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St. Louis nonprofit leaders came together Thursday to call for community involvement in anti-violence initiatives and to promote "Save Our Youth," a public forum planned for Saturday.

Larry Thomlison, 70, was sentenced Thursday to 16 years in prison for shooting and paralyzing an Amazon delivery driver in 2019.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker called the decision a "travesty" that reversed nearly 45 years of precedent that advanced equity in higher education.

Two local companies will receive $100,000 apiece in follow-on funding from Arch Grants, the organization announced Thursday.

Deputy Gov. Andy Manar characterized the milestone as "significant and meaningful and it underscores the fiscal progress that we've made as a state."

Mikel Williamson, an industry veteran who recently led a Texas-based bank, has been named as her successor.

The job can be macabre, and some use humor to stay sane. Michael Graham said he's good at compartmentalizing to detach. "You can't get emotionally involved," he said.

Attorney for Democrats says Hawley should donate proceeds from “Manhood” book to cover the tab.

The U.S. senator from Missouri calls the COVID report “a complete joke” and accuses the Biden administration of being a “shill for China.”

Police on Wednesday afternoon found a man's body in the north eastern area of Forest Park.

Prosecutors charged Robert J. Moore on Wednesday with assisting in a man's killing then helping dump the body and set it on fire.

State and county investigators still working on case of Cal Harris, County Executive Sam Page’s former chief of staff, who allegedly filmed sex act in office.

Anheuser-Busch launched a new marketing campaign Wednesday, the same day CEO Brendan Whitworth went on national television and declined to say if collaborating with a transgender star to market Bud Light was a mistake.

The fire, first reported about 10:45 p.m. Wednesday, kept crews battling for hours to extinguish the blaze and keep it from spreading to nearby structures.

The Missouri Highway Patrol identified the victim as 19-year-old Arie P. Van Zee.

Officials said construction of the improvements, which could include new medians, traffic circles and bumped-out curbs, will largely occur in 2025 and 2026.

“I don’t want him to be another statistic,” said the mother of a 15-year-old killed in a 2018 drunk driving crash. She asked a judge to show the driver mercy.

“This is a project the neighborhood wants,” said David Tallent, president of the neighborhood association.

Officials from General Motors and local business groups gathered at the Wentzville auto plant Wednesday, to address the workforce challenges in manufacturing and how to grow here.

The National Weather Service issued an air-quality alert and heat advisory for the St. Louis area Thursday into Friday.