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First responders in the St. Louis region are practicing pediatric drowning scenarios to prepare for potential child drownings, while reminding families to take preventative measures.

ST. LOUIS - A St. Louis Board of Aldermen bill that would significantly raise water rates for city residents is set to go before a critical committee Wednesday. Board Bill 25 will be presented to the Public Infrastructure and Utilities Committee before returning to the full Board of Aldermen for final votes. The bill has [...]

The Illinois Attorney General is warning travelers to beware of scams targeting people planning summer getaways, such as fake vacation rentals and deals that look too good to be true, and to check reviews, news articles and the Better Business Bureau before booking.

ST. LOUIS - The St. Louis Board of Police Commissioners is set to meet Tuesday to consider a controversial raise proposal for the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department. The meeting comes after a judge ruled against the police board in a critical funding dispute with City Hall over how much general revenue should be used [...]

ST. LOUIS - Lower humidity and tons of sunshine, sounds like amazing June weather to me. We saw that on Tuesday and we’ll see it again on Wednesday, tons of sunshine, a comfortably cool morning, and highs in the low 80s. It will be warmer, but still dry, on Thursday. Top temperatures will be in [...]

Joc Pederson hit a tiebreaking single in the ninth inning and the Texas Rangers beat the St. Louis Cardinals 7-4 on Tuesday night for their season-best fifth straight victory.

Thousands of East St. Louis residents could soon see substantial reductions in their utility bills, potentially by up to 40%, through a new community solar project. The initiative aims to transform a former industrial landfill into a source of free and discounted energy for the city.

10 year old Braylee Frankford of Carlinville, Illinois returned to St Louis Children's Hospital last week for an important checkup. She received a liver transplant as a baby. This exam will check to see how her liver is functioning 10 years later.

A ruling in a lawsuit involving police funding will be appealed by the St. Louis Board of Police Commissioners, according to a statement released on behalf of Board President Chris Saracino.

A Rolla woman is facing multiple charges after she allegedly stole a tractor and crashed it into a tree while attempting to get away before officers arrived.

A Missouri-based company is supercharging the high performance boat market with catamarans that are fully made at the lake.

Three homes were damaged in a fire in Wentzville Tuesday evening following a propane tank explosion that left one firefighter injured.

A Millstadt gardener is challenging a village citation that labeled her half-acre garden as high grass or weeds, arguing the plants are intentionally cultivated and protected under Illinois law.

Property owners say this is the second sinkhole to form in the exact same spot this year.

The Federal Aviation Administration has implemented temporary flight restrictions for drones in St. Louis from May 29 to July 21, impacting remote pilots around sites related to upcoming FIFA World Cup events. St. Louis is one of 12 cities affected by these stricter drone rules.

Missouri Representative Wesley Bell traveled to the Richwood Correctional Center in Louisiana, a facility being used as a U.S. Immigration and Custom Enforcement (ICE) detention center, to visit Boanerges Flores-Bravo, a St. Louis resident who was detained by ICE on May 18 during a scheduled immigration meeting.

Illinois lawmakers have passed a measure allowing rideshare drivers to unionize and negotiate with companies like Uber and Lyft, creating the Transportation Network Driver Labor Relations Act and establishing collective bargaining rights for drivers.

Senate Bill 4834 would remove testosterone from the state’s Prescription Monitoring Program, a database created to track potentially addictive controlled substances, and would prohibit state officials from adding estrogen, abortion medications mifepristone and misoprostol, and puberty‑blocking or hormone‑suppressing drugs to the system.

House Bill 4758 would prohibit employers and employment agencies from listing a driver’s license as a requirement in job postings unless driving is an essential function of the position and meets a legitimate business necessity.

The St. Louis Board of Police Commissioners says $1.7 million has been secured for a new sound-muffling wall to address noise complaints at a south St. Louis police shooting range.