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One Missouri village is so small that recent data suggests it may have no one left to call home.

Missouri lawmakers will return to Jefferson City next month for a special session to debate providing tax breaks to keep the Kansas City Chiefs and Royals in the state, Gov. Mike Kehoe said in a news conference Friday morning. The special session could also consider a $500 million spending bill for construction needs around the […]

Missouri Farm Bureau will be allowed to sell health care plans to its members, Medicaid will cover the cost of hearing aids for adults and supplies of birth control will be extended under legislation that passed the legislature in the waning hours of the session on Thursday. 

We mentioned recently that the only remaining Democratic commissioner at the FCC (and the only remaining Dem commissioner across both the FCC and FTC since Trump illegally fired the Democratic FTC Commissioners) has started calling out FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr’s attacks on free speech. In a speech yesterday, she went even further: calling out the […]

Keshon Parker, 21, was killed Wednesday in the 1100 block of Rio Street in north St. Louis County.

"Before her luggage was loaded on the aircraft, CBP officers inspected her two suitcases and found 38 bundles of marijuana," authorities said.

A stadium funding deal for Kansas City sports teams also could be open to the St. Louis Cardinals.

Bruce Springsteen's criticism of President Donald Trump's administration during his Land of Hope and Dreams tour kickoff in England on Wednesday has drawn a response from the president himself.As previously reported,…

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CHICAGO – Attorney General Kwame Raoul charged a Libertyville, Illinois man for allegedly disseminating and possessing child sexual abuse material. The case is part of Raoul’s ongoing work, in collaboration with federal law enforcement agencies and local law enforcement officials throughout Illinois, to apprehend offenders who download and trade child sexual abuse material online. The Attorney General’s office charged Kyle Ranallo, 26, in Montgomery County Circuit Court with six Class X felony counts of dissemination of child pornography, punishable by up to 30 years in prison and nine Class 2 counts of possession of child pornography, punishable by up to seven years in prison. Sentences are ultimately determined by the court. Mason is currently detained at the Montgomery County Jail, and his next court date is scheduled for June 13. “Predators who share child sexual abuse material must be held accountable so survivors and their family can begin the healing

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An estimated 21 million adults in the U.S. live with depression, and over half experience treatment-resistant depression.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congresswoman Nikki Budzinski (IL-13) pressed Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins during a House Veterans’ Affairs Committee hearing, raising serious concerns about the Department’s reduction in force, position on collective bargaining rights for employees, and ability to bring the new Electronic Health Record (EHR) system online to VA sites across the country. “Mr. Secretary, when you endorse President Trump's executive order stripping VA employees of their labor rights, I believe you devalue their work. Coupled with a threat of significant staff downsizing, I hear from constituents working at the VA in my district that they have increased fear and stress and there are deep morale issues at the workplace where they believe in the mission of serving our nation's heroes,” said Congresswoman Budzinski. Additionally, Budzinski questioned how the Department plans to successfully implement and expand the new EHR,

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Severe storms with large hail, damaging winds, and isolated tornadoes are expected in the St. Louis area today, with the highest risk in southeast Missouri and southern Illinois.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) joined U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Democrats U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Chris Coons (D-DE), Chris Murphy (D-CT), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Brian Schatz (D-HI), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) and Jacky Rosen (D-NV) in releasing the following statement on President Trump’s trip to the Middle East: “The President’s first extended foreign trip abroad should have been about advancing U.S. interests in the Middle East. Instead, it has been an instructive lesson in how foreign governments can use their influence to benefit the president personally and those around him— all while creating substantial risks to our national security. “The President has failed to engage in substantial dialogue on the most urgent strategic challenges facing the region. His Administration has failed to sustain the ceasefire he inherited in Gaza and has systemically undercut

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ST. LOUIS COUNTY, MO. — The St. Louis County Police Department identified Keshon Parker, 21, of Florissant, Mo., as the victim in a homicide that occurred May 14, 2025, in the 1100 block of Rio Street. Police responded at 1:20 p.m. on May 14 to a report of a shooting in the area. Officers found Parker with life-threatening gunshot wounds and transported him to a nearby hospital, where he later died. No suspects are currently in custody. Detectives from the Bureau of Crimes Against Persons are actively investigating the case. Authorities have asked anyone with information to contact the St. Louis County Police Department at 636-529-8210. Tips can also be submitted anonymously through CrimeStoppers at 1-866-371-TIPS (8477), with the possibility of a reward. Additional details will be released as they become available.

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