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The budget request includes $40,000 to purchase the horses, plus $3,000 for the farrier, $3,000 for hay and grain and an estimated $2,000 per year for veterinarian expenses.

A food-coloring ingredient wasn’t listed on the label. That is a problem for consumers who may be allergic.

Two councilmen said employees told them they were denied merit-based pay raises because they had spoken directly to members of the county council, bypassing their respective department heads.

The company employs 850 people at its 129-year-old mill in Granite City. But with the site’s last remaining blast furnace idled, hundreds remain on layoff in the Metro East.

Luis Fernando Martinez Gallegos, 27, was charged Monday with first-degree kidnapping. He is being held without bond in the Lincoln County Jail.

Anna Hui has served as director of the Missouri Department of Labor and Industrial Relations since 2017.

St. Louis County Library bookmobiles make hundreds of visits to schools each year.

Lufthansa isn’t alone in dealing with delayed plane orders from Boeing and France-based Airbus, experts say.

A network of police officers and parole staffers are helping people convicted of violent crimes to stabilize their lives.

Content by Confluence Academies. See how Confluence Academies and The Believe Project work together to promote youth literacy throughout St. Louis.

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.