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After months of searching, the St. Louis Development Corporation has a new leader. Expectations are high as Stephen Westbrooks will help shape the future of St. Louis.

A massive search for a missing child in south St. Louis County took a bizarre turn when police announced there was no abduction. Police added that no girl exists that matches the name and description given by two women who reported the kidnapping.

ALTON - The Hayner Public Library District has an exciting spring ahead. As April begins, Executive Director Mary Cordes noted that the spring newsletter hit mailboxes last week and features several upcoming events for families, teens, kids and adults to enjoy. She hopes the activities and programs — all of which are free — encourage people to utilize the library, enjoy the outdoors, and engage with the community. “A lot of the programs are geared towards getting people

This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. Martha Gellhorn stowed away on a hospital ship to become the only woman journalist to land on Normandy Beach on D-Day. She carried stretchers before writing her harrowing account of the invasion. The New Yorker’s famously epicurean writer A.J. Liebling subsisted on military rations and came […]

A man was arrested last week for allegedly robbing a bank in O'Fallon, Illinois.

COLLINSVILLE – A cannabis dispensary in Collinsville is at the center of a federal lawsuit alleging male staff members, including the facility manager, participated in continuous sexual harassment of female employees. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced its lawsuit against Ascend Wellness Holdings, Inc. on Monday, March 30, 2026. The EEOC claims in a press release that the company “violated federal law when it subjected female employees at the company’s

As the Illini march ahead to the Final Four this weekend, the City of Champaign is taking measures in bracing for the potential celebrations.

The FBI offices in both Springfield and St. Louis are looking for potential victims of a Sangamon County church official that was arrested in January on child pornography crimes.

Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band kick off their Land of Hope and Dreams American tour on Tuesday at the Target Center in Minneapolis, and The Boss is giving fans…

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A Missouri Senate committee on Monday gave a warm reception to a bill intended to bar candidates from raising money with automatically recurring donations, a practice the sponsor of the legislation called “appalling.” The bill has three main provisions, said state Rep. Jim Murphy, a St. Louis County Republican. The first would require campaigns to […]

The story unraveled after hours of police investigation. Police said they will seek charges against the women who reported the missing girl, for filing a false police report, a misdemeanor.

ST. LOUIS COUNTY - St. Louis County prosecutors have charged Connor Will, a 30-year-old Eureka, Mo., man, in connection with an officer-involved shooting during a reported home break-in and hostage situation early Sunday, March 29, 2026, in Shrewsbury, Missouri, authorities said. The St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office issued charges Sunday, March 29, against Will, of the 600 block of Butler Drive in Eureka, for first-degree burglary, two counts of armed criminal action,

ST. LOUIS COUNTY - The St. Louis County Police canceled an alert on Monday afternoon, March 30, 2026, after detectives determined there was never a missing or abducted child reported from the 9800 block of New Hampshire Avenue in the Affton-Southwest Precinct, the department said. The St. Louis County Police Department’s Bureau of Crimes Against Persons detectives “have been able to confirm that there was never an abducted child” from that location, according to

Connor Will, 30, was charged with first-degree burglary, first-degree kidnapping, unlawful use of a weapon, resisting arrest and two counts of armed criminal action.