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About 15,000 German and Italian prisoners of war were confined in Missouri, and a few tried to escape.

The 22 employees were denied religious exemptions and placed on unpaid leave or fired last October but allowed to return to work in January.

Board that owns the Dome recommended moving the settlement money to higher-earning assets while negotiations drag on.

The St. Louis congresswoman called the bill “McConnell’s SCOTUS security distraction.”

The politically influential city firefighters union has renewed its effort to return supervision of all fire department pensions to a firefighter-controlled board.

The governor says the proposed federal bill doesn’t tie the state’s hands, giving Missouri the ability to opt out of proposed “red flag” laws.

Jane Dueker, a Democrat running for county executive, accused Sam Page of failing to investigate the complaints by Deputy Jail Director Darby Howard.

Norma Walker, the 22nd Ward's Democratic committeewoman, is the Democratic nominee to succeed ex-Alderman Jeffrey Boyd in a special election on Aug. 23.

The victim was accosted July 29, 2020, as she was getting into her car in the parking lot of a Schnucks grocery store in St. Louis.

A bear killed Monday in Jefferson County was likely about 2 years old.

The Juneteenth and Father's Day weekend should give the region a short break in the heat.

Marrell Withers was charged with first-degree murder in the death Dec. 9 of Samuel Spires, police said Wednesday.

Brittnee Chandler of St. Louis and Sherod Nolan of Jefferson City, Missouri, each were charged with two counts of child abuse or neglect.

Hall of Honor for Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater St. Louis gains six new members.

Art Holliday, longtime journalist and now news director at KSDK (Channel 5), inducted to the Missouri Broadcasters Association's Hall of Fame.

In the latest Nielsen radio ratings, the top nine St. Louis stations were of the musical variety, with classic rock KSHE (94.7 FM) still at the top.

Assistant U.S. Attorney: It’s “St. Louis County’s decision whether or not those grand jury subpoenas are disclosable under the Missouri Sunshine Law or other applicable state or local law.”

CHICAGO — Commonwealth Edison electricity customers would get more than $38 million in refunds tied to the federal bribery scandal that led to former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s indictment, under a proposal being considered by state regulators.

As renovations continue at downtown St. Louis jail, the city says the Medium Security Institution, known as the workhouse, is empty.

Special projects editor Brian Heffernan has been named as interim replacement. Station officials say new executive editor will be hired within six months.