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Two suspects have been charged after one man was killed and two others were injured when they interrupted a burglary in early June.

In its first board meeting since three aldermen were indicted, the St. Louis Development Corp. on Thursday voted to solicit proposals for a consultant to review its internal operations.

Justin Bieber continues to recover from Ramsay Hunt syndrome, which has caused partial facial paralysis.

Police said the dealership was still reviewing its inventory, but owners believe as many as five cars were stolen.

Field drug tests are notoriously unreliable. False positives abound. But law enforcement agencies still use them. First and foremost, they use them because no court, policy, or legislation has told them they can’t. But they also use them because they’re cheap (~$2/per), portable, and, most importantly, prone to producing false positives that allow cops to […]

The new children’s book by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi seeks to “empower readers both big and small.”

A federal case involving two men who were cited for feeding homeless people has returned to court. On Thursday morning, three federal judges from the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals listened to oral arguments in the case of Redlich v. City of St. Louis. A decision is expected in the ensuing months.

A task force helped rescue 22 dogs from unsafe conditions at three rural Missouri sites amid this week's record-breaking heat wave.

Sixteen residents and six staff members have tested positive.

Letter To The Editor: The current state of our nation is shameful. Inflation, energy costs, and crime have all skyrocketed under the Biden Administration. If we don’t vote for change at the ballot box this year there’s no telling what our country will look like with two more years of Democrat control in Washington. When new congressional districts were approved this past cycle, voters were intentionally lumped together in ways to encourage a greater chance to gain a Democrat seat in congress. Democrats in Illinois have always made a concerted effort to keep Democrat control in Washington but drawing a new congressional seat for a Washington/Chicago Democrat to win is more than I can take. I want to live in a district that has a Republican member of Congress. Heck, that is why I ran to begin with. I at least would like someone who is from our part of the state. I have found that Republican. Jesse Reising is a sixth-generation central Illinoisan living in Decatur.

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Two men face criminal charges after an interrupted burglary led to a deadly shooting two weeks ago in St. Clair County.

Just in time for Father's Day, Rod Stewart is paying tribute to his late father, Robert, with a video and a concert. Rod has dropped two teaser videos for "Touchline"…

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St. Louis County Department of Health Director Faisal Khan will step down from his position on September 2. Khan submitted his letter of resignation to St. Louis County Executive Sam Page on Thursday but did not give a reason for his departure. An interim director will be named prior to his last day, according to a statement from Page's office.

The proposed constitutional amendment would abolish partisan primary elections and allow voters to rank their top four choices, regardless of party.