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Jurors convicted a man of involuntary manslaughter and child abuse in a St. Louis toddler's death several years ago.

Late Wednesday morning, police in Collinsville were summoned to an area off Route 159 for a man found dead in a ditch.

Two St. Louis county residents pleaded guilty to two carjackings, a robbery, and a shooting in St. Louis County. 

David "Davey" Bauer can thank his lucky stars for the surgeons at Chicago’s Northwestern Medicine and a pair of breast implants.

New efforts could help Illinois pave the way for space travel from the Quad Cities region to infinity and beyond.

Big-box drugstores like CVS and Walgreens are closing thousands of stores across the country, including some in the St. Louis area. Some of the stores that are shutting down are in communities of color.

The Illinois Senate has approved lifting a 36-year-old moratorium on new nuclear power installments. Proponents say the plan endorsed Wednesday will ensure the state can meet its carbon-free power production promise by 2045.

Following an autopsy on Wednesday, a "suspicious death" in north St. Louis County has been updated to a homicide.

A powerful ceremony exactly 30 days after Hamas' brutal attack on Israel. Hundreds of people showed up with a message.

Wednesday brought record-breaking warmth to the St. Louis region. The daily high reached 83 degrees, breaking a record for the warmest temperature in St. Louis on Nov. 8.

The Illinois Gaming Board announced the arrest of a man on Wednesday for an alleged armed robbery of more than $14,000 in casino chips from Rivers Casino in Des Plaines.

Missouri’s attorney general is defending the Republican-led Legislature’s latest attempt in a years-long struggle to block taxpayer dollars from going to Planned Parenthood. Lawyers for the state argued against any taxpayer money going to Planned Parenthood during a Missouri Supreme Court hearing Wednesday.

The next presidential election is less than a year away. Some Republican presidential candidates will face off Wednesday evening in Miami in the third primary debate of the 2024 election cycle.

- Researchers and biologists recently tagged 4,600 young lake sturgeon at the Jake Wolf Memorial Fish Hatchery in Mason County as part of Illinois' Lake Sturgeon Recovery Project.

Authorities say a man was fatally shot Tuesday during a domestic incident in Alton, Illinois.

CHICAGO (WMBD) -- A recent study shows Illinois has seen an increase in deaths from car crashes from 2012 to 2021. According to a study by an Atlanta-based law firm, Illinois has seen a 37.4% increase in deaths from car crashes. The study showed Illinois had the third-largest increase in deaths nationwide. The only states [...]

Thousands of Missouri kids can now start getting free books every month as Dolly Parton's Imagination Library program expands.

"Pitching. Pitching. Pitching." A sentiment echoed by Cardinals lead executive John Mozeliak months ago remains the team's biggest priority this offseason.

"The Live Near Your Work program was designed to ease the financial burden of buying a home for BJC and Washington University employees, while helping to improve the economic health of our region," said Deidre Griffith, BJC vice president of community health improvement.

Rock band 'The Eagles' recently announced seven new shows for their 'Long Goodbye' tour. The Enterprise Center is hosting one of the shows on Tuesday, February 6.  Tickets go on sale starting Friday, November 17, at 10:00 a.m.