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Hundreds of people filed into the Fieldhouse at Mineral Area College on Saturday to pay their respects to Bonne Terre police Officer Lane Burns.

Elysecia Temple, 33, is 5 feet 4 inches tall and weighs about 140 pounds, police said.

Lawyers for the family of Tyre Sampson, a rising middle school football player in St. Louis County, want to know if negligence about his size, or other factors, played a role when he fell to his death Thursday night from…

Officer Lane Burns was remembered Saturday at his funeral, which brought mourning police departments from across the country.

ELLISVILLE, Mo.-- Saturday afternoon fire engines and exotic cars were parked outside the Ellisville Elks Lodge. Friends and family gathering to honor the life of Ben Poulson. “First off Ben was loved to death,” says Mark Polson, Ben's uncle said. “Second off St. Louis supports their people. They’re here to support and everything they’re doing here [...]

St. Louis police identified the child who fatally shot her cousin before shooting herself in what the children's family is calling an accidental shooting.

Lawmaker says he initiated a meeting with marijuana lobby in effort to stop them from trying to kill his legalization bill.

EDWARDSVILLE - Woodland Elementary School special education teacher Kelly Baird was in grade school when they used to let the sixth, seventh and eighth graders help with kindergartners and first graders during recess. “I really enjoyed that and decided I wanted to be a teacher.” At the same time, PL94-142 had passed and special education was coming into being. “I thought that sounded even better. The more I learned, the more I thought special education was for me.” When Baird began at District #7 30 years ago, her mentor teacher was a communications disorder teacher. “She was amazing! I learned so much about how language affects everything we do. Then I got to work with two girls who were on the Autism spectrum (although not yet diagnosed), and I was fascinated by how their minds work.” Baird had opportunities to attend workshops and learn even more about Autism. “I knew these were my people! I’ve been in love with that population

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ST. LOUIS--Days after a local school board meeting in Okawville, Illinois brought out pleas from community members who thought the high school girls basketball coach's job was on the line, that coach has announced she plans to step down. "Let's please just move past this and heal our hurts. Our town has been known as [...]

The attorneys want to know if negligence about Tyre Sampson's size, or other factors, played a role in his death while riding the 430-foot-tall Orlando FreeFall.

Kansas City area radio station is one of two in the United States that offer Russian government-funded programming to listeners.

MODESTO, Calif. — One of Patrick Green’s first orders of business each day is to open a tap and fill a bottle with sludge. Green is a utilities plant operator …

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo--Police in Ladue have been able to piece together more information about a Friday evening shooting on Interstate 170 that shut down traffic for several hours. Authorities say a rolling gun battle on northbound lanes between Ladue Road and Delmar Boulevard took place between 3:15 and 3:45pm Friday between a black Nissan [...]