ST. LOUIS, Mo. - A former Missouri state representative from the St. Louis area was found unconscious on the morning of Friday, March 11, in a hallway at the Loews Hotel in Downtown St. Louis. Cora Faith Walker was just 37-years-old when she died. There is no active local or federal investigation into Walker’s death. [...]
ST. LOUIS - There could be traffic trouble Wednesday heading into Illinois on the Poplar Street Bridge due to the scheduled closure of multiple eastbound lanes going into East St. Louis. IDOT is in charge of this project and their officials said the lane closures will likely happen around the area where the split happens [...]
ST. LOUIS - Wednesday morning is clear and cool with some frost away from St. Louis. Expect a milder day with highs in the 70s and mostly sunny skies. Thursday starts out dry. Then rain moves in by the late afternoon. Showers and storms will continue through the weekend but there will be dry time as [...]
Former Gov. Eric Greitens' attorney said Greitens wants access to his ex-wife's phone records to prove that the abuse allegations of Sheena and his kids were leaked to the press.
The parking situation at St. Louis Lambert Airport is about to improve. If you ask people about what needs to be improved at the airport, one item is consistently No. 1.
St. Louis 12th Ward Alderman Bill Stephens found himself addressing the same situation Tuesday as Monday: more complaints about a homeless camp in south St. Louis.
The St. Louis County Council voted Tuesday night to demolish the former Jamestown Mall, using money from the American Rescue Plan Act. It was a unanimous vote, besides one council member who was absent from the meeting.
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is calling on Amazon to improve its severe weather emergency procedures following a tornado struck its warehouse in Edwardsville, Illinois, and killed six people.
An unusual defense has arisen in a high-profile murder trial in St. Louis County. Beau Rothwell is accused of killing Jennifer Rothwell in November 2019. Rothwell, who was pregnant at the time, was 28.
On a September afternoon last year, a state child welfare investigator drove into Alto Pass, a village in the rolling hills of Southern Illinois, to the home Alan Schott shared with his then-girlfriend and his two daughters. Someone had called the state’s child abuse hotline, claiming that Schott was neglecting the girls.
by Molly Parker for The Southern Illinoisan and Vernal Coleman and Haru Coryne, ProPublica
President Joe Biden pardoned or commuted the sentences of nearly 80 imprisoned inmates on Tuesday. Five Missourians appear on the president’s clemency list.
ST. LOUIS - A child was injured during a shooting in the Walnut Park East neighborhood Tuesday morning. The incident happened in the 4700 block of Wren Avenue at about 9 a.m. When officials arrived at the scene, they found the child had been injured by shattered glass from a bullet. The child was taken [...]
ST. LOUIS - Data from Zillow and Rover has determined the top 20 U.S. cities attracting dog parents. Lee's Summit is the one Missouri city on the list. Rover offers dog-sitting services, while Zillow gives consumers real estate information. "We saw pandemic pet ownership soar among renters, which has impacted their home preferences," Zillow's home [...]
The mother of a St. Louis teen who fell to his death from a drop-tower ride at a Florida amusement park last month said she filed a wrongful death lawsuit and will take the matter to trial to ensure no family has to experience her anguish and pain ever again.
ST. LOUIS - According to one of the inmates involved in a jail attack last year, there's more to it than what was caught on video. One of the inmates involved in the assault now says he was ordered to attack by a then corrections officer. Inmate Kevin Moore agreed to a sit-down interview from [...]
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