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Health care providers could refuse gender-transition care on “moral” grounds and a ban on hormones and puberty blocker for transgender minors would be indefinite under the legislation.

A St. Louis man faces more than 70 charges after authorities say he broke into 16 different businesses in the past three months and stole cash and cigarettes.

Fontbonne University said five administrators were leaving the college. And three Webster University leaders have resigned or are leaving.

Authorities on Thursday identified the 81-year-old woman killed in a house fire early Wednesday.

A man was killed early Monday in the city's Downtown West neighborhood.

In addition to posting the $25,000 bond, former officer Matthew McCulloch must check into a St. Charles psychiatric hospital and complete treatment in a locked unit with 24-hour supervision.

The Missouri Botanical Garden's Charlotte Taylor has identified, described and named more plant species than any other living woman.

Pay raises also would go toward employees who work overnight shifts at prisons and mental health facilities.

The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra played its first concert at the newly acquired and renovated Powell Hall on January 24, 1968.

Parson touted his administration’s wins, from upgrading 250 of the state's worst bridges to boosting teacher pay.

The county faces a 2028 deadline to either bring its aging building in downtown Clayton up to code or to build a new one. If it doesn't, it could face eviction and thousands of dollars in fines.

The failure to make a phone call or pay a licensing fee marked the difference between bounty hunter Wayne Lozier legally seizing a woman from a home in St. Charles County and a federal kidnapping conviction.

Alderwoman Cara Spencer is listed as the prospective sponsor. But she still has a lot of questions. “I know nothing about the particulars, so I can’t speak on it right now.”

A man was arrested Wednesday evening after holding a woman hostage for almost 12 hours inside a downtown St. Louis hotel.

"We have made progress when it comes to hiring minority contractors and ensuring that the workers on each job site are diverse," Page said Wednesday. "But ... there is room for improvement."

After an extended period of gloom, Americans are starting to feel better about inflation and the economy. Here's a way to check how the price of groceries in St. Louis has been impacted.

County Councilman Dennis Hancock and Bellerive Acres Alderwoman Maureen Roach question amount of outside legal work done by Sam Alton, Bell’s chief of staff.

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.

John Kiehne, 56, a musician and producer, is no stranger to politics. He has tried unsuccessfully for the state Senate in 2018 and 2022, and the state House in 2020.

Planned Parenthood provides health care services like cancer screenings, contraception and other tests.