Councilmen Randy Hein, an accountant, and Don Hood, a former police chief, are running to complete three years of an unexpired term left vacant after the death of longtime Mayor Terry Briggs in February.
A first-of-its-kind survey of Medicaid enrollees found that nearly a quarter who were dropped from the program in the last year’s unwinding say they’re now uninsured.
A Rockwood school board member who made headlines in recent years for mocking students with disabilities and calling a teachers' union "terrorists" is resigning from the school board.
Trailnet's fourth annual report on local crashes said the 28 pedestrian-vehicle fatalities in the county was up from 21 in 2022 and the most in more than two decades.
A former East St. Louis police officer pleaded guilty Thursday to federal charges accusing him of failing to intervene when another officer pepper-sprayed two sleeping jail detainees.
Metro Transit officials hope that pay raises in a new contract with its paratransit van operators will help fill longstanding vacancies and improve the service that has faced sharp criticism.
A Franklin County man was sentenced Tuesday to 15 years in prison after his 4-year-old son found a gun left underneath a couch and accidentally shot himself.
The St. Louis native faces charges in Clackamas County, Oregon, of first-degree rape, first-degree unlawful sexual penetration and two counts of second-degree sexual abuse, all felonies.
Devin Macon, of St. Louis, was charged with second-degree murder and stealing a gun after prosecutors say he shot 25-year-old Keila Buckner during a struggle over a gun in Jennings.
Two burglars threw a brick into the front window of a Soulard bar early Wednesday, climbed in through the broken glass and stole cash from several register drawers in the manager's basement office.
Tensions on the House side of the Capitol have been building for weeks as the committee has slogged through multiple hourslong meetings over the past seven months.
A Lift for Life Academy official said he hopes the city gets behind an alderman's distance requirement bill to prevent similar situations in other city neighborhoods.