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Sara Parker Pauley was hired in 2016 to lead the Missouri Department of Conservation.

Metro Transit for aesthetic reasons is ending its decades-long practice of running ads on the exterior of its buses and MetroLink cars. The agency will lose as much as $1.5 million a year in ad revenue.

A large group of students and teachers wore black on Wednesday in response to the removal of Black studies curriculum.

No officer was injured. Police did not return fire.

Authorities are still searching for one former resident of the St. Louis nursing home that closed down abruptly last month.

Several contentious issues have cropped up — including a mayoral election challenge, a mystery salary for the city manager and two ethics investigations.

The Missouri Highway Patrol identified the victim as Ryan K. Boykins, 36, of the St. Louis area.

Reaction to Kimberly Dragoo’s candidacy has been both fiery and divided.

Antique stores might sell the occasional machine, but May said Jones Typewriter is the only “big” repair business in Missouri.

Dr. Alex Garza: “It’s winter, and this is kind of weird to say, but it’s like we’re sort of getting back into a more typical rhythm.”

Both the Senate and House face challenges that threaten to inject chaos into the 2024 legislative session.

The payment is related to Sunshine Law violations made by then-Attorney General Josh Hawley.

The settlement was approved by a federal judge on Tuesday and announced Wednesday by ArchCity Defenders, a St. Louis-based public interest law firm.

St. Louis saw a drop of more than 40 homicides in 2023 — and every other type of major reported crime was down, too.

If the sale goes through, the city of Clayton stands to lose more than $1 million in annual tax revenue, current records show.

The ruling marks the first time the courts have stepped in to compel the city’s highest-profile private owner of vacant properties to stabilize one of its many deteriorating buildings.

Clayton-based Centene has agreed to another settlement over allegations that its subsidiaries overcharged state Medicaid programs.

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 judge lowered bond for the ex-cop with a requirement that he get treatment at a psychiatric hospital.

As Mercy wraps up its acquisition of a Cape Girardeau-based health system, leaders this week detailed their plans to provide more medical services, more efficiently to patients in southeast Missouri.