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A man was rescued from a fire in a partially collapsed building in south St. Louis on Friday morning and is expected to be ok.

Kenneth Lee Simpson, convicted of killing a Hermann Police Officer and injuring another in a 2023 shooting, will learn Friday if he will be sentenced to death or life in prison without the possibility of parole.

A newspaper published in St. Louis in the early 1900s had a big impact by building support for the Mexican Revolution. This Saturday at the Missouri History Museum, historian Francisco Perez will explore the life and legacy of Ricardo Flores Magón.

A Missouri House committee on Thursday approved legislation aimed at reducing barriers for patients to access nonopioid medications prescribed by health professionals, an effort by lawmakers to help prevent Missourians from developing opioid use disorders. The legislation, sponsored by Republican state Reps. Melanie Stinnett of Springfield, Brian Seitz of Branson, Tara Peters of Rolla and […]

ST. LOUIS - All lanes were shut down for a period of time Friday morning on northbound Interstate 270 after a crash involving multiple vehicles. According to the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT), the crash occurred a little after 5:40 a.m. on northbound I-270 at Manchester Road, ahead of the I-64/40 interchange. The crash involved [...]

Crime continued to decline in 2025, with homicides down 21% from 2024 and 44% from a peak in 2021, according to a new analysis of crime trends in 40 large U.S. cities released by the nonpartisan think tank Council on Criminal Justice. If federal nationwide data, which is set to be released later this year, […]

When federal agents descended upon an elections center in Georgia this week, an unusual name appeared on the warrant authorizing the search: Missouri U.S. Attorney Thomas Albus.

The Jefferson City drama this week was the cancellation of the Missouri chief justice’s annual “state of the judiciary” speech to a joint session of the legislature, a cancellation in response to a unanimous state Supreme Court decision that enforced the constitution’s rule that a bill must have only one subject. The objection from some […]

ST. LOUIS - Some saw flurries Thursday night. Some saw light snow. Some saw nothing. But everyone is dealing with the reinforced cold air. Temperatures that fall into the single digits Friday morning will only rebound into the upper 10s this afternoon. Some areas could see some more snow flurries late Friday afternoon and evening, [...]

Drummer Zak Starkey is set to debut a new one-man show, Zak Starkey … Who?: An Evening of Drums and Conversation, in New York, and he tells ABC Audio there's a simple reason why…

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Headlines from the Jan. 30, 1926, front page include: A government agent says he walked right into the Elks Club and buying a drink, resulting in a raid.

States gave Drax millions in tax breaks in the hopes of boosting jobs.

A study in California finds that even small increases in EV adoption lead to measurable drops in neighborhood-level air pollution.