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A judge said Missouri failed to allege "any actual adverse employment action" due to unlawful discrimination. Missouri appeals.

County's top corrections official refuses to answer numerous questions from County Council members about the Feb. 7 incident, saying she wants to await the outcome of an ongoing investigation.

Republican lawmakers are playing the long game, introducing a flood of familiar legislation seeking to roll back some protections in the hopes of ultimately ending access to the procedure altogether.

Three candidates — information technology professional Casey Chlebek, corporate attorney Jeannie Evans and former Illinois Republican Party Chairman Don Tracy — made their case for turning Durbin's Senate seat red.

A judge ruled that the ballot summary must be rewritten for a proposed constitutional amendment that would make it harder for Missourians to amend the constitution through citizen initiative petitions.

Christopher Harbour, 46, was shot in a home at 8417 South Broadway about 9 a.m. Tuesday. He died at the scene.

“Why do you have to send back the people who are working and paying taxes and doing everything to be legal in the country?”

This year, the first day of Lent and the first day of fasting for Ramadan began Feb. 18.

The Illinois Department of Public Health on Wednesday confirmed a second diagnosed case of measles in the Metro East.

Headlines from the Feb. 20, 1926, front page include: Two men are missing in an East St. Louis hotel fire.

Build-A-Bear says the workers were fired, but for fraudulent activity

Ballard, Deborah Sue passed away peacefully after a short battle with cancer on Monday, February 16th, 2026.

February 18, 2026

September 16, 1943 - January 29, 2026

November 4, 1970 - February 14, 2026

Ballard, Deborah Sue - St. Louis, MO

Last week, U.S. District Court Judge John Ross deemed Wildwood-based Torch Electronics' gas station slot machines as illegal.

One bill would give prosecutors more power to certify minors as adults. The other would expand the use of mandatory minimum sentences for people convicted of felonies.

“I don’t know that those sentences fully redress anyone’s circumstances,” Judge Ellen Ribaudo said.