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“My roots run deep in this city,” Donna Baringer told the audience after being introduced by a Hibernian bagpiper, an homage to her Irish heritage.

Brenda Deutsch, accused of abusing a 16-year-old and abandoning her in Texas, sought to reduce her $250,000 cash-only bond. A friend said prosecutors have the case “all wrong.”

Nancy Parisotto was one of two people who died in the flooding near Bayless Avenue and Interstate 55 in South County.

The GOP-controlled Missouri House on Tuesday voted 94-50 to advance a ballot question to repeal the new constitutional right to abortion that voters approved last year.

Taking their cue from HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., several states are seeking federal waivers to drop soft drinks and candy from their SNAP programs.

The House and Senate have one month to agree on a spending plan for the fiscal year beginning July 1.

The Environmental Protection Agency said Monday that long-awaited excavation of radioactivity at the West Lake Landfill is targeted to begin in 2027.

Melissa Westbrook, 35, was arrested Monday and is being held without bond.

One of the most important figures of the 18th and 19th centuries returns to town, sort of.

Boston College sued the owner of St. Stanislaus for the windows, arguing the Emil Frei-crafted artifacts should be removed and preserved in a safer location.

Planned Parenthood had argued the information was private and could not be disclosed

Dozens of St. Louis-area international students have been affected by the federal government’s widespread crackdown on student visas.

The St. Louis County Police Athletic League could get $250,000. The bill sponsor, Councilwoman Shalonda Webb, sits on the league's board.

A year after the effort fizzled in the Missouri House, lawmakers moved Tuesday to try again to end child marriage in the state.

Seventeen-year-old Holly James died by suicide Feb. 20, 2024. The lawsuit says Holly left a note saying the sexual abuse was one of the reasons for her death.

WashU officials said Monday they’re pausing construction of the university’s new 110,000-square-foot Arts and Sciences building announced last fall.

“You shouldn’t be selling things that you have to constantly deal with trying to get rid of,” Tyler Wilson told a House committee on Monday.

“We’re not going to go along with something we think is unconstitutional,” said Aldermanic President Megan Green.

Employers must post a notice outlining the changes in wages and benefits beginning April 15.

We crave sugar because our ape ancestors needed the calories. But also, doughnuts taste great.