James Brison was sentenced Thursday to 16 years in prison for beating and stabbing a jail guard and shooting his girlfriend in the back in a separate incident.
By Katie Kull St. Louis Post-Dispatch
"I think we, as a society, at least here in high-income countries, really take for granted that we have food security, and I don't think we should be so blasΓ©."
By Bryce Gray St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Police were arriving on scene when a 44-year-old man suspected of trying to break into a home on Union Boulevard fired at another man.
By Katie Kull St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Lawsuit alleging lead poisoning of Peruvian children took 19 years to reach a $150 million settlement.
By Tony Messenger St. Louis Post-Dispatch
The owner of the building said Friday that it plans to close the property Sept. 1.
By Steph Kukuljan St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Voters will decide Aug. 4 whether lawmakers can phase out Missouri's income tax and broaden sales taxes. Supporters aren't saying what new items would be taxed or how much.
By Kurt Erickson St. Louis Post-Dispatch
The investigation comes after the boy's mother told the Post-Dispatch that the police ignored her concerns for two years.
By Katie Kull and Kim Bell St. Louis Post-Dispatch
A previous attempt ran aground when the ballclub objected to losing their exclusive control over vending around Busch Stadium.
By Austin Huguelet St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Demand for good jobs at banks was the keystone of modern Civil Rights efforts in St. Louis.
Headlines from the July 10, 1926, front page include: Man sues widow for failure to marry him.
Kintz, Frann - Wentzville, MO
Frann Kintz, age 84, passed away July 4, 2026. Visitation: Tues. July 14, 8 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. at Pitman Funeral Home, Wentz. Funeral: Tues. July 14, 10 a.m. at St. Patrick Catholic Church, Wentzville Cemetery: St. Patrick Church Cemetery.β¦
A new Southwestern Illinois College campus in Fairview Heights is expected to open for classes in fall 2027 at the former Vatterott College site.
Jennifer Green, Belleville News-Democrat
A three-judge panel ruled the Illinois law, which also prohibits high-capacity ammunition magazines is βconsistent with our regulatory traditionβ and does not violate the Second Amendment right to bear arms.
Jeremy Gorner and Dan Petrella | Chicago Tribune
A Northwoods man was sentenced to 17 years in prison for killing his roommate.
An Illinois man was sentenced to 120 years in prison for raping a woman he kidnapped from a Starbucks parking lot.
The district needs to downsize its footprint of 62 schools due to declining enrollment and rising maintenance and transportation costs.
By Blythe Bernhard St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Charter Communications, better known by its cable brand name Spectrum, will shutter an operations office in Town and Country.
By Shun Graves St. Louis Post-Dispatch
David Weidler will start as Crestwood's new city administrator on Aug. 17. He's taking over from interim city administrator Jonathan Williams.
By Seth Nelson St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Aldermen say they've built consensus for an April 2027 ballot measure β but Mayor Cara Spencer said she hasn't yet read the bill.
By Austin Huguelet St. Louis Post-Dispatch