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SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — A Greene County deputy is in stable condition after being shot by a man in north Springfield Monday afternoon, avoiding life-threatening injuries thanks to a special piece of equipment on the deputy's vest. According to a press release from the Greene County Sheriff's Office (GCSO), its Fugitive Apprehension Unit was serving a [...]

Her attorneys say this is the longest time a women has been been incarcerated for a wrongful conviction.

Representatives of the Kansas City Chiefs and Royals urged Kansas lawmakers Monday to expand a tax incentive program to provide the teams millions of dollars to leave Missouri and set up shop in new stadiums across the state line. “If we want to be major league we’ve got to have major league teams,” Korb Maxwell, an attorney who represents the Chiefs, told lawmakers during an informational hearing at the Kansas Statehouse. “This is the greatest opportunity we’ve had in any generation,…

Brew Tulum closed in November amid a dispute over lead contamination at its former restaurant location at 5090 Delmar Blvd.

The Texas-based movie theater chain, which has a St. Louis-area location, becomes part of an entertainment giant.

St. Louis mayors have been defending the 1% earnings tax since its inception in the 1950s.

A judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by Missouri clergy members, ruling that while the state’s determination that life begins at conception 'is not itself necessarily a religious belief’

The city hopes to help at least 100 people over the course of a yearlong contract starting Oct. 1.

Schnucks delivery drivers won't strike Wednesday after union representatives told KSDK that they have reached a tentative contract agreement with the company. Leaders with Teamsters Local Union 610 said they are "fully recommending" Monday's agreement after Schnuck Markets made compromises in favor of the drivers on matters of pay and health care, union members' two biggest demands. Drivers will vote Wednesday at 1 p.m. on whether to ratify the new contract, with leaders expecting the vote to pass. The…

Rep. Scott Cupps and his brother, Matthew, lost a court case in Boone County on Monday after they did not attend.

An initial autopsy has been performed and found no apparent cause and manner of death for Jarvis McIntyre.

Pig shows in Missouri are competitive, all-day affairs, and they've swelled in numbers in recent years.

ST. LOUIS — A circuit court judge heard arguments Monday over whether the Missouri attorney general’s efforts to access medical records of transgender youth violate privacy protections. Monday’s hearing was convened at the request of Bailey in the hopes that the court would amend a previous order that requires patients to waive HIPAA rights before […]

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WASHINGTON — The Biden administration Tuesday will announce deportation protections for long-term undocumented immigrants married to U.S. citizens, along with quicker approval of work permits for those in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. President Joe Biden will formally make the announcement during an afternoon White House event to celebrate the 12th anniversary of […]

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A one-vehicle crash in St. Louis left one person dead and four others injured, with accident reconstruction crews investigating the incident due to its severity.