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The battle over who gets to appoint St. Louis County’s next prosecuting attorney is pitting the governor, the county council, and the county executive against each other.

The consent decree still needs to be approved by a judge and will be subject to a 60-day comment period where the public can weigh in on the proposal.

A local bakery, which creates jobs for those with disabilities, is being told it must change the name of its cookie company from another based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Here we go again. Another cop given a free pass on brutality because established law had yet to inform Deputy Vincent Castoro that body-slamming a 13-year-old weighing less than 120 lbs. to the ground might violate the minor’s right to be free of immediate and permanent injuries simply because he didn’t immediately comply with an […]

Today the Supreme Court heard a case about environmental impact statements allegedly running amok. The case concerned an 88-mile railway line in Utah that generated 3,600 pages of environmental reports but was sued because it analyzed only the local effects in Utah. Environmental groups argued that it connected to a national network—how could it not?—so ...continue reading "The dreaded NEPA has been put on a diet of two years and 150 pages"

Missouri's next governor says he intends to roll out his plan to reduce crime the moment his hand comes off the Bible.

A homicide investigation is ongoing in northeast Arkansas, where investigators determined Clara Blaxton was killed.

A night of recognition and celebration was held at Parkway School District's Board of Education meeting Wednesday.

Police said Wednesday evening the girl had been found safe.

Sharleen Stockglausner experienced permanent paralysis following a cheerleading accident nearly 40 years ago. On Tuesday, she was hospitalized and battling infections when a fire destroyed her home on Tina Drive in House Springs. Her two roommates safely escaped, but say everything inside was lost.

For this Voodoo Highwaymen show, we'll be paying tribute to the legendary Kris Kristofferson, who left us in September. We'll play the usual variety of tunes featuring all 4 great […]

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The use of police surveillance is now under surveillance itself in St. Louis. The impact of new regulations on police in the City of St. Louis is now unfolding at City Hall. 

EAST ALTON—Multiple police agencies executed a search warrant in the 100 block of Bonds Avenue on Wednesday night, deploying two armored SWAT vehicles during the operation. Officers established a command post in the 500 block of Lewis and Clark Boulevard as they carried out the warrant. A male individual was observed in handcuffs being placed into a police vehicle. The reasons for the search warrant remain unclear, and authorities have not released additional information regarding the incident. As the situation developed, police maintained a presence in the area, but further details about the nature of the investigation have not been disclosed.

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The school board announced Wednesday that Dr. Melissa Schneider will serve starting July 1, 2025. She has 27 years of experience and will be coming from Colorado.

The new engineering school will begin enrolling students in the fall of 2025, thanks to an $8M grant from the James S. McDonnell Foundation.

A teenager indicted for second-degree murder after a reported fatal DWI crash is free from jail tonight—on the day of his scheduled arraignment.

ST. LOUIS - The St. Louis Fire Department is responding to a first-alarm fire inside a vacant building in north St. Louis Wednesday evening. According to officials, at least 30 firefighters are working to put flames out in the three-story building in the 4000 block of Dryden Ave. in the Penrose neighborhood. While the building [...]