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Metro Transit officials hope that pay raises in a new contract with its paratransit van operators will help fill longstanding vacancies and improve the service that has faced sharp criticism.

A Granite City teen was seriously injured after being hit by a train last week.

A Franklin County man was sentenced Tuesday to 15 years in prison after his 4-year-old son found a gun left underneath a couch and accidentally shot himself.

The St. Louis native faces charges in Clackamas County, Oregon, of first-degree rape, first-degree unlawful sexual penetration and two counts of second-degree sexual abuse, all felonies.

Devin Macon, of St. Louis, was charged with second-degree murder and stealing a gun after prosecutors say he shot 25-year-old Keila Buckner during a struggle over a gun in Jennings.

Two burglars threw a brick into the front window of a Soulard bar early Wednesday, climbed in through the broken glass and stole cash from several register drawers in the manager's basement office.

Tensions on the House side of the Capitol have been building for weeks as the committee has slogged through multiple hourslong meetings over the past seven months.

It's OK for Buffalo Bills fans to have fond memories of O.J. Simpson's playing career while also lamenting his off-the-field behavior.

A downtown gas station that residents say was a hub for criminal activity will close by this summer.

Georgia, Kansas, Michigan, New York, North Carolina, Ohio and Texas have committed to spending big dollars to attract new projects.

A Lift for Life Academy official said he hopes the city gets behind an alderman's distance requirement bill to prevent similar situations in other city neighborhoods.

Two men from the St. Louis area are charged with stealing more than $80,000 of merchandise from more than two dozen Walmarts across Missouri and Illinois.

In part one of this interview, Greater St. Louis Inc. CEO Jason Hall explains the 2030 jobs plan and focusing on the region’s strengths.

The project is an expansion of an Illinois law passed a few years ago that allows K-12 students five mental health days a year.

Democratic senators criticized Bailey and other Republican attorneys general for pushing back against the Biden administration’s attempts to wipe out student loan debt.

Most of the films are from the relatively recent past, but the festival also includes Francois Truffaut's "The 400 Blows" and Jean Cocteau's "The Storm Within."

On April 11, 1934, lawyers filed incorporation papers for the new Jefferson National Expansion Memorial Association. It would change the face of downtown St. Louis forever.

The state has kept close to $3.7 million in state funding from SLPS and $5.7 million from Normandy while awaiting the audits.

State regulations require an automatic manual count of any race where a result is decided by less than half of 1% of the total vote cast

Shortly after 1 a.m. on April 11, 1877, the first alarms were screams from guests and employees who saw flames climb the freight elevator from the basement.