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Mega Million's jackpot is up to $660 million, and people are hoping to buy the winning lottery ticket ahead of Friday's drawing.

The extreme heat can be tough to escape in St. Louis. Cars can also be a danger as increased heat is trapped inside.

There are plenty of tables available for patio dining in the St. Louis area this week. Extreme heat has sent some customers indoors or even kept them at home. 

The International Union for Conservation of Nature, or IUCN, listed the Monarch butterfly on their red list as an endangered species for the first time Thursday. 

St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones signed a bill Thursday to fund abortion travel assistance. As a result, Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt sued the city.

New data shows Missouri closed out its 2022 fiscal year with a general revenue balance of nearly $4.9 billion. That's more than double the previous record set just one year ago.

Rep. Adam Kinzinger, an Illinois Republican who is one of two members leading the hearing, said he expects it will “open people’s eyes in a big way.”

A St. Louis County judge has sentenced a man to prison after he took a plea deal in connection with the murder of a St. Louis-area officer three years ago.

NTSB released a preliminary report into the deadly Amtrak crash in Mendon, Missouri. Focus of investigation shifts to railroad crossing.

A key witness whose testimony led to a conviction for a man accused of killing retired St. Louis Captain David Dorn in June 2020 had his own charges in the crime suspended in favor of probation.

The heat index values will be near or over 105°F across much of the area Friday and Saturday.

It's not every year that a standout athlete in the prime of his career hits the trade block. It's even rarer that the St. Louis Cardinals and St. Louis Blues could be in play for one at the same time.

A federal grand jury indicted an active duty Army staff sergeant at Fort Leonard Wood last week for alleged sex crimes involving children.

The extreme heat in Missouri is causing delays for Amtrak trains traveling on lines across the state.

Around one in ten Missourians get these benefits.

A man and two women from Illinois face decades in federal prison and millions of dollars in fines on methamphetamine-related offenses.

A St. Louis woman died four days after being found unresponsive in a southern Illinois jail.

An O'Fallon, Missouri man is behind bars after police recovered meth and other drugs from a large bust in Warren County.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday and is experiencing “very mild symptoms,” underscoring the persistence of the highly contagious virus as new variants challenge the nation's efforts to resume normalcy after two and a half years of pandemic disruptions. White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Biden has begun [...]

BELLEVILLE, Ill. - Tim Ezell showed off his basketball skills Thursday morning with a little neighborhood game. YBL was founded by two Althoff Catholic High School students, Miles Wilhelm and Drew Ysura. The games are played on Ysura's court in his backyard. It all started when COVID hit. "A lot of kids live in the [...]