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Public records show the school district's pension liability grew by a staggering $100 million last year.

Neighbors in south St. Louis are in shock after learning that a teen found shot in the head last week in an alleyway was the target of a drive-by shooting last month.

When Patrick Laffey’s little sister was diagnosed with a deadly form of brain cancer, he had an idea.

Steakburgers, Tex-Mex and donuts are among the new food options for St. Louis Blues fans at Enterprise Center.

Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft decertified a ballot measure that would legalize abortion, a move aimed at blocking it from appearing on the November ballot, according to a brief filed Monday with the state Supreme Court. Last month, Ashcroft announced the reproductive-rights proposal would appear on the ballot as Amendment 3. But a Cole County judge on Friday ruled the amendment violated state law and shouldn’t have been certified.  That ruling is now before the Missouri Supreme…

ST. LOUIS - Sam Goodwin’s roots are in St. Louis. “I’ll just answer the question before everyone asks; I went to DeSmet High School,” he said. He branched out after college, moving to Singapore to work for a tech startup. While he was there, he was bitten by the travel bug. “I had flexibility in [...]

Missouri's state auditor has denied a request to look into the state's charter schools. 

In a St. Louis courtroom Monday, a prosecutor stated that 31-year-old Mary Anne Curtis had a newborn in March 2022 who reportedly died from methadone exposure.

Lucas Kunce, the Democratic nominee for Senate, made a campaign stop at a sheet metal workers union hall in south St. Louis Monday. 

The World Bird Sanctuary has seen an uptick in the number of birds caught in soccer nets around St. Louis.

Manned security will manually operate the new gates until a fare collection system is installed and integrated with the gating system.

ALTON - Improvements to a building on Henry Street are one step closer to getting a funding boost from the City of Alton following unanimous approval from the Committee of the Whole on Monday . According to a redevelopment agreement between the City of Alton and Honke Properties LLC, the city has agreed to reimburse the developer for up to $18,636 of the project cost upon its completion. These funds would be generated through Tax Increment Financing (TIF) and would cover about 25% of the project’s estimated total of $74,545. As previously reported on Riverbender.com , the improvements consist of “interior accessibility improvements, including elevator modernization and hydraulic jack replacement.” These upgrades will be made to a brick building on the corner of Henry and East 3rd Street, which is currently home to multiple businesses, including Honke Properties. A resolution authorizing city officials to execute the redevelopment agreement was unanimously

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James Earl Jones died Monday at 93. His baseball speech in "Field of Dreams" resonates even today for Cardinals fans in St. Louis and baseball fans across the country.