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Medicaid paid at least nine claims under County Executive Sam Page's name last year. Page said the money goes to St. Louis University Hospital, not to him.

A significant number of GOP voters could break with Missouri elected Republicans and help overturn the state’s abortion ban, a new poll found.

Police arrested 37-year-old Johnny Curry Wednesday on charges of 1st degree murder, 1st degree assault and two counts of armed criminal action, and unlawful use of a weapon.

The health department announced its crackdown despite Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft’s recent rejection of emergency rules by the Division of Alcohol and Tobacco prohibiting the sale of embargoed items at liquor stores.

A Normandy High School said she was sexually assaulted by a peer on Tuesday.

Wednesday's court-ordered hearing — which will likely decide Williams' fate — was tense and adversarial. Six hours of testimony rehashing evidence in the case were littered with objections and interjections.

About 1,150 new students are expected to attend SLPS this fall after decades of declining enrollment.

Many here seem to believe that the Democratic Party doesn’t stand for working class families anymore.

School officials didn't tell the girl's parents about the alleged abuse until months later, when it left visible marks on her body, the suit claims.

Midas Construction has rebranded as MBG and doubled its office headquarters.

Mia Rose Holdings has started construction on 144 new apartments near the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville campus.

The Illinois Flag Commission will accept submissions for a new state flag design Sept. 3 through Oct. 18, Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias announced on Wednesday.

The opportunity is through Pop Local, a program by Edwards Realty Company, a property management firm and operator of The Boulevard in Richmond Heights.

Brayan Adalberto Rodriguez-Banegas opened fire outside of a party in the city's Dutchtown neighborhood last month, killing one person and injuring two others, charges say.

Ask the experts from the Missouri Department of Transportation, St. Louis and St. Charles counties and St. Louis City your questions about highways and roads. The live chat starts at 1 p.m. on Wednesday.

Two House committees will meet in September to highlight problems in getting financial aid to child care facilities in Missouri.

ST. LOUIS COUNTY — Attorneys sparred Wednesday morning in court while questioning experts and a lawyer about decades-old evidence used to convict a man of murder and sentence him to death.

“Jefferson County is home and always will be,” she wrote in a text message. “My residence is in the district, and I am running for re-election.”