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Missouri's next governor said one of his top priorities is addressing crime and he wants to do that by putting the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department under state control. 

The Washington Post investigates why so many poor and working class Latinos in Texas border counties shifted rightward in 2024: Democratic and Republican party leaders said the Biden administration’s border failings are only part of what explains it. “You can tell me things are better, but if my food stamps don’t last the month, I’m ...continue reading "Did you know that Joe Biden has increased food stamp benefits 43% since taking office?"

Late last week, fall colors were really starting to pop across the region. But now, things are looking a little gloomy.

It’s the end of the road for contractor Raymond Alexander. He had bolted from St. Charles County after being accused of stealing tens of thousands of dollars from homeowners like Kathy McBee and Debbra Arndt.

Ctrl-Alt-Speech is a weekly podcast about the latest news in online speech, from Mike Masnick and Everything in Moderation‘s Ben Whitelaw. Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, Pocket Casts, YouTube, or your podcast app of choice — or go straight to the RSS feed. In this week’s round-up of the latest news in online […]

Da'Mon Williams, of the 12400 block of Shoreside Drive in Florissant, was charged Friday with second degree murder and armed criminal action.

Police said the shooting took place about 3:20 p.m. Friday in the 3400 block of Klocke Street.

There are many broken hearts in the community after a 10-year-old girl was hit and killed by a school bus Thursday afternoon.

Robert Prewett's son said his father, a U.S. Air Force veteran, was a beloved husband, great-grandfather and neighbor.

Sports betting has been legal in Illinois since 2020, but experts say Missouri gamblers can expect to see a few differences once sportsbooks launch in 2025.

The goal is to expand the project into a 2-mile hike that keeps kids—and their imaginations—active.

"That is a pretty historical thing," MoDOT's interim director, Ed Hassinger, said at a news conference after MoDOT's governing board approved a team of four companies for the work.

Two servals were surrendered to the Animal Protection Association of Missouri in Olivette, a St. Louis County spokesperson said.

Drinking water around last week's battery plant fire in Fredericktown, Missouri, is not contaminated, but air monitoring stations have detected occasional elevated levels of pollutants. Fish were also killed.

HiFi by Upshot Coffee is inspired by the Japanese record bar concept, according to the company's co-owner.

SPRINGFIELD – A federal judge in East St. Louis on Friday struck down Illinois’ assault weapons ban on the grounds that it violates the Second and 14th amendments to the U.S. Constitution and issued an order barring the state from enforcing it. That order, however, was stayed for 30 days, giving the state time to file [...]

Two men, one from Missouri, were convicted of attempting to murder federal agents ahead of a planned trip to the Texas-Mexico border to shoot immigrants and agents who may intervene.

As St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell prepares to leave his current role for Congress, it appears there's some uncertainty as to who ultimately appoints the county's next prosecuting attorney.