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Just when you thought it couldn't be possible, politicians made bigger fools of themselves in 2022 than ever before. Some people who follow politics closely suffered whiplash from shaking their heads in disbelief.

2022 brought its share of political debates and controversies in the St. Louis region. It also brought tragedy, scandal and continuing public health concerns.

Just some of the people in the arts, business, government and faith who died this year.

COVID-19 cases are on the uptick in Missouri, even as flu cases appear to be tapering off.

St. Clair County Associate Judge Julie Katz on Friday granted a request from the county prosecutor and sheriff to delay the end of cash bail.

SOUTH ST. LOUIS COUNTY — A device discovered Friday morning inside a gate surrounding a Metropolitan Sewer District pump station in south St. Louis County turned out to be 10 cans of spray paint taped around a firework, said MSD…

An East St. Louis man was shot and killed in a home here this week, police said on Saturday.

St. Louis Archbishop Mitchell Rozanski called the contributions of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI an inspiration to the stewardship of the Catholic Church.

A 72-year-old Waterford, Michigan, man was killed Saturday night in a collision on Interstate 70 in St. Charles County.

CEO Tony Thompson has turned his passion into a program that helps young artists live their dream.​

It’s unclear where Missouri is obtaining pentobarbital.

It will increase by 85 cents on Sunday to $12 per hour, up from $11.15 per hour.

Lamont Cambell, 28, was convicted in 2016 of first-degree murder and armed criminal action and sentenced to 30 years in prison. A judge on Friday threw out the conviction.

Authorities have not identified the man who died in the Thursday morning crash. An officer suffered minor injuries.

A 60-year-old man from Clinton County died Thursday morning after he crossed over the center line and crashed head on into another car on Interstate 64 in Lebanon.

The market has been in a long slump. Dealers say they need to introduce younger buyers to the mystique of old clocks.

A truck crashed into a concrete barrier along Interstate 44 in Oakland on Friday morning, scattering piles of vegetables along the highway. The trucker was seriously hurt.

Three former St. Louis aldermen will spend the next several years in minimum-security satellite camps in Arkansas, Illinois and Texas.

Jaylen Miles was found dead behind a vacant home in the 10600 block of Spring Garden Drive.

St. Charles mayor says he still wants to build a steamboat museum on the city's riverfront and is working with a consultant to explore its feasibility.