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A total of 63 candidates for school board seats will appear on ballots across St. Louis County, compared to 84 last April.

Shopping therapy has a basis in science, but it's important not to go overboard.

Hermann Det. Sgt. Mason Griffith is among nine officers across the U.S. to die by gunfire on the job so far this year, according to the Officer Down Memorial Page, a nonprofit that tracks police deaths.

Markus R. Eldringhoff, 20, of Berger died early Sunday morning in a one-vehicle crash.

Neighbors said Kenny Simpson was the menace of their cul-de-sac for more than a decade: He punched his own father in the face. He hit golf balls at his neighbors' home. He set off pipe bombs in his backyard.

Authorities said Darrick Dillon, 47, shot and killed Adayshia Jackson, 28, after the two got into an argument. Dillon was charged with second-degree murder.

The frenzy among St. Louis-area homebuyers seen a few years ago has lessened, but it's a still a competitive — and more expensive — market.

Expansion would connect MidAmerica and St. Louis Lambert International Airport.

Coalition includes Central Bancompany, Commerce Bank, Enterprise Bank, Stifel Bank & Trust and UMB Financial Corp.

Floods that would have been rare or unheard of a century ago now strike the region every few years. And the area's major rivers are flooded far more often than they used to be.

Three months ago, Allied Healthcare planned to shutter its St. Louis operations. Now it's trying to execute a turnaround.

The spat is a familiar one in the region's ongoing struggle with homelessness.

A 16-year-old was standing in a parking lot Friday evening when he was shot in the leg, police said.

John L. Day, of the 3000 block of Whittier Street, is facing charges of tampering with physical evidence and abandonment of a corpse.

Police said they found the woman shot to death at a home in Spanish Lake just after 2 a.m. Saturday.

Missouri has failed to meet air quality requirements that the EPA established in 2015 under the Clean Air Act.

The city clerk's charges stem from accusations of her using her official title, signature and letter head to promote her re-election.

Delano Coleman was charged in an armed rape and robbery in Dellwood in June 2018.

The lawsuit says realtor Ebony Washington has fallen short of city charter requirements to be "an assessed taxpayer of the city" for two years prior to being elected alderman.

Joseph D. Harris pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter.