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With hundreds of books banned in Missouri schools this year, the removals are being newly criticized by librarians and authors, including such high-profile writers as Margaret Atwood, Neil Gaiman, Lois Lowry, Laurie Halse Anderson and Art Spiegelman.

Two men were indicted Wednesday in a murder-for-hire case that's already entangled a former employee of St. Louis' Cure Violence program.

Lawyers for the City of St. Louis are asking a judge to throw out a suit from a man claiming he was mistakenly jailed in the city for eight months after his charges were dropped.

Crossroads Correctional Center in western Missouri will house about 1,200 inmates

Workers at the St. Louis Galleria Mall Apple store took the first step toward forming a union on Wednesday.

The state budget office says Attorney General Eric Schmitt has not submitted a spending plan for the next fiscal year.

Washington County Josh Hedgecorth defends payments; but relents after county commissioners raised questions.

Rookie Republican candidate Ryan Higgins, who lost a state House race to veteran Democrat pol Deb Lavender, dislikes first taste of political campaigning.

The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating for compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Rawlings Sporting Goods will move its headquarters to Westport Plaza as the office and entertainment area aims to revitalize the Maryland Heights district.

A Missouri State Highway Patrol trooper attempted to pull the man over for a stolen vehicle.

An alley cat who later became know as "Mr. Silver" made front-page news on Nov. 17, 1947.

Blunt, who is retiring, will be succeeded by Eric Schmitt in 2023.

The city sued both the driver and the owner of a car involved in a 2017 crash with a police officer.

Two men on Wednesday were honored by police for helping an officer save a woman trapped in her car as torrential floods hit the St. Louis region.

Up to 2,000 people who enjoy themselves a little too much the night before Thanksgiving can catch a free ride home in St. Louis and three other Missouri locations.

The report marked the third round of testing produced this fall regarding possible radioactive contamination at the school.

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.

The number of RSV cases is expected to stay high for about another month, coinciding with what is expected to be an early and hard-hitting flu season.

The student and teacher killed last month in a south St. Louis school shooting were each shot one time by the gunman's high-velocity rifle.