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The Republican primary campaign for Missouri governor is heating up in the wake of our exclusive Missouri Nexstar, The Hill, and Emerson College polls showing the race has tightened dramatically. 

Officials from O'Fallon and St. Charles, Mo., gathered Monday afternoon near Highway 79 for the groundbreaking of a new training facility that promises to be a catalyst for change for law enforcement in Missouri.

The extreme heat has prompted a heat advisory for the St. Louis area, and the temperatures are also taking a toll on area automobiles.

Since opening in 1947 at the corner of South Kirkwood Road and Monroe Avenue, not much has changed at Spencer’s Grill.

Local and state authorities have been made aware of an alligator sighting at Bonne Terre Lake.

Ed Burke was found guilty of using his position to win business for his property tax firm. He was convicted last December on 13 of 14 corruption counts, including racketeering.

The WXK-82 transmitter in Hannibal went down last week, meaning weather radios across northeast Missouri and west central Illinois aren’t functioning, including Pike County in the viewing area.

Creve Coeur Police are investigating the terrifying moments for families enjoying a movie at an AMC Theatre over the weekend when a juvenile began firing gel beads into the crowd. 

A Bond County, Illinois, man was sentenced Monday for injuring a family in a wrong-way crash on Interstate 70.

The Church of God in Christ's International "AIM" Convention is returning to downtown St. Louis this week, bringing with it an economic impact of $30-45 million and a variety of worship, learning, and entertainment opportunities.

Timeleft, a dining and friend-finding app, has launched in St. Louis to fight big-city loneliness, with five strangers assigned a restaurant and partaking in a meal together every Wednesday night.

A family was reunited with their pets following a house fire over the weekend in Cedar Hill.

A century ago, anyone living with heart disease was thought to be doomed. That all changed with the creation of the American Heart Association.

Four years after he was killed, a retired St. Louis Metropolitan Police captain leaves behind a powerful legacy. the Captain David Dorn Foundation has donated more than $300,000 worth of equipment to officers, firefighters, and medics.

A Ballwin man is due in St. Louis County Circuit Court next month after being accused of inappropriately touching a minor last week at a Chesterfield business.

Mayor Tishaura Jones will make a special appearance in the Muny production of "Dreamgirls," appearing in three performances on June 29, June 30, and July 1.

Two women have been charged with stealing nearly $20,000 in merchandise from the Gap and Sephora stores at the West County Center in Des Peres, with the thefts caught on surveillance video.

Early this morning, at least five businesses in the Grove and Midtown neighborhoods of St. Louis were burglarized, with their windows smashed and no suspects identified.

Terry Thomas, 19, has been charged with second-degree murder, first-degree robbery, two counts of armed criminal action, and two counts of tampering with physical evidence in connection with the fatal car theft of Darryl Mischeaux.