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CHICAGO — The head of Illinois’ child welfare agency announced his resignation during a zoom meeting with staff today, according to participants. Gov. JB Pritzker appointed Marc Smith to lead the Department of Children and Family Services in April 2019. Pritzker's office confirmed the resignation. DCFS has not responded to inquiries.  Smith’s tenure coincided with [...]

Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey wants Tyson Foods to sell two plants at risk of closing doors in southern Missouri.

Three students from Lindbergh High School recently earned a perfect ACT score of 36, the highest possible score on the ACT college placement exam.

A man is behind bars after he allegedly broke into a woman's St. Louis County home and stole a margarita while she was in the hospital.

A firefighter was injured 'fighting a fire' at the University of Illinois football stadium in Champaign.

The airlines at St. Louis Lambert International Airport agree to help fund more airport improvements.

The St. Louis Board of Aldermen is discussing several bills that would affect traffic throughout the region.

Ballpark Village is celebrating the opening of its new 'Koibito Poke' eatery with an autograph signing from retired Cardinals baseball pitcher Todd Stottlemyre.

The homeless encampment on the St. Louis City Hall lawn that was growing is now gone Wednesday morning. Meanwhile, a major homeless advocate is set to speak out later.

A group of Warrenton residents gathered on Tuesday night to remember the victims of the drug epidemic.

The owners of short-term rental properties in St. Louis are lining up against proposed a pair of amendments the city's Board of Alderman will soon vote on.

A longtime St. Louis alderwoman has not shown up to any of her assigned committee meetings since June, and she refused to discuss it by pushing the microphone away.

The mayor of St. Charles says a program to have citizens take pictures of vehicles with illegal temp tags and send them to the city is going far better than he anticipated.

A tent city that had been growing outside St. Louis City Hall in recent weeks came to an end Tuesday evening. Fencing surrounded the building on Market Street by 7 p.m. Signs along the locked, metal gates read, “Park Closed for Restoration.”

Cannabis microbusinesses could soon take off in Missouri after the state issued the first round of licenses, including several in Kansas City.

According to Metro, the breach has been contained, and they were safely able to run their transit services on Monday. However, some of those folks who use the paratransit system Call-A-Ride were unable to get where they needed to go.

A Belleville man is in custody for a homicide that took place over the weekend in East St. Louis.

Republicans in two states will be using caucuses to make their presidential picks next year after GOP-led legislatures canceled presidential primary elections.

The House voted Tuesday to remove Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) as Speaker, a never-before-seen historic vote that leaves the lower chamber of Congress in chaos. The mutiny, led by Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), came days after McCarthy averted a government shutdown by putting a stopgap measure on the floor that garnered Democratic support — a move that [...]

A woman appeared in St. Louis Circuit Court on Tuesday to plead guilty to a reduced charge in her girlfriend's death.