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"He's looking down on us right now saying thank you."

The highly anticipated Buc-ee's convenient store and gas station broke ground off of Mulroy Road northeast of Springfield.

independent John Wood said Tuesday that he's withdrawing his bid to fill the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by retiring Republican Roy Blunt. Wood, a former U.S. attorney who had positioned himself as an alternative to extremism in both major parties. A lifelong Republican, he filed as an independent with the backing of a political action committee led by former Republican Sen. John Danforth. In a statement Tuesday, Wood said that he will no longer face Republican nominee Eric Schmitt, currently…

The Lindbergh High School is renovating this fall, with the goal of ensuring the safety of its students.

All three St. Louis police associations joined together in a lawsuit seeking an injunction preventing the law from going into effect in September.

John Collins-Muhammad's plea agreement puts his possible prison term between three and four years.

Javier Assad pitched four scoreless innings in his major league debut and combined with four relievers on a five-hitter as the Chicago Cubs cooled off the St. Louis Cardinals 2-0 in the first game of a doubleheader.

Glenn Emerson Cook was the first of three U.S. veterans with no known family laid to rest Tuesday at Jefferson Baracks National Cemetery.

So, look, I’ve been pretty clear that for as much as Elon Musk refers to himself as a “free speech absolutist,” his actions suggest otherwise. He has regularly punished people for their speech, he recently embraced the EU’s highly censorial plans for social media regulation, and his filings in the Twitter case suggest that he […]

They're using this time to focus on other diseases that are spreading in the community right now, like monkeypox and syphilis.

Former St. Louis Alderman John Collins-Muhammad became the first official to plead guilty in connection with a years-long federal bribery investigation. Collins-Muhammad changed his plea to guilty in federal court Tuesday afternoon in front of U.S. District Judge Stephen Clark to two bribery-related charges and one charge of honest services bribery/wire fraud. The judge set his sentencing hearing for Dec. 6 at 1:30 p.m. The honest services bribery/wire fraud charge carries a maximum penalty of 20…

The event is to promote crime and drug prevention awareness, generate support for local anti-crime programs, and relationships with police.

SPRINGFIELD – An older person who resides in a rural area of Jackson County recently tested positive for Heartland Virus, the third reported case in Illinois since 2018, the Illinois Department of Public Health announced today. The first two Heartland virus cases in Illinois were reported in 2018 in Kankakee County and Williamson County. Likely spread by the Lone Star tick, more than 50 cases of Heartland virus disease have been reported in the Midwest and southern United States since 2009. “As people continue to enjoy summer activities like hiking and camping, it is important to take precautions against ticks,” said IDPH Director Dr. Sameer Vohra. “Remember to wear insect repellent when in tick habitats and check for ticks immediately afterwards.” Heartland virus was first identified in 2009 when two Missouri farmers who had been bitten by ticks were admitted to a hospital. Almost all individuals with Heartland virus have been hospitalized. Although

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Authorities identified the two construction workers who died after suffocating in a manhole while working at a residential construction site in Edwardsville.

Bridgeton police plan to send overnight detainees to the St. Charles jail.

John Collins-Muhammad, one of three former St. Louis City Board of Aldermen members indicted in a bribery scheme, has pleaded guilty to federal charges.