Several council seats will be competitive in August. Councilwoman Shalonda Webb faces a challenge from former councilwoman and state legislator Rochelle Walton Gray.
St. Louis singer-songwriter Katarra Parson will perform at the Dark Room after a period of personal and professional turmoil during which she felt blackballed.
Michael Sloan Jr., 42, was sentenced Monday to 50 years in prison for dousing Susanne Tomlinson in gasoline and setting her Troy, Illinois, home on fire.
Missouri law says that “life begins at conception.” But conception is not defined, and it is unclear if conception includes embryos create through in vitro fertilization.
A Missouri Central mechanic said he found a noose at his workstation, which he claimed was a racist stunt used to intimidate him after he raised safety concerns at the company.
The shooting occurred before noon in the 400 block of Montauk Drive, near Festus, said Grant Bissell, spokesman for the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office.