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Moore died Dec. 8, 2023, following an incident in which Missouri Department of Corrections employees were investigating a prison housing unit for contraband.

St. Louis police said Taaj Bell, 25, of St. Louis, died in an exchange of gunfire on Tuesday with another man, 24, who police said is the brother of Bell's girlfriend.

St. Louis police said Lamare McGee, 38, of Hillsdale, was the man found shot to death Saturday afternoon in the 3600 block of Hamilton Avenue.

Ask the experts from the Missouri Department of Transportation, St. Louis and St. Charles counties and St. Louis City your questions about highways and roads. The live chat starts at 1 p.m. on Wednesday.

A water main break damaged the oldest library west of the Mississippi River earlier this month, though officials operating the facility say no historic materials were lost.

Spradley had worked as community outreach adviser to outgoing U.S. Rep. Cori Bush, D-St. Louis. She will make $85,000 to work with North County municipalities.

Democrats need to flip three seats to take Republicans under a two-thirds majority.

Michael Johnson, 34, had been walking across Tesson Ferry Road when he was hit by a vehicle.

State agency seeks $14 million to address long wait times for Medicaid, food stamp applications The money could help Missouri avoid more fines and penalties from the federal government.

A lawyer for one of the three men charged with assaulting an off-duty cop called the allegations a "creative prosecutorial complaint" during a bond reduction hearing.

Once demolition and razing wraps up next April, the building of horizontal infrastructure, such as roads, sidewalks, parking, sidewalks and utility installation will begin.

At an appeal hearing, the St. Louis Board of Education confirmed their vote to terminate Scarlett after one year as superintendent.

Major campaigns supporting and opposing Amendment 3 have devoted little public messaging to the proposed fetal viability standard as Election Day approaches.

The revelation surfaced Tuesday at the inaugural meeting of a Missouri House special interim committee that is focused on the impacts of nuclear weapons testing programs in the state.

A Wisconsin animal sanctuary was expected to pick up the unharmed caracal, which will "have a healthy and happy life far away from Hoffman Estates," police said.

The campaign reported bringing in more than $14 million between July and the end of September alone.

Patrick D. Watz, 39, of House Springs, was pronounced dead early Monday after he was found unresponsive at the Jefferson County Jail.

The man, Daniel Metts, 36, was being held Tuesday on charges of assault, resisting arrest and assaulting a law enforcement officer, police said.

A man was shot by another motorist on I-44/55 near downtown St. Louis Monday afternoon, police said. The victim, 38, was treated for a minor gunshot wound.

Katrina Kelly, 33, died in August at a local hospital days after jail officials found her unresponsive in a cell at the downtown City Justice Center.