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New details are emerging as St. Louis County’s top jail official answers questions about a riot that occurred at the county’s justice center back in February. The incident has since garnered national attention.

The St. Louis Board of Adjustment held a five-hour virtual appeal hearing yesterday regarding a proposed $3 billion data center in Midtown.

A new drone is helping Jefferson County detectives cover large, rural areas as they investigate an increase in telecommunications wire thefts.

The City Museum is now in possession of the mechanism that powered the iconic rotating rooftop at the historic Millennium Hotel, which is currently being demolished.

A person was taken to the hospital after being shot Wednesday evening in a Granite City home, and a suspect is in custody.

Iván Herrera had a two-run double with one out in the 10th inning to give the St. Louis Cardinals a 3-2 comeback victory over the Chicago Cubs on Wednesday night.

It’s a rematch of the 2024 primary between Congressman, Wesley Bell, and his opponent, former Congresswoman, Cori Bush.

A Florissant woman has pleaded guilty in federal court to stealing more than $170,000 in Social Security benefits that continued to be paid after the death of a relative.

St. Clair County is bringing back its county fair Thursday after a 12-year hiatus. The event, which has been rebranded as Fair St. Clair, will run through Aug. 1 at the Belle Clair Fairgrounds Park in Belleville.

Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe believes it should be harder to change the state constitution. 

Women from diverse backgrounds, gathered each carrying their own questions and aspirations.

Police are investigating after a person fired a gun into a home after a domestic dispute Wednesday afternoon in Creve Coeur.

Bud Sullivan of AWS Construction began tearing down a building at Palm and Blair when neighbors asked for help. He’s paying to do it with a vision of using some of the materials to rebuild homes next door. Now, it looks like his plan is coming together.

A St. Louis County man is being charged after investigators say he admitted to removing copper piping from vacant apartment units, causing extensive flooding and damage to multiple apartments.

Members of the Missouri State Highway Patrol’s SWAT team shot and killed a rural Lincoln County man Wednesday afternoon while the two sides exchanged gunfire.

Police are searching for multiple suspects after gunfire erupted near officers and federal agents conducting a traffic stop in north St. Louis in what investigators are calling an attempted ambush.

Crews are working to put out a fire at an abandoned warehouse Wednesday afternoon in north St. Louis.

KANKAKEE COUNTY, Ill. — A Kankakee County Sheriff's Office employee was terminated after an online video spread across social media. According to the sheriff's office, as of Wednesday morning that employee was let go. They said the off-duty employee made "insensitive and derogatory" remarks and are "completely inconsistent with the values, professionalism, and standards expected [...]

Illinois voters will soon be able to apply for vote-by-mail ballots ahead of the November election, according to the Illinois State Board of Elections.

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul joined a coalition of more than two dozen states in a lawsuit filed in July 2026 challenging new federal conditions attached to FEMA and DHS emergency management and homeland security grants.