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Bronson, Norman Ray — Olivette, MO

Norman Ray Bronson, a lifelong resident of Olivette, passed away on July 3, 2025.

Tamadrey C. Ballinger, 20, of Alton, is accused in a court document of serving as a "lookout" for another man charged with killing Shabrya L. Hudson, 17, last week.

Ben McLemore, 32, issued a lengthy statement after the hearing, blaming heavy alcohol consumption for impairing his judgment. He played at Wellston High and the University of Kansas.

The victim, a man in his 30s, was found by police Tuesday afternoon in the doorway of a home on Bayview Drive.

The crash occurred about 9:30 p.m. Tuesday on Lucas and Hunt Road near Lexington Avenue in Velda City, the Missouri Highway Patrol said.

Printing of the Post-Dispatch will shift to presses in Peoria, Illinois, but the move won't affect the size of the newspaper, our deadlines or our delivery schedules.

Gov. Mike Kehoe also signed a law raising the legal age of marriage in Missouri to 18.

The first hearing in the case seeking Sheriff Alfred Montgomery’s removal from office featured procedural wrangling, a trial date and the presentation of birth certificates.

Winfield's 1,500 residents are conserving water after the town's water supply broke Wednesday.

The company filed for bankruptcy protection last fall, before being bought by local investor Brian Travers for $2.55 million this year.

Five people have contracted measles in Cedar County, which is located northwest of Springfield, state and county health officials say.

Officers found a juvenile male suffering from a life-threatening gunshot injuries on Darla Court in Jennings. He succumbed to his injuries at an area hospital.

The James S. McDonnell Foundation has donated $3 million to organizations helping north St. Louis recover from the May 16 tornado. Grants will go to immediate needs, home repair and child care.

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.

Jacari Reed, 22, was charged in December 2022 with abuse or neglect of a child resulting in death. He pleaded to a lower-level felony last week.

Missouri’s senior senator, joined by other elected officials, gathered Tuesday at a park in Hazelwood to celebrate signing of new Radiation Exposure Compensation Act into law.

Monte Henderson, the driver of the SUV that caused the crash, pleaded guilty Tuesday to four felonies in the deaths of Laticha Bracero and her daughter Alyssa Cordova.