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Jimmie Spann, 58, is facing nine felonies, including first-degree murder, in the shooting death of 29-year-old Jerry McCulley at a home in the 1100 block of Aubert Avenue.

Effort is part of a trend in public hospitals, where elected officials avoid scrutiny by contracting services.

Police said they responded at around 8:30 p.m. to the 1200 block of Switzer Avenue, where they found an unidentified man's body that had been burned.

A contract ratification vote will be held Wednesday.

Brentwood, in a statement on Friday, maintained it is "committed to fair and productive negotiations."

A Houston bankruptcy judge on Friday approved a deal between network owner Diamond Sports Group and sports betting giant FanDuel. But it came over objections from Major League Baseball.

"The decision to part with valued employees is a painful one," SLU president Fred Pestello wrote in an email to students and staff.

Americans stepped up their purchases at retailers last month as low unemployment, steady pay gains and rising stock and home values helped sustain their willingness to spend despite higher prices.

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Catch up on local business and nonprofit awards, acquisitions, celebrations and certifications.

Outraised and outspent, critics of Amendment 3 push claim it will legalize sex change surgeries for minors.

Doug Lodge, a father of three, was driving near Troy, Illinois, when his car hit a guardrail and was struck by a tractor-trailer.

Customers at the Loughborough Schnucks should return the affected products to the store, the grocer said.

Aaron D. Phipps, 29, hit a fence and a tree after his car left Klondike Road.

A year ago, some parents and library patrons pledged to go through the library's entire collection of nearly one million books and file dozens of challenges along the way.

The driver has also been charged with two counts of second-degree assault and operating a motor vehicle without insurance.

The Ferguson-Florissant schools may soon freeze spending and hiring after the recent discovery of unspecified cash flow problems and budget imbalances.

Jason Kuhl, who has served as the library's top official since 2017, said his last day with the library district will be Nov. 4.

A man incarcerated at the downtown jail lost nearly a quarter of his body weight in the two months before he died of dehydration and a lack of insulin, according to a lawsuit filed Thursday on behalf of his mother.

A man was charged Friday with pointing a gun at his Uber driver and then stealing the man's Tesla when the driver refused to take him to a new address.