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Lawmakers are trying to pass a package of tax credits meant to grow child care options for Missouri workers after a failed effort last year.

ALTON - The Alton City Council amended the City Code on Wednesday to grant a new local business a liquor license in addition to passing several items approved by the Committee of the Whole earlier this week . According to the ordinance amending the City Code, the city “wishes to amend its number of Class I Liquor Licenses to accommodate The Bells and Whistles on Belle Street, LLC to serve alcoholic beverages at its place of business.” No further information was provided about the business. Additionally, Mayor David Goins and the City Council “find that amending the City's regulations on the number of Liquor Licenses will encourage the City's continued healthy economic growth.” The City Council also moved several more items forward that had been approved earlier this week by the Committee of the Whole. Alderman Raymond Strebel was absent from Wednesday's meeting. Among the other items passed were expanded zoning classifications and slightly altered

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ALTON - The Alton Community Boxing Club celebrated another win, keeping their undefeated streak and highlighting the benefits of the club in the Riverbend community. The club recently had their second fight, with 12-year-old boxer Ju’coby Womack knocking out his opponent in the first round. Coach Joshua Young noted that he is proud of his boxers, and he hopes to raise community support to purchase equipment and keep the club going so it can continue to empower the kids. “It’s just the beginning and if this is any indicator of what can occur, then we can really bring the entire city together. That really feels good,” Young said. “We’re definitely wanting the community’s support. We’ve just got such great things in our plan. It’s really becoming an awesome thing and how the community has started to come forward.” Following a RiverBender.com story about the boxing club , a GoFundMe was started by Alton Middle School

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But they’ve faced stiff pushback from some gambling industry leaders, including in Missouri, who argue that smoking bans drive gamblers away.

School board members plan to replace the courses with a "politically neutral" curriculum. Many students opposing the decision say the classes helped them learn about long-ignored histories and their identities.

Hewlett Packard (HP) has been socked with yet another lawsuit for crippling the printers of consumers who use cheaper third-party ink cartridges. The lawsuit, filed by eleven plaintiffs in US District Court in the Northern District of Illinois, states that HP misleadingly used its “Dynamic Security” firmware updates to “create a monopoly” over replacement printer […]

St. Louis County Executive Sam Page's State of the County address included answers to several pressing questions, like: Which county taxes or fees can you pay online? Will you soon have to pay taxes for things you buy online? And... is Sam Page a Swiftie? Page borrowed a little star power and a few lyrics from pop star Taylor Swift as he made his case that county government can sound exciting enough to attract major businesses, recruit top workforce talent, and reverse generational trends of stagnant…

A bid to alter Senate rules failed on a 23-7 vote.

The small municipality is directing the county LCRA to submit plans by March or lose its authority to operate within the city.

An out-of-town company's plan to fly surveillance drones around south St. Louis as a public safety measure has drawn broad pushback from privacy advocates, politicians and city residents. However, the founder of the company claims that drones have been in the air for "close to two months" and residents "haven't noticed anything."

Six people who disappeared in August after sharing a house in Berkeley, Missouri, had ties to an alleged cult run by a social media influencer currently in prison for child molestation. The missing six include four women, two from St. Louis: Mikayla Thompson, 25, and Ma’Kayla Wickerson, 36, as well as Wickerson's 3-year-old daughter, Malaiyah, and another child. 

On this day 160 years ago, Missouri Senator John Brooks Henderson introduced what would become the 13th Amendment of the constitution, abolishing slavery.

A man was shot just before midnight in midtown.

Three men charged with kidnapping and human trafficking in St. Charles County also have a hearing on Wednesday.

There are new developments in the case of a Jefferson County man accused of causing the crash that killed his wife.