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A St. Louis man was charged Friday after authorities say he and another man tried to rob two people in north St. Louis last month, and the man's accomplice wound up dead.

The St. Louis-based electric utility said that rates will go up by about $5 per month for a typical residential user.

“.. If you didn’t have the blessing of the aldermen you were not going to get whatever it is you were seeking from the city," said the business's attorney.

An 18-year-old man from Phelps County, Mo., died Friday while swimming in the Meramec River.

University officials say they are investigating an "IT security breach"

The Illinois Department of Public Health is raising awareness after 10 batches of mosquitoes tested positive for the virus in Cook, LaSalle, Morgan and St. Clair counties.

The triple shooting was reported just before 7:15 p.m. Thursday near Clara Avenue and Martin Luther King Drive.

A bill to freeze taxes for seniors in Missouri would cost counties millions of dollars if it went into effect, according to an analysis released this week by the state Legislature's research division.

Days after prosecutors dropped his triple murder case, 21-year-old Joshua Amerson was arrested on three new charges, including drug trafficking.

A St. Louis man was accused Thursday of putting a hood over the head of a woman he first met online and raping her multiple times.

Shay's Creole Smokehouse opened in April inside the Old Millstream Inn along St. Charles' historic Main Street.

Benson Hill, a Creve Coeur-based ag tech firm, announced Friday that co-founder Matt Crisp "has agreed to resign" as CEO, effective immediately.

To boost low levels of literacy in St. Louis, six summer camp organizations will be adding an hour of literacy activities each day

A canceled summer camp for kids in south St. Louis County that's run by police will return next year, Chief Kenneth Gregory told police commissioners Thursday.

Sales-incentive payments, credit and rolled-back fuel and freight surcharges are part of the offer.

The patrol has 146 trooper and 126 ½ civilian vacancies statewide, and 27 trooper and 55 civilian vacancies in the patrol’s St. Louis area division.

Brian Kowert was sentenced Thursday to 1 ½ years in federal prison for skirting minority contractor requirements on a project that received city tax breaks.

Police chief Robert Stanczak, 66, claims he was harassed and discriminated against because of his age and support of a city clerk.

Doves are becoming an increasingly popular choice to celebrate and mourn, and owners train the birds to return home from miles away.