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A 16-year-old was fatally shot at a residence in Byrnes Mill, the Jefferson County Sheriff said Sunday.

Ken Griffin and Richard Uihlein — among the country’s biggest Republican donors — have combined to pour more than $60 million into the race.

The Providence cop was running for a state senate seat as a Republican, slugged an abortion-rights activist who is running for the same seat as a Democrat.

Amazon’s Alexa might soon replicate the voice of family members – even if they’re dead. The capability, presented at Amazon’s Re:Mars conference in Las Vegas last week, is in development …

We knew this day was coming. The extremists on the Supreme Court have made an abhorrent decision — one rooted in partisan games — leaving an indelible stain on our nation. Overturning Roe v. Wade directly contradicts the nation’s history of expanding rights in the United States. It’s an attack on freedom and liberty our constitution is supposed to guarantee. Right now, it’s abortion they’re taking away. Next, it will be birth control and other contraceptives. Next: fertility treatment. They are coming to take away women’s power to become mothers at the time of their choosing. And they are allowing states to criminalize the exercise of reproductive rights. Women and their doctors are now threatened with going to prison or being bankrupted because of the radical majority Donald Trump and his right-wing allies created on the Supreme Court. Here we are. At exactly the point many of us feared and even predicted. Privacy rights are being eviscerated

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The St. Louis Preservation Board will consider Monday whether to recommend nominating the 46-story building to the National Register of Historic Places.

“When white folks catch a cold, Black folks get pneumonia.” We’ve known this old adage for years but never before did it strike so close to home as it did …

It is heartening to see people behave rationally. Why do we need outside authorities for everything?

St. Louis-area balloon businesses expand on popularity of one-of-a-kind builds.

WAUCONDA, Ill. — The race to be Illinois' next governor is also a battle among billionaires, including two whose names won't appear on Tuesday's primary ballot. Republican candidates Darren Bailey, who as a state lawmaker fought pandemic measures such as mask mandates, and former prosecutor Richard Irvin, the first Black mayor of Chicago's largest suburb, [...]

WENTZVILLE, Mo. - There's a Wentzville Blue Line Family event that took place Sunday morning in Heartland Park. The 5k was held Sunday morning at 7 a.m. In addition to the 5k race there was also a kids fun run for those 12 and under that started at 8 a.m. The Wentzville Police Department [...]

DU QUOIN – Illinois State Police (ISP) Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) Zone 7 agents arrested 45-year-old Isaac Hill and 41-year-old Katrina S. Simelton, both from Carbondale, for Child Endangerment (Class 3 Felony). On June 22, 2022, the Carbondale Police Department (CPD) requested ISP to investigate the death of a 3-year-old female. The child was taken to a local area hospital where she was pronounced deceased. ISP notified the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) of the investigation. An autopsy was conducted in Bloomington, Illinois on June 23, 2022. A collaborative effort by ISP investigators, CPD, DCFS, Jackson County Coroner’s Office, and the Jackson County State’s Attorney’s Office resulted in the arrest of Hill and Simelton. Hill and Simelton are each being held on $250,000 bond, 10% applies, at the Jackson County Jail. No further information is being released at this time. The public is reminded that all persons

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Thousands of people across the country grappled with the reality of a post-Roe America on Saturday.

Eric Greitens, polls say, has solid support from about one-quarter of Republicans, which could give him the nomination on Aug. 2 in a crowded 21-candidate field.