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Antionette “Toni” Cousins, president of the St. Louis Board of Education, finished in fourth place after a tumultuous year overseeing the district.

The race decided a successor to Mayor Michelle Harris, who was term-limited after six years in office.

JG Missouri did not immediately respond to multiple requests to comment.

The measure designed to tax and regulate gambling machines was approved 83-73 by House, just one vote over the minimum needed to advance. It now moves to the Senate.

Leroy McCauley faces first-degree murder and armed criminal action charges. He was in jail Wednesday on a $1 million bond.

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Ask the experts from the Missouri Department of Transportation, St. Louis and St. Charles counties and St. Louis City your questions about highways and roads. The live chat starts at 1 p.m. on Wednesday.

Prop B would have given the St. Louis County Council the power to fire department heads.

Interstate 55 will close overnight Friday, and construction work will cause changes to lanes on Route 141 next week.

More than 10 months after sending ballots to Ballwin homeowners, an HOA is still holding the vote open. The goal is to put an end to softball lessons.

Check results in the various elections held across the St. Louis area Tuesday.

The top budget writer in the Missouri Senate says President Donald Trump’s sharp tariff hikes are causing jitters among some Republicans who control state government.

An updated version of the Second Amendment Preservation Act, a bill that takes aim at federal gun laws, pits some St. Louis-area police chiefs against a pro-firearms activist.

Voters in Lake Saint Louis, Dardenne Prairie, Foristell and Cottleville picked new leaders for their cities on Tuesday.

The hearing was rescheduled for next week, when the 16-year-old girl is expected to testify via video.

Freeburg Community High School’s mascot, the “Midgets,” is considered a slur used against people with dwarfism.

Bryce V. Andrews, 26, was convicted in a February trial of first-degree murder, aggravated arson and concealment of a homicidal death.

Mary Sue Ferrell Douglas, baptized in Christ, Passed onto her eternal reward on April 1, 2025. Sue was born August 7, 1938, to Robert A. and Hannah Ferrell (nee Battreal). She attended St. Margaret of Scotland Grade School and St.…

Services: Visitation Monday, April 14, 2025, Baue Funeral Home Cave Springs, 11:30 am — 1:30 pm. Service to follow at 1:30 pm. Contact 636-946-7811 or visit baue.com

85, passed away April 5, 2025. She is preceded in death by her parents, and her first husband, Fred Schmidt Jr.