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Illinois has awarded a more than $4 billion prison medical care contract to the same company it's used for decades, despite lawsuits against the firm and complaints alleging substandard care.

Rental costs are up 6.5% from a year earlier, nearly twice the pre-pandemic pace. Check out how rent prices have changed in St. Louis.

A St. Louis man was sentenced Friday to two life sentences in a July 2020 shooting outside a Berkeley gas station.

"The facts and circumstances of this case are particularly tragic," said Judge Kristine Kerr.

Keon M. Cannady is facing charges of first-degree murder, unlawful use of a weapon and to counts of armed criminal action in the shooting death of 20-year-old Shawn Kennedy, of Ferguson.

Burger Champ takes over the Maplewood space formerly occupied by the upscale Elmwood, but retains owner Chris Kelling's knack for the details.

What do bagpipes and poetry have to do with organ meats from sheep? Burns Night is the answer, celebrating the "National Poet of Scotland" and Scottish culture with the sense of humor that pervades a pub.

The Downtown West neighborhood has seen a lot of momentum following the inaugural St. Louis City SC soccer season. Several businesses and more apartments have opened in the area.

From the owners of Sugarfire Smokehouse and Hi-Pointe Drive-In comes Hot Pizza Cold Beer, a retro-style pizza place on Washington Avenue.

If you like big trucks, great fashion or whodunits, then check out these events from Jan. 26 to Feb. 1.

On this day, the Great One was born. Happy birthday to Wayne Gretzky, hockey legend and former St. Louis Blues player.

A 15-year-old boy died Thursday after accidentally shooting himself in the head, police said.

Some of the residents at Heritage House Apartments are elderly and don’t have options, an organizer says.

The slider company recently announced an eight-location agreement with local operations group KR Partners, LLC as it targets the Midwest in its national expansion.

“You can take my furniture, you can take my parking spaces, you will not bow me!” Eigel said.

Police on Friday identified the woman who was found dead earlier this week with another man in an apparent double homicide.

Falls are the leading cause of injury and injury death for adults over 65.

A Florissant man was killed Thursday afternoon in a four-car crash on Interstate 270 just east of Lindbergh Boulevard.

A man was shot and killed Thursday evening in the city's Baden neighborhood.