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Aldermen gave initial approval to a plan directing the NFL settlement toward tornado recovery, downtown and the city's water system, over the objections of racial justice activists.

Andrew C. Hubbard schemed with a cousin to give his mother laced drugs and cause an overdose so he could collect a $150,000 life insurance policy, he admitted Thursday.

Missouri law requires that strip searches be conducted in a place where the process cannot be observed by anyone not physically conducting the search.

ST. LOUIS — A man was shot and killed in the Peabody Darst Webbe neighborhood Wednesday night, police said.

News of the workforce reductions at University of Missouri Health Care comes shortly before the close of a turbulent 2025-26 fiscal year for the health system.

St. Louis Development Corp. is phasing out work with Candid marketing firm after the Kansas City firm netted $2 million in contracts.

Three attorneys have been nominated by the 21st Circuit Judicial Commission to fill an associate circuit judge vacancy. The vacancy was created by the resignation of Joseph Green to become an assistant U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri.…

The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services received and investigated 43,208 reports of Missouri seniors and adults with disabilities being abused or neglected in 2025. That’s about 1,300 more than the year before. Tim Jackson oversees Adult Protective Services…

A former longtime employee of WashU will receive $732,000 in damages after WashU fired her for taking time off work for a knee surgery.

Rodrick Miller, 36, of Pine Lawn, pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm while a convicted felon in connection with the 2025 incident in Wellston.

The city is looking to cut about $2 million out of the budget and eliminate 12 jobs. Spending is on a halt — including on the city's fireworks display.

City had to overcome brown silt in the water, other obstacles

Headlines from the June 18, 1926, front page include: Witness links Essen with Jack Daniel Whisky farm.

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June 2, 1947 - June 13, 2026

June 9, 2026

Benson Sr., James D. - St. Louis, MO

June 1, 2026

The meeting marked the first time in eight months that residents were allowed to directly address the state-appointed, mostly unelected board.

The tree, which was split in half by high winds, is across the street from the home where Abraham Lincoln and his family lived from 1844 to 1861.