the board to delay a decision for 30 days.

The St. Louis alt-weekly was “one of the last pirate ships out there, in incredibly choppy waters.”

Wayea Hallowanger, 22, was convicted of first-degree murder and armed criminal action after prosecutors argued that he killed Hershell Perkins on Dec. 13, 2022.

A man was shot and killed in a possible domestic situation early Thursday in the city's Princeton Heights neighborhood.

A lawsuit filed against Northview Village Nursing Home — the St. Louis facility that closed abruptly one night in December — will be delayed.

A 15-year-old boy was shot and injured early Thursday in the city's Baden neighborhood.

The fight is over who will represent Columbia in the Missouri Senate.

The announcement sets up a rematch of the previous mayoral race between Cara Spencer and Tishaura Jones.

The attorney general says he has statute and precedent on his side.

Police identified the dead man as Terrell Peete, 19, of St. Louis. He died at a hospital after being shot about 8 p.m. Wednesday.

Among the lawyers to argue in favor of freeing 52-year-old Christopher Dunn from prison was St. Louis Circuit Attorney Gabe Gore, who cross-examined a witness and delivered closing statements himself on Wednesday.

Multiple workers have blamed low pay, heavy workloads and poor treatment from management for the work stoppage.

The project adds 44 apartments at the former AutoZone in Dellwood.

Two teens have been charged with murder after a 15-year-old boy shot last weekend at an illegal car show died. Four others were shot and injured in the incident.

A judge has ruled that the 15-year-old girl charged with beating another girl near Hazelwood East High School this year will not face adult charges.