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The House Special Committee on Education Reform approved a measure that would expand charter schools into St. Charles and St. Louis counties and Columbia.

The Illinois State Board of Elections is split evenly between Democrats and Republicans.

Henry Hughes pleaded guilty to two counts of first-degree murder, robbery, burglary and two weapons offenses in the deaths of Tommy L. Williams and his daughter, Octavia Williams.

The filibuster, joined by several members of the Missouri Freedom Caucus, prompted the cancellation of several committee hearings scheduled for Tuesday.

A teenager was shot in the leg Monday afternoon in the city's Walnut Park East neighborhood.

The former officer is accused of sexually abusing two teenagers over the past 11 years in Jefferson County.

The new legislation offers a potential solution to a vexing problem for city development officials over the years: the debt encumbering NorthSide’s land is so high that the developer needs prices well above what it is worth now to repay…

A former aide to Gov. J.B. Pritzker, Budzinski was elected in 2022 in Illinois’ 13th Congressional District, which covers parts of St. Clair and Madison counties.

Timothy Bryant, 60, walked onto the ice Friday evening after one or two of his four dogs, all corgis, ran out onto the river, his sister Terry Ann Kersting said Monday. One of his dogs was found dead. Another is…

Last week, protesters shut the meeting down as they urged councilmembers to introduce a resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.

Crews were working late Monday afternoon to move an overturned semi-truck still filled with a dangerous chemical.

The St. Louis Preservation Board on Monday unanimously agreed to allow AHM Group to move forward with its plan for 113 apartments at North 22nd Street and Washington Avenue.

Raising the marriage age to 18 is “a moral imperative that protects the innocence and potential of our youth,” said Sen. Lauren Arthur, D-Kansas.

"This is devastating," the driver said in a phone call with the father of the victim. "I caused all this grief."

This spring, two "broods" of the noisy, red-eyed bugs are set to rise from the ground across the Midwest and, perhaps, around the St. Louis region.

The legislation, backed by St. Louis business leaders, could be crucial for any hope of rehabbing the vacant AT&T tower and Railway Exchange building downtown.

A survey of likely Missouri general election voters last week found more support for an abortion-rights question than an effort that could complicate its path to passage.

“We’re not trying to hurt the city but we are trying to help the low-income people,” Rep. Jim Murphy said.

The goal of meeting Tuesday with parents is to gather feedback over what is a “fluid situation,” said Superintendent Jeff Haug.