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EAST ST. LOUIS — A woman and a 15-year-old boy are facing first-degree murder charges in the fatal shootings last year of two men in East St. Louis, authorities announced Friday.

Metro Transit's bus driver shortage has lessened, allowing the agency to increase the frequency on several bus routes beginning June 17.

Superintendent Nisha Patel and her team will collect data on cellphones in schools to present at a board meeting in the fall.

It’s illegal in Missouri to possess a living snakehead.

The reentry nonprofit that Danny Ludeman founded said he needs time to focus on his health.

The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department now uses the forensic lab operated by the Missouri State Highway Patrol, which is overwhelmed, said Sheriff Dave Marshak.

Madison County prosecutors say Robert D. Mason III spent 30 years living in Michigan under a stolen identity to avoid attempted murder charges out of Alton, Illinois.

The transportation survey “should have been directed exclusively to non-instructional staff,” Superintendent Keisha Scarlett said Friday.

The trade mission didn't cost taxpayers any money, according to receipts from the trip.

A preventative approach should include taking a more proactive role in nurturing friendships and positive social bonds — things that those of us in older generations might take for granted.

Kittle Property Group of Indiana is proposing a 192-unit development near the North Hanley MetroLink station.

Capri on Olive would have over 100 apartments and several commercial spaces off Olive Boulevard and Mason Road, plans show.

The crash was just before 6 p.m. Thursday in the 1100 block of North Kingshighway.

Caryon Harmon died at a hospital.

Police said 39-year-old Dustin Breuer was fatally shot just before 3:45 a.m. Monday in the 3100 block of Pennsylvania Avenue.

Alton, who has made more money working for north St. Louis County municipalities than as Wesley Bell’s chief of staff, will leave July 22 to join Dowd & Dowd.

City officials said they will have more oversight over the operations of the Centene Community Ice Center that they said will enhance the efficiency of the troubled facility.

Damn Fine Hand Pie’s first brick-and-mortar store near Tower Grove Park opened earlier this month.

One member has been unable to attend meetings since last fall.

The district is surveying staff to identify those who have commercial driver licenses and are willing to drive a bus.