ST. LOUIS (AP) — Alec Burleson hit a game-ending solo homer with two out in the ninth inning, lifting the St. Louis Cardinals to a 7-6 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Monday. Burleson drove an 87 mph slider from Dennis Santana (4-5) deep to center for his 16th homer. It was his fourth hit [...]
ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. - St. Louis County Police report an 18-year-old suffered life-threatening injuries from a devastating explosion in north St. Louis County. Black Jack firefighters responded to the call on Evan Aire Drive at approximately 9:15 a.m. on Monday. When they arrived, five homes were burning. The fire chief said more than 20 homes [...]
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — One of the nation's leading operators of automated license-plate reading systems announced Monday it has paused its operations with federal agencies because of confusion and concern — including in Illinois — about the purpose of their investigations. Flock Safety, whose cameras are mounted in more than 4,000 communities nationwide, put a [...]
The relationship between St. Louis Public Schools and its teachers’ union has been strained for months, and now tensions are reaching a breaking point.
Emerson Evans, 31, was held pending trial after allegedly giving a pregnant woman abortion-inducing medicine without her consent, facing two counts of intentional homicide of an unborn child.
A Cole County judge has denied a request to temporarily block Missouri’s Empowerment Scholarship Accounts program, clearing the way for millions of dollars in new school choice funding to move forward.
MARION, Ill. – An Illinois family has been reunited with a deceased World War II veterans military honors that had been missing for several years. In a special ceremony last week at VFW Post 1301 in Marion, Illinois State Treasurer Michael Frerichs turned over a lost Purple Heart and other medals to relatives of the [...]