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The $300 insert is advertised as providing “military-trusted” protection for the “vital torso area” of a young child in the line of fire in a classroom.

As the heat index soared toward an expected high of 114 degrees, the region’s electric grid appeared on track to possibly tie or even surpass its previous record for peak energy usage Thursday.

A family in southeast Missouri filed a lawsuit this week against Tyson Foods over the company's decision to shutter its plant in Dexter, Missouri.

The forecast is showing a hot day in Saint Louis. Temperatures are projected to be a scorcher today with temperatures reaching a high of 104 though it will feel even hotter at 114. Expect a drastic drop in temperatures though,…

The contest with pistols is said to have been the last formal duel in St. Louis that drew blood.

A St. Louis County man stole a police car Wednesday, then died after he was shot by officers and run over by two vehicles in the Metro East, authorities said.

The Lincoln County sheriff's deputy was kept in the hospital overnight for observation.

Inmates in the downtown St. Louis jail say they are not getting regular meals and are not receiving access to showers or phones in an escalation of existing issues after a hostage incident involving a guard on Tuesday.

The listings were removed after the newspaper inquired.

A newly introduced bill would allow the county's legal department to contract with private lawyers on a contingency-fee basis in lawsuits seeking damages without getting council approval.

The heat wave will continue for one more day across Missouri and Illinois before two cold fronts slide over. Showers and storms are expected and a few could be severe. Get the latest on the heat, storms, and cool down…

Michael Jordan has served in various roles at the school for more than three decades, including president since 2013.

Michael Hudson was serving a life sentence for murder and other crimes in St. Louis.

The band, once a Cherokee Street staple, now lives in Brooklyn.

Great Heart Brewing Company, a new European-inspired brewpub, has been unanimously approved by Olivette’s city council.

Attorney General Andrew Bailey is outsourcing “complex cases” on employment law, a spokeswoman said.

Amtrak says it may stop twice daily in the Jefferson County community if certain conditions are met, including building a $1.7 million platform.

An end is in sight to the heat wave cooking St. Louis with some of the hottest conditions it has ever recorded. But the area will first need to endure at least two more scorching days on Thursday and Friday.

Is our employment picture getting better or worse? See recent changes in local jobs, unemployment, earnings and more in these regularly updated charts and maps.

Rural Missouri court is so backed up that seven trials were scheduled for one day but none of them took place.