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You watch the calories, spend hours exercising each week, and yet the weight is not coming off.

A Missouri inmate facing execution next month for allegedly killing his girlfriend and her three children in Jennings in 2004 has produced statements that he was 1,800 miles away when the slayings took place.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (NEXSTAR) -- Lawmakers passed a law to raise several elected officials' pay ahead of their inauguration into the new term. The legislation raises the salary of all statewide officers, agency directors, and legislators. While Pritzker does not take a salary, the new pay for governors is $205,700 yearly. The Lieutenant Governor, Comptroller and [...]

ST. LOUIS -- A firefighter was taken to the hospital this morning after being called to a vacant house fire in the 4200 block of Harris. The flames were through the roof of the two-story brick home and spreading to another building, according to St. Louis firefighters. The firefighter has non-life threatening burn injuries. This [...]

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- J.B. Pritzker, the multibillionaire whose actions over the past year have suggested he may be eyeing a run for president, on Monday was sworn in as Illinois governor for the second time, an occasion he used to issue bold proposals for universal preschool and free college tuition. Catapulting off the financial successes of [...]

Time to see what your neighbors are doing to help us all in #WhatYouAreDoingAboutIt.

Three juvenile boys are in custody after a shooting outside a St. Charles Cracker Barrel led to an intense police search in Maryland Heights.

Governor J.B. Pritzker's second term begins Monday, January 9.

The Macoupin County, Illinois, Sheriff's Office needs help finding a missing man.

A man in north St. Louis died Sunday afternoon after being shot multiple times. It's the second murder in St. Louis City so far this year.

Firefighters in East St. Louis were battling a blaze Monday morning.

Traffic troubles could be increasing along part of I-55 beginning Monday morning. That’s when MoDOT crews are moving forward with a significant lane shift and ramp closures.

St. Louis City's new police chief begins his job Monday, January 9.

Brandon Saad extended his goal streak to a career-best four straight games to lead the St. Louis Blues past the Minnesota Wild 3-0.

Mold spores have been discovered at Maplewood Richmond Heights Elementary School, so students will start the semester in virtual classrooms.

Knowing how to perform CPR can save someone's life.

A man died after crashing his SUV into a home in Springfield night, but no one in the home was injured.

The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office is looking for booze-drinking volunteers.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The idea for raising salaries of top Illinois state government officials, which culminated this weekend with the House voting lawmakers an 18% pay hike, began with Gov. J.B. Pritzker. But the Democratic governor said he originally requested that the General Assembly increase pay for his administration's agency directors to recruit and [...]

Missouri posts a sample application of the requirements needed to apply for a personal marijuana cultivation card before accepting them in February.