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A North City alderman wants a guaranteed income program for older residents.

The shooting happened about 6:45 p.m. Wednesday on the parking lot of Best Western hotel, 2621 East Fifth Street in Washington.

The race for the 105th District was decided by 99 votes out of 10,951 cast.

Executive director Rhonda Hamm-Niebruegge says a regional effort made a direct flight to Germany a success right out of the gate.

Police arrested a 27-year-old man.

Kenneth M. Smith, 35, was convicted of voluntary manslaughter and armed criminal action in the death of 26-year-old Jason Slater.

The condemnation of the Railway Exchange Building could eventually allow the city to take possession and clear the way for a long-awaited redevelopment.

Each meal will cost $1.77 to prepare.

The trail of a child kidnapping in 2007 led to an apartment in Kirkwood where Shawn Hornbeck, missing for more than four years, was found too.

“Folks have become tired waiting for Congress to do something.”

A dispute over data on who received special $500 payments from the city could be headed to court.

Democrats on Wednesday slammed a Republican-backed change to the Missouri House dress code for women legislators.

There are more than 7,000 open positions in state government.

But convention chief Kitty Ratcliffe says she’s still committed to adding a park and a ballroom.

Charges were filed Tuesday in the 2004 case of an Alton woman who was found without a head, hands or legs in a picnic area of a Wright City rest stop.

“Illinois now officially prohibits the sale and distribution of these mass killing machines and rapid fire devices,” Gov. J.B. Pritzker says.

EPA had planned to have a contractor begin new testing last month but delayed the work to do a legal review of St. Charles' insurance requirements.

Federal officials will meet this week to “continue the dialogue and find a path forward” after report of radioactivity in Jana Elementary.

The jury deliberated five hours Wednesday before finding David G. Thurby guilty of three counts of second-degree involuntary manslaughter, a lesser charge than what prosecutors sought.

Facing bankruptcy, Bed Bath & Beyond closing Lake St. Louis store; Fairview Heights store closed Sunday.