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History is being made as Lionel Messi is set to join the MLS. St. Louis Post-Dispatch and STLtoday.com beat writer Tom Timmermann and producer Carter Chapley discuss how the move will impact not only MLS but also the local squad.

A mother said on Facebook that her son was told Wednesday he couldn’t bring the rainbow-hued bag into Branson theme park.

The city court has cleared the records of more than 200 marijuana cases, and St. Louis County has expunged more than 1,000 cases as of this month, following state voters' decision to legalize marijuana in November.

Festus Police Chief Doug Wendel said he didn’t mislead the sheriff “in any way, shape or form.”

A North County Police Cooperative officer was arrested Wednesday on allegations he sexually assaulted a handcuffed man near Normandy High School last week.

Missouri’s attorney general used same tactic in trying to oust former St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner from office

Plans for luxury hotels, helicopter rides, and a golf course in Augusta are on hold, dead or delayed, according to a Hoffmann Family of Companies official.

Dr. Jeffrey I. Gordon has received many honors in recent years for pioneering work on gut microbiomes and their effect on obesity, childhood malnutrition.

Keith Hill was found guilty of killing a man who had lent him money and showed him kindness for months.

Daniel L. Kepler, 39, was held in the St. Louis County Jail in lieu of $250,000 cash bail. Kepler lives in the 2400 block of Hood Avenue in Overland.

Cole County Circuit Court Jon Beetem ruled Thursday that a state board that regulates accountants does not have any oversight of the state auditor’s office.

Kennice Brock, 51, faced trial this week in the fatal shooting of Carl Netter at a barbecue outside of the Biker’s Corner bar on North Vandeventer Avenue.

Jamal Perkins, 31, was discovered about 12:30 a.m. Wednesday outside Bottom Line Sports Bar & Grill, at 1530 South Seventh Street.

No Republicans in either chamber of the General Assembly supported the budget.

Frank Fisher, 41, of Granite City, died at a hospital after crashing near Nameoki Road and Lindell Boulevard.

Rates in Lambert airport parking lots and garages will increase Aug. 1.

On June 8, 1904, one of Spain's best bullfighters was gunned down at a St. Louis hotel by a fighter known as the American matador.

The Lincoln County Sheriff's Office asks anyone with information to contact them at (636) 528-8546 or submit a tip online at https://lcsomo.gov/crime-tip/.

The proposal will bump the cost to an average homeowner by $30 per quarter, to $105.

"Our operations here — though relatively small in that big population of 18,000 — are critical," newly appointed Copeland CEO Ross Shuster said Wednesday.