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May 21, 1953 - July 16, 2026

Frazier Jr., Raymond L. - Saint Louis, MO

A former Northwoods police officer was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for beating a man in a vacant field in 2023.

Missouri's four Catholic bishops are raising questions about Amendment 5, the income tax phaseout plan on the Aug. 4 primary election ballot.

The U.S. Department of Education has launched an investigation into St. Louis University's School of Medicine for alleged racial discrimination in its admissions.

New funeral rules for parishes in the Springfield Roman Catholic diocese end same-day visitations inside church worship spaces and prohibit family members or friends from delivering eulogies during funeral liturgies.

The district has proposed to downsize its portfolio of 62 schools by one-third by 2027 due to declining enrollment and rising costs.

Note: Due to the potential for rain Saturday morning, MoDOT has canceled this work.

The Missouri Department of Transportation will close westbound Interstate 64 at the Interstate 70 interchange in St. Charles County overnight starting Monday. The closure is required to set girders for the new bridge and ramp to eastbound I-70 over westbound…

The wait for Missouri inmates to get a bed at a mental health facility is long — on average, 14 months.

The Missouri Department of Transportation is planning a public meeting for its Highway 367 project on Aug. 13 from 4-6 p.m. The open-house style meeting will be held in the Paul F. Detrick Atrium at Christian Hospital, 11133 Dunn Rd.

A deal was reached on the second day of trial for the protester charged with injuring a Ferguson officer during a protest on the 10th anniversary of Michael Brown’s death.

For weeks, the city attributed the disruption to "server issues." On Wednesday, communications manager Jared Jones told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that UCity's network was targeted with "malicious intent."

There's nothing as all-American as a county fair. And in St. Charles, "if you leave the fair hungry, it's your own fault."

Headlines from the July 23, 1926, front page include: Queen's choice of words corrected; Her choice in cheese unchanged.

November 10, 1941 - July 21, 2026

Nair, Ram Chandran - St. Louis, MO

"Yet another culture war issue," Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas said in response to Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway's lawsuit against his city.

A task force of area education and civic leaders will focus primarily on north St. Louis County districts in an assessment of the future of public education in the area.