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Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell couldn't attend the budget hearing to discuss his office's $15 million request for next year because of a family function following his birthday weekend, staff said.

Voters in an area proposed for annexation by Manchester overwhelmingly rejected the idea in Tuesday's election.

A proposed shift in the use of some Rockwood School District tax revenue was approved Tuesday by more than 66% of voters.

Ladue voters approve sales tax hike for fire department.

The push to create the Frenchtown Special Business District now heads to a public hearing later this month. The hearing is set for 7 p.m. on Nov. 21 in St. Charles City Hall.

A man was shot dead near the River Des Peres on Tuesday afternoon.

Voters across the metro area will decide Tuesday on a smattering of propositions, including marijuana taxes in Arnold, St. Charles and St. John; a Manchester annexation plan; and a proposed tax revenue shift in the Rockwood School District.

A man was killed in a double shooting early Saturday in the city's Jeff-Vander-Lou neighborhood.

Local business and nonprofit groups say St. Louis urgently needs investment in child care, to boost parents, children, and the regional economy.

Longtime employees Kenny Clifton and Jack O’Leary, both 28, took over the 77-year-old family-run butcher shop in Brentwood in September.

Richard Russell has been in federal prison for the better part of two decades. He's been writing letters throughout that time, ranging from threats to apologies to cries for help.

Bill McClellan writes: “... the photo stuck with me. I love the year 1927. It illustrates how difficult it is to imagine the future.”

Whistleblower alleges multiple cases of abuse at Niños de México, and he’s not the only one.

Landowners say hundred-year-old oaks have gotten sickly. Conservation workers are documenting trees with curling leaves and forests with thinning canopies. Scientists have found widespread evidence of chemicals in their leaves.

St. Louis’ Cori Bush is among a small group of Democrats viewed by critics as insufficiently supportive of Israel — or insufficiently critical of Hamas.

SIUE is the only doctorate pharmacy program in downstate Illinois. It offers students classroom education, research, community service and patient care.

The Fairview Heights Transit Center is the sixth and final building to be constructed as part of the STLCC Transformed project.

Check out the current trends in gas prices in Missouri.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol has identified Kenrich Eddins as the man who was killed in the crash, which happened near the borders of Dellwood and Ferguson.

Officials in a suburban Chicago community have issued municipal citations to a local news reporter for what they say were persistent contacts with city officials seeking comment on fall flooding.