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Law enforcement is responding to a hostage situation at the South Central Correctional Center in Licking, Missouri, involving an inmate and an unknown hostage.

Land of Lincoln Legal Aid is launching mobile justice clinics to help provide free civil legal services on the go. This initiative is part of the nonprofit’s mission to ensure equal access to justice for low-income individuals across central and southern Illinois. 

Frankie Navarro, 34, was shot and killed by police in St. Charles on Friday evening after he ignored repeated orders to drop a knife and ran toward an officer.

St. Louis has been ranked as the best US city for single people, according to a new report from online rental marketplace Zumper.

Every October, University City resident Bill England turned his front yard into an electrifying Halloween attraction. Using nothing more than Romex wire and his imagination, England began creating light-up decorations in the mid-90s. His homemade display quickly became a neighborhood favorite.

ST. LOUIS - The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department has taken an individual into custody in connection to a video that went viral in July for fireworks being thrown at people and property. Police announced a 25-year-old man was arrested with help from detectives, bomb and arson investigators, U.S. Marshals Task Force, and the Department [...]

PEORIA, Ill. (WCIA) -- The trial for Sean Grayson, the former Sangamon County deputy accused of killing 36-year-old Sonya Massey, starts Wednesday. It's been one year and three months since Massey called 911 to report that she believed someone was trying to break into her home. Grayson was one of two deputies that responded to [...]

Two people were killed and two others were injured in a head-on collision between a Ford F-150 and a Ford Maverick on Highway 100 in Washington on Saturday afternoon.

The first signs of trouble emerged at around 3:11 a.m. Eastern Time

NORMAL, Ill. (WMBD) -- An Illinois State University teaching assistant was arrested for allegedly "disrupting two informational tabling events," campus officials said. Derek Lopez, 27 of El Paso, Ill., was arrested by the Illinois State University Police on charges of disorderly conduct and criminal damage to property, a post on the campus police's Facebook page [...]

The St. Louis Public Schools board has fired Superintendent Millicent Borishade and will hold a news conference on Monday to introduce the interim superintendent and outline the district's path forward.

ST. LOUIS - After a soaking rain Saturday, top temperatures on Sunday were only in the mid-60s. Monday will bring a brief return of south winds under sunny skies, allowing us to pop back into the 70s for highs. Winds Monday afternoon may gust up to 30 mph. Another cold front will pass through the [...]

A reward is being offered for information in a fatal hit-and-run crash that killed Sullivan first responder and former EMS Chief Nick Miller, who was struck by a passenger vehicle while driving a UTV on Christy Mine Road.

People Not Politicians Missouri says they collected more than 100,000 signatures for their referendum petition that would repeal the “Missouri First” congressional map.

Kevin Poirrier, 50, was arrested and charged with stealing equipment from backyards in South St. Louis after being identified by surveillance footage, bringing relief to residents who have been affected by the thefts.

ST. LOUIS -- Police in South Saint Louis arrested 42-year-old Blake Detter in connection with a theft investigation involving multiple missing golf carts. Detter was apprehended Friday night after police found him on one of the stolen golf carts. Despite being ordered to stop, Detter attempted to flee, leading to his arrest. During the arrest, [...]

ST. LOUIS — Police are investigating a shooting in south St. Louis that left two people injured Sunday afternoon. Officers said gunfire was exchanged between two vehicles in the 4200 block of South Compton around 1 p.m. Police were notified through ShotSpotter. When they arrived, they were unable to locate any victims. Officials were then [...]

TORONTO (AP) — The Seattle Mariners have never been this close to reaching the World Series. It still feels distant to pitcher Logan Gilbert. “We’re still a long ways away,” Gilbert said Saturday, the day after a 6-2 comeback victory in Game 5 that put Seattle one win away from its first American League pennant. [...]

According to Hegseth, the strike happened in international waters and the three passengers who were on the vessel were killed.

Rain has almost exited the region, but winds have increased. We can expect wind gusts mostly in the 25 to 30 mph range through the morning and into the afternoon. As the system pulls farther to the northeast, winds will gradually ease this afternoon and evening. We'll also see skies clear out by mid-morning bringing [...]