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First Baptist Church of Mt. Vernon, Illinois, plans to hold the last service of its 156-year history on Sunday. It's among many U.S. churches that close their doors each year. But there’s a poignant twist in this story. First Baptist’s…

A solid gold medal for rope climbing earned in 1904 by St. Louis resident George Eyser, a one-legged gymnast with a wooden prosthetic leg, recently sold for $80,163.

Illinois does not have an established population of black bears, but officials believe the bears seen in southern Illinois have traveled from Missouri, which has an estimated 900 bears.

A woman whose murder conviction was overturned after she served 43 years in prison is now free, despite objections from Missouri’s attorney general.

Carol Stroker — a former state legislator, Hazelwood councilwoman and Hazelwood School Board member — has died.

"Local families deserve to know how this happened and how their safety will be ensured going forward," Budzinski said in a statement sent Friday to the Post-Dispatch.

St. Louis police arrested two teenage males on Thursday after pursuing them in a stolen car they allegedly carjacked.

A team of experts from the Missouri Botanical Garden sifted through nearly 100 entries to our annual Garden Contest to crown the top two winners.

Bud Light, formerly the top-selling beer in the United States, has had a tough year since a boycott upended the industry. It’s only getting worse.

The global technology outage affecting computers running Microsoft Windows affected a large hospital system here Friday, and caused some flight delays at St. Louis Lambert International Airport.

Investigators say Josh Carrier wanted to play the drums at an unidentified St. Charles church, but the church decided not to allow him to play during the worship service.

The West County suburb becomes the third local government in the region to regulate kratom.

A murder case that dragged on for four years in part due to staff turnover and organizational dysfunction in the city prosecutor's office was finally resolved Friday with a 20-year prison sentence.

Justin Hicks' Hick's mother-in-law is facing felony and misdemeanor criminal charges for the alleged false accusation. She is a co-host of Cancel This, Vic Faust's podcast.

The Novel Neighbor is gearing up to open a romance-specific room in its existing store, dubbed Open Door Romance, next month.

Both political parties used to respond to tragedy with a unity of purpose. That's how sensible gun control measures were passed after Reagan's shooting.

Darryl L. Williams was sentenced to 15 years in prison in the death of a 9-year-old boy who was killed when gunmen opened fire on a family car in 2021.

A man charged with killing his mother and 11-year-old niece last month is now also charged with possessing at least one child sex abuse photo.

Dara Thach serves sushi, stir-fries, Springfield cashew chicken, Cambodian cuisine and more at his O'Fallon restaurant.

The state’s Medicaid rolls are down by roughly 136,000 kids since June 2023, and Missouri’s worst-in-nation processing delays make it arduous to reenroll — causing many to miss doctor’s appointments, prescriptions.