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When Republicans advanced a plan to defund Planned Parenthood, Democrats responded with amendments to loosen Missouri’s near-total abortion ban.

The Wentzville School Board approved new curriculum that provides guidance counselors a road map for counseling students at each grade level — though not without pushback from two board members.

Wesley Bell’s chief of staff is the attorney for Bellerive Acres, Breckenridge Hills and Pagedale.

Supporters said the measure is aimed at preventing local governments from burdening businesses with regulations.

A divorce cannot be finalized unless a custody agreement is in place. A custody agreement cannot be completed until the child is born.

The girl was shot in the head Sunday afternoon as she stood on a porch, authorities said. She remains hospitalized in St. Louis.

A man was struck and killed by a car Wednesday evening while trying to walk across New Halls Ferry Road near Florissant.

The ruling marks the first successful appeal of the St. Louis archdiocese restructuring, which closed 35 parishes and merged 15 others.

Alphonso Miller Jr. was 17 when authorities say he shot and killed Darrius Mullins, who was well known for skateboarding in downtown St. Louis.

The man has extensive criminal history, including a conviction for second-degree murder. He was out on bond at the time of Tuesday's shooting.

“We think this needs to be shelved,” said the director of the Daniel Boone Regional Library District in Columbia; paying for elections would divert money from books and other materials.

State plans to buy an abandoned, historic shoe factory near the Capitol, which will require major renovations.

The nod of the nation's preeminent gun rights advocacy group to incumbent Bost represents a blow to Bailey, who has made gun rights a centerpiece of his insurgent campaign.

Progressives are being bolstered by Arab American and Muslim groups who are organizing in record numbers.

Republicans decided to take aim at Planned Parenthood instead of dealing with Medicaid funding or changes to the initiative petition process.

More than 1,000 people filled the St. Louis event at The Pageant concert venue. Four other signature-gathering launch events were held Tuesday in Kansas City, Springfield, Columbia and St. Joseph.

Two men were charged Wednesday with killing a man in the city's Dutchtown neighborhood.

Students from Sumner High in St. Louis were taken to a hospital on Wednesday after eating edibles that school officials say may have contained THC, the active ingredient in marijuana.

A 22-year-old Memphis man was shot and killed Tuesday inside a Cahokia Heights home.