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Jesse Lopez, 24, died in the 1300 block of Gravois Avenue at about 2 a.m. Saturday.

Once the House Republican Conference formally ratifies the steering panel selection, Smith will become the youngest-ever chairman of Ways and Means.

This year’s U.S. Congress appropriations bill totaled about $1.7 trillion, with about $500 million coming back to Missouri, thanks mainly to Blunt and Bush.

The shooting was about 2 a.m. Tuesday in the 1400 block of Belt Avenue.

A 19-year-old Berkeley man was charged with manslaughter Saturday in the killing of an aspiring health care worker voted prom king last year at University City High School.

A federal lawsuit is the latest to target a "model bill" that makes camping on state property or right-of-ways a crime in Missouri.

The man who died in the Jan. 3 crash is identified as Christopher L. McQuay, 48.

The likely culprit, officials said, was a space heater that apparently was being used to keep puppies warm in the basement. The animals survived.

The hearing was the closest Lamar Johnson has come in 30 years to freedom after the unsuccessful endeavors of nearly all of his appeals and habeas corpus petitions.

Stormwater experts shared findings Monday on July’s flash flooding that made University City a regional epicenter of damage — and gave recommendations for better policies, moving forward.

Republican Scott Fitzpatrick was sworn in as Missouri’s 39th auditor Monday

The Illinois Senate has approved a ban on semiautomatic weapons by a vote of 34-20.

Long-winded legislators may face a new limit on speeches this year under new House Speaker Dean Plocher.

A 52-year-old restaurant worker in St. Charles was shot Monday morning, and that shooting led to a manhunt that spread into Maryland Heights and shut down three schools in the area.

Quinton C. Benson Jr., of the 4400 block of Vista Avenue, was arrested Friday after police responded to Lift for Life Academy, 1731 South Broadway.

A local wine caper involving dozens of stolen bottles, an apology note and a priest walking into a wine store has led to charges this week against a St. Louis County man.

The money is aimed at transforming long-struggling neighborhoods on the north and southeast sides.

Leonard Taylor, 45, is scheduled to die by lethal injection next month. His attorneys claim new evidence shows he was 1,800 miles away at the time of the quadruple murder of which he was convicted.

Pritzker is the first Illinois governor to start a second four-year term since 2007.

Groups seeking a children's museum and an amusement park, both accessible to people with disabilities, also want to tap a St. Charles County hotel tax now that it's no longer needed to pay off the St. Charles Convention Center's construction…