Area officials in a variety of settings described the list of complications wrought by the heat, which on Wednesday felt like 113 degrees in St. Louis.
The funding, which will be distributed to the Illinois Department of Labor, comes from a $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill that passed through Congress and was pushed by Biden.
Six interagency law enforcement task forces received grant funding to combat car thefts through an initiative of Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias’ office.
The man died on the way to the hospital after having been jailed since June for third-degree assault, according to a civil attorney hired by his family.
Bill would require online platforms to report child sex trafficking or sexual enticement to police, and to share location, identification data about posters.
Police on Wednesday said five inmates, including three who were being held on murder charges, were involved in taking a jail guard hostage for more than two hours on Tuesday.
Jamar Burns was sentenced Wednesday to 15 years in prison after he admitted to fatally shooting another man at a Taco Bell on Chouteau Avenue in May 2020.
A woman struck a 52-year-old man with a garbage can lid before he fatally stabbed her at a gas station on Delmar Boulevard earlier this week, charges said.
Express lanes on I-70/I-44 from north St. Louis to downtown have been closed about 18 months due to removal and rebuilding of the Broadway bridge over the highway.
St. Charles County's top election official criticized over claims that he interfered in the 2020 election, causing former President Donald Trump to win county by less than he should've.
Ask the experts from the Missouri Department of Transportation, St. Louis and St. Charles counties and St. Louis City your questions about highways and roads. The live chat starts at 1 p.m. on Wednesday.