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Missouri’s U.S. senators lambast lawyers’ group, saying it has become purely partisan political vessel and should not be used in considering judicial nominees.

Court documents say Billy Earl Washington got $2,000 in a robbery Saturday of a Commerce Bank, at 6327 Chippewa Street.

He’s sued China, Starbucks, and the Biden administration, among others. Critics call it grandstanding.

Three justices signaled that the challenge to the minimum wage law may be better suited to be decided in a lower-level courtroom before the Missouri Supreme Court is asked to weigh in.

Now U.S. attorney for Washington, Martin wants all felon-in-possession gun cases to be handled in federal courts, where convictions bring hefty prison terms

Roland Clubb, 80, a neighbor of St. Raphael the Archangel in the quiet St. Louis Hills neighborhood, has been charged with second-degree assault.

Officers responded to the 5500 block of Wells Avenue, due north of Forest Park and about a block south of Martin Luther King Drive.

Five months after Missouri voters overwhelmingly approved a boost in the minimum wage and a paid leave plan, Republican lawmakers moved Tuesday to repeal the law.

Northbound Interstate 55 in south St. Louis will be closed overnight March 14 and 21.

Officials say it's part of revitalization plan for Kinloch, one they hope can help spur new development in the city for the first time in years.

The St. Louis Board of Education approved a plan starting next fall where students can attend a maximum of one year in three schools with 940 students.

Bill would provide grants for telemedicine projects focused on treating substance-abuse disorders. Communities of 20,000 or less would qualify.

At least four mobile home park owners or their tenants have sued the city of Arnold over its heavy-handed tactics.

Local artists designed the flag for the county as part of a $90,000 contract with St. Louis-based marketing agency Elasticity. Critics blasted it online.

But the cost to the state would be hefty: an estimated $334 million in the short term and over $200 million annually afterwards, according to a nonpartisan fiscal analysis.

Under legislation sponsored by Rep. Richard West, R-Wentzville, the personal property tax rate would drop 50% over three years, potentially reducing tax revenues going to local governments by $909 million.

The Stork Inn in St. Louis' Dutchtown neighborhood was listed for sale at $272,000, said real estate broker Mona Parsley.

Still a conservative standard-bearer and irritant to liberals, Missouri’s senior U.S. senator is carving out position as legislator concerned with workers’ rights, blue-collar benefits.

The Queeny Park show will feature traditional and modern quilts, and some that celebrate Route 66.

SERVICES: Visitation will be at the Chapel at St. Joseph Apartments (Cardinal Ritter Senior Services – 7677 Watson Rd., 63119) on Friday, March 14 from 10 – 11 AM, with a funeral Mass at 11 AM. Interment at Resurrection Cemetery.…