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A new, cutting-edge law enforcement training center in the St. Louis area is inching closer to being completed. We’re talking about the Center for Advanced Skills Training in Law Enforcement (CASTLE) in O’Fallon, Missouri.

The Belleville City Council approved a memorandum of understanding this week that outlines a working relationship between the city’s police department and Metro East Organizing Coalition (MEOC).

ALTON – Alton officials are holding off on buying and installing 25 planters along Broadway as calls grow for the city to invest beyond downtown. City Council members voted 5-2 to postpone an agenda item to purchase Earth Planter containers for Broadway in Alton using $11,814 in Food and Beverage Tax funds. The item is set to be reconsidered at the next council meeting on May 13, 2026. The proposal calls for 25 planters to be placed along Broadway from Ridge Street to Market Street

A St. Louis County police officer was involved in a shooting Wednesday afternoon in Wildwood, authorities said.

First responders from multiple agencies are undergoing regional tower rescue training in South County and St. Jacob, Ill. The exercises, hosted by the Mehlville Fire Protection District, were observed on Old Lemay Ferry Road and will continue Thursday and Friday to enhance inter-agency response capabilities for complex high-angle rescues.

WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans, and one Democrat, maintained their support for President Donald Trump’s war in Iran, after blocking for the fifth time a resolution that would force the president to seek congressional authorization for further action in the Middle East. The vote failed 46-51, largely following the same split as previous failed measures. Sen. […]

WASHINGTON — Nearly all Republicans on the House Homeland Security Committee failed to show up for a Wednesday hearing convened by Democrats to highlight President Donald Trump’s aggressive tactics in his mass deportation campaign that have ensnared U.S. citizens.  It marked a rare full committee hearing that Democrats were allowed to conduct because of Minority […]

One man died and three people were injured Sunday in what police called a targeted attack in Centralia, about 70 miles east of St. Louis.

Plans for a youth golf recreational center cause community activists to call for new environmental testing at a once highly contaminated north St. Louis property.