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Disturbing videos inside a classroom at Brighter Future Childcare and Development Center, Inc. on Chambers Road may have never been revealed if it weren't for Diona Harrold.

As the dust settles from Tuesday’s races in the Missouri General Municipal Election, there's been a rise in the trend of write-in candidates from races big to small.

Assistant State's Attorney Morgan Hudson said in her closing argument that Lorenzo Miller knew he'd be a primary suspect, so he "couldn't get his hands dirty."

If you plan on taking your family out to the ballpark, there are a few rules you should know beforehand.

Two former world championship boxers from St. Louis are striving to give inner city youth a fighting chance.

Why do so many people still think inflation is high? It's because they don't respond to averages. They respond to outliers. The cost of groceries, for example, has risen only 1% over the past year. In February food inflation was negative. And yet, 55% of Americans still say they worry about inflation a great deal. ...continue reading "Grocery inflation is at 1%. Why don’t more people know it?"

Despite the expected chilly forecast, law enforcement is prepared for large Opening Day crowds Thursday.

Rudolph Hlavaty was charged with second-degree child molestation and promoting a sexual performance by a child. He was in custody Wednesday without bond, police said.

A Madison County jury convicted an East Alton, Illinois, man in a murder-for-hire plot.

“I’m super excited,” William Lo said. “We’re not going to have another opportunity to have 50,000 people in Carbondale."

Two additional prosecutors are headed to U.S. Attorney's Office as part of DOJ's Violent Crime Initiative.

Authorities in St. Charles County finally wrangled an escaped bull on Wednesday afternoon.

Officers in Fairview Heights say nearly 500 "unruly" teens were in the park on Saturday between 4-6 p.m. Police say the teens were also using illegal drugs.

Adam Wainwright, after 18 years playing with the Cardinals, is pouring more time into his budding country music career as his debut album, “Hey Y’all," is about to release.

A trio of checks totaling nearly $3 million rolled into a political action committee supporting Republican Will Scharf over the last week, boosting his campaign to unseat Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey in the August GOP primary.  On Wednesday, Club for Growth Action Missouri — which is supporting Scharf — reported a $1.4 million donation from […]

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A local 8th grader is bound for the Scripps National Spelling Bee for her second year in a row. Meet orthographic whiz Sonia Kulkarni, as well as adults prepping for a local fundraising spelling bee — and how some of them are hoping to avenge their own childhood spelling bee trauma.