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St. Louis Public Schools and the local NAACP recently launched literacy programs to help students boost reading skills.

The dispute between Jerry Schlichter and Roger Denton drew even more interest after a judge sealed the case from public view.

Magnitude 7, known as Mag 7, told employees Wednesday that the smelter, in New Madrid County, would close down over the next three to five days, according to an industry publication.

“The Underdoggs” so closely follows “The Mighty Ducks” sports dramedy formula that a character name drops it in the script.

CTS Luh Wick, whose legal name is Michael Henderson, 19, was acquitted of first-degree murder and armed criminal action after roughly two hours of jury deliberation.

As residents were evacuated from St. Louis’ Northview Village Nursing Home last month, the facility’s phone lines were down. The elevator stalled. One of the home’s top managers remained in her office, and another left.

ST. LOUIS — Homicide detectives were investigating after a teenager was shot in the city's Marine Villa neighborhood.

Health care providers could refuse gender-transition care on “moral” grounds and a ban on hormones and puberty blocker for transgender minors would be indefinite under the legislation.

A St. Louis man faces more than 70 charges after authorities say he broke into 16 different businesses in the past three months and stole cash and cigarettes.

Fontbonne University said five administrators were leaving the college. And three Webster University leaders have resigned or are leaving.

Authorities on Thursday identified the 81-year-old woman killed in a house fire early Wednesday.

A man was killed early Monday in the city's Downtown West neighborhood.

In addition to posting the $25,000 bond, former officer Matthew McCulloch must check into a St. Charles psychiatric hospital and complete treatment in a locked unit with 24-hour supervision.

The Missouri Botanical Garden's Charlotte Taylor has identified, described and named more plant species than any other living woman.

Pay raises also would go toward employees who work overnight shifts at prisons and mental health facilities.

The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra played its first concert at the newly acquired and renovated Powell Hall on January 24, 1968.

Parson touted his administration’s wins, from upgrading 250 of the state's worst bridges to boosting teacher pay.

The county faces a 2028 deadline to either bring its aging building in downtown Clayton up to code or to build a new one. If it doesn't, it could face eviction and thousands of dollars in fines.

The failure to make a phone call or pay a licensing fee marked the difference between bounty hunter Wayne Lozier legally seizing a woman from a home in St. Charles County and a federal kidnapping conviction.

Alderwoman Cara Spencer is listed as the prospective sponsor. But she still has a lot of questions. “I know nothing about the particulars, so I can’t speak on it right now.”