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The shelter has been operating on a 24-hour basis ever since last week’s snow and extreme cold temperatures arrived.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) says it continues to detect a rising number of cases of the drug-resistant fungus Candida auris in health care facilities across the state, prompting renewed guidance for hospitals, nursing homes and other providers. Missouri officials said the state first identified a locally acquired [...]

The system is designed to streamline the verification process as the airport prepares for major international events and rising passenger volumes.

In the wake of widespread protests following two deadly shootings at the hands of federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Minneapolis, St. Louis Mayor Cara Spencer is weighing in on the matter.

Gold is above $5,000 an ounce for the first time on Monday.

Residents in Tower Grove Heights said they are doing what they can to get by as repeated water main breaks leave parts of the neighborhood with little to no running water.

A St. Louis man will be spending the rest of his life behind bars after he was sentenced on Wednesday for killing his own cousin.

Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway said she is prepared to take action on video lottery terminals (VLTs) that continue to pop up at gas stations and bars across the state.

For the first time since the Jan. 4 Illinois State Police (ISP) shooting of Rachel Tarrence, her family's attorney weighs in on the case.

A Jennings, Missouri, man is in custody for participating in Wednesday’s shooting at a Ferguson mortuary that injured multiple people.

With it being nearly a week since a winter storm came into the St. Louis area, Mayor Cara Spencer held a press conference Thursday, sharing updates on the city's progress in removing the snow.

The large piles of snow around the region have been slow to melt thanks to continued cold temperatures. While snow blankets the ground, mold levels should stay in check. But when temperatures warm up is when we may see those increase as well.

The Senate struck a deal to fund a large portion of the government on Thursday evening, just a day before a shutdown deadline. The agreement will split the bill funding the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) off from a "minibus" package of five other major funding bills. The Senate will instead move a stopgap bill [...]

A proposed development agreement for a sports complexes between the city of O’Fallon and its developers failed by a close vote two weeks ago, and at that meeting Mayor Bill Hennessy’s choice words toward his fellow councilmembers who voted it down were picked up on a hot mic. 

The U.S. Department of Justice has launched an online portal for victims of radioactive waste in the St. Louis region to formally submit their RECA claims.

ILLINOIS (WCIA) -- On Thursday, former Sangamon County deputy Sean Grayson was sentenced to 20 years in prison for the murder of 36-year-old Sonya Massey. In response, leaders throughout the state reacted to the news. The Massey Commission was created in 2024 by Sangamon County Board Chairman Andy Van Meter and Democratic State Senator Doris Turner to discuss, [...]

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A former Illinois sheriff’s deputy was sentenced Thursday to 20 years in prison for fatally shooting Sonya Massey, a Black woman who had dialed 911 to report a possible prowler outside her Springfield home. Sean Grayson, who is white, was convicted in October of second-degree murder in a police brutality case [...]

Longtime St. Louis Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina will rejoin the organization this season as a "special assistant" to the President of Baseball Operations.

A reverend and church official from Springfield, Illinois, appeared in federal court Thursday after being arrested for filming underage children.

St. Louis police officers are set for another pay increase after the St. Louis Police Officers Association (SLPOA) reached a tentative agreement on a new contract, union officials announced this week.