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After months of searching, the St. Louis Development Corporation has a new leader. Expectations are high as Stephen Westbrooks will help shape the future of St. Louis.

A massive search for a missing child in south St. Louis County took a bizarre turn when police announced there was no abduction. Police added that no girl exists that matches the name and description given by two women who reported the kidnapping.

A man was arrested last week for allegedly robbing a bank in O'Fallon, Illinois.

As the Illini march ahead to the Final Four this weekend, the City of Champaign is taking measures in bracing for the potential celebrations.

The FBI offices in both Springfield and St. Louis are looking for potential victims of a Sangamon County church official that was arrested in January on child pornography crimes.

Approximately 400 new employees are on the job at Granite City Works after U.S. Steel restarted the facility’s Blast Furnace B.

Charges have been filed against a Eureka, Missouri, man for a standoff in Shrewsbury over the weekend that ended with the man being shot by police.

One teen is in custody for allegedly firing a gun outside a market store in the Baden neighborhood last week.

Last week, police arrested a man in connection with a shooting earlier this year over a bad drug deal.

The Illinois State Police have upgraded 911 services across the state to the new Next Generation 911 (NG911) system, which provides more efficient and reliable emergency services, including geospatial call routing and improved text-to-911 service.

An O’Fallon, Missouri, teenager is being held on a $1 million cash-only bond for allegedly stabbing two people in summer 2025.

A 23-year-old woman from Rolla was killed in a single-vehicle crash in Phelps County early Saturday morning after being ejected from the vehicle while not wearing a seatbelt.

A Moline Acres man has been ordered to appear in court later this month for illegal stunt driving in St. Louis City.

Legislation is still moving the statehouse is renewing a broader conversation about how Illinoisans want to return their dead to the earth — and whether the state is finally ready to allow human composting.

An AMBER Alert has been issued for a missing child from Affton Monday morning.

A person was rescued from an overnight fire in south St. Louis and taken to a hospital in critical condition, while the cause of the fire is still under investigation.

A wrong-way driver caused a crash on I-270 near the Chain of Rocks Bridge, resulting in the driver being taken to a nearby hospital with injuries and the highway being shut down for several hours.

A chaotic and unusual scene unfolded during the Monday morning commute in St. Charles, where a USPS mail truck spilled part of its load across a busy stretch of roadway near Highway 94 and I-70. It’s the kind of incident drivers don’t expect to encounter, loose mail scattered across lanes, prompting immediate concern from those passing by.

ST. LOUIS - High school students across the St. Louis area are coming together Monday morning for a march to take a stand against youth violence. "A Movement Not a Moment" march is designed to try and combat violence involving young people. The march was inspired by a quadruple shooting in October 2021 that took [...]

ST. LOUIS - A man was found dead inside of a crashed vehicle early Monday morning after an overnight shooting in south St. Louis. According to the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department (SLMPD), the shooting occurred around 1 a.m. on the 7600 block of South Broadway Street in the city's Patch neighborhood. Preliminary information reveals [...]