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Lamar Johnson, freed from prison last year after serving 28 years for a murder he didn't commit, has been hired by Dellwood's public works department.

David Sanders, 69, was charged with animal abuse and unlawful use of a weapon after police said they rescued more than 20 dogs from his home during a recent search.

The projects include new playgrounds in Castle Point and Queeny Park, supplies for the county animal shelter and fire sprinklers at the jail, according to a letter.

Their effort to unionize began in February 2023, when students noticed SLU had not increased graduate students’ stipends for more than 10 years.

Pierre Irving, of St. Louis, is facing four charges, including two counts of first-degree assault, after police said he opened fire at his teenaged granddaughter and her mother.

Louis R. Ross, in real estate for Aldi's O'Fallon division, directed work to contractor Donald E. Schniers to build or renovate Aldis across southern Illinois and eastern Missouri.

Lt. Ed Skaggs succeeds former chief Scott Will, who resigned in August amid an internal investigation.

Developers sued to try and discover if she worked with FBI, woman says in filing seeking sanctions.

State Rep. Michael Burton has pressed assault charges against Jonathan Boesch, executive director of the St. Louis County Democratic Central Committee.

Sunny Street Cafe already has four locations in the area, but president Mike Stasko said they’re planning to build up to five more.

A salvage company operator long tasked with removing a sunken, World War II-era ship from the Mississippi River faces a lawsuit about illegal dumping nearby.

The no-excuse absentee ballots may only be cast in-person at elections offices.

Onder, a former GOP state senator from Lake Saint Louis, faces Democrat Bethany Mann, of St. Peters, in the Nov. 5 election for 3rd Congressional District seat.

We tried to track down the reason for the high cost of eggs. We failed. With no whisk, there was no reward.

Mitchell Wagner was charged after surveillance video showed him and three others vandalizing a mural on the university’s South 40 Underpass, court records said.

Shane L. Sargent, 55, died in a motorcycle crash Sunday night in Jefferson County.

The cases could be refiled in Missouri.

Leisure, 78, was found guilty in 1987 of the 1980 car-bombing of alleged mobster Jimmy Michaels Sr., arguably the most infamous mob hit in St. Louis history.

The man is suspected of stealing at least 28 checks from six church mailboxes.

The outcome of the case, which also focuses on GOP efforts to restrict voter registration and absentee voter outreach, will not affect Missouri voters for the Nov. 5 general election.