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Below-freezing temperatures are expected to stick around through January and into early February, meaning any snow that falls could stay a while.

The Board of Aldermen voted 6-0 on Tuesday night to approve the plan.

Lawmaker's bill would give the state more control over local building codes by stripping away certain restrictions to help lower building costs of new housing and make homebuying more affordable.

The charity, Reach St. Charles, will distribute food on Wednesdays and Fridays when other pantries in the area are closed.

The lawsuits target small business websites over disability access

Freeburg Mayor Seth Speiser declined to comment, saying he didn’t want to interfere with the case of another defendant, former Cardinals pitcher Danny Cox.

Headlines from the Jan. 22, 1926, front page include: A St. Louis furniture dealer was fined $19,000 for evading income tax.

March 22, 1943 - January 18, 2026

John Ralph Toman, lovingly known as "Jack Kent," was born February 14, 1947, and passed away on January 9, 2026. Jack lived in Glen Carbon, Illinois, and passed away peacefully at American House Memory Care in Town & Country, Missouri.

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Apted, Barbara Ann Walls - St Louis, MO

March 22, 1943 - January 18, 2026

Ian Roberts worked for St. Louis Public Schools. He was hired by SLPS in 2015 and the Post-Dispatch’s public pay database indicates he worked with the district until 2018.

Jamaal Lamonte Jones, 27, of St. Louis, is accused in the fatal shooting of Jardyn Walker, 23, of Ferguson, on Tuesday night.

"Sure enough, they took my dad's vase," said Dawn Roelling, an O'Fallon woman, in an interview Wednesday. "People are sick."

For the first time, the informant who helped land three other St. Louis aldermen in prison spoke publicly about his work for the FBI.

Tishaura Jones, former St. Louis mayor, was named as one of six resident fellows and two visiting fellows at the Harvard institute.

SSM Health and UnitedHealthcare have reached a new multiyear agreement, preventing thousands of people from losing their in-network medical coverage.

Fellow GOP U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley less strident in his support, while Illinois Democratic leaders criticize Trump threat to take control of Greenland

Nettie Collins-Hart led the district for 10 years as its first Black woman superintendent.