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St. Louis Fire Capt. Joseph Neidel calls for water as firefighters work a vacant house fire in the 1400 block of Hamilton Boulevard near Wells Avenue in the Hamilton Heights neighborhood on Monday, Dec. 2, 2024.

Peabody Plaza, at 701 Market Street, is nearly fully occupied with over 30 tenants. HOK will be one of roughly a dozen new tenants when it moves in in September.

Darius E. Carter was charged last week with first-degree murder and armed criminal action in the death of Sarah Mason and the baby she'd been carrying for seven months, Melanie.

A day spent productively in front of a stove is the best therapy.

A climatologist predicted that our earthquake alley had a 50-50 chance for a big one on Dec. 3, 1990, a megaquake maybe on the order of the horrific seismic jolts that dismantled the area in 1811-12.

Prosecutors will ask the Illinois Supreme Court to review an appellate court ruling that found former Sangamon County sheriff’s deputy Sean Grayson should be released from jail pending trial.

Max Ketchum, 71, of south St. Louis County, died Saturday morning after his vehicle struck a light pole along South Lindbergh Boulevard, police said.

David Harris, 64, was injured in the collision Friday near Belleville City Hall.

Syntrell Howard pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter, armed criminal action and unlawful gun possession in the May 3, 2023, death of Miguel Johnson, 29.

Only minor injuries were reported.

A city Fire Department spokesman said the blaze at the old Northview Village facility may have been caused by homeless people apparently living there.

Christopher Collings, 49, is scheduled to die by lethal injection Tuesday evening at the state prison in Bonne Terre. His would be the fourth execution in Missouri this year.

The accident took place at 10:15 a.m. Saturday on Highway 79 north of Highway C.

The reward for information that leads to an arrest in the death of 16-year-old Colin Brown is $25,000, local nonprofit CrimeStoppers said Monday.

The incident took place about 4:30 p.m. Sunday in the area of Ninth and Carr streets just north of downtown, police said.

Anthony "Tony" Thompson founded Kwame Building Group in 1991.

Reason, a magazine from a Libertarian think tank, published an article Friday which worries that “Republican populism aims to expand the Nanny State.”

Rep. Justin Sparks filed a resolution Monday that would go before voters, asking them to block the right to an abortion.

Hall worked with Enterprise Mobility chairman Andy Taylor to merge several regional business groups into Greater St. Louis Inc.