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ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Judge John A. Ross on Monday, March 9, 2026, sentenced a Romanian national to 21 months in prison and ordered him to repay the almost $200,000 he stole from a nationwide retailer via “sleight-of-hand” schemes. Bobi Covaciu, 39, tricked store cashiers in at least 22 states into believing that he had paid the full amount of cash for a purchase. Covaciu counted out cash matching the purchase price and then took the cash back from cashiers and

A former top Missouri lawmaker has been sentenced to 21 months in prison for misusing pandemic relief funds. Former Republican state House Speaker John Diehl pleaded guilty to wire fraud for using about $380,000 of federal loans on personal expenses instead of his law firm's operating costs.

Mike Lawder, attorney for Brew Tulum, said he and his clients were shocked by the judgment, filed last month, and plan to appeal.

A quick and unexpected turn of events in a Madison County courtroom Monday led to a guilty verdict for the alleged shooter in a Collinsville murder-for-hire case.

Neil Young is back in the studio.In a new post on his Neil Young Archives site, the Rock & Roll Hall of Famer revealed that he’s recording a new album with his…

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SPRINGFIELD – One of the few surviving dresses worn by Mary Lincoln is now on display at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, offering visitors their first chance to see the fragile garment in 15 years. Known as the “strawberry dress” for its decorative pattern of berries and leaves, the dress can be seen in the special exhibit “Lincoln: A Life and Legacy that Defined a Nation.” The exhibit gathers the ALPLM’s most treasured artifacts

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Should parents have a right to monitor and control which sites and apps their kids use? Today, parents do have that legal right under the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). The 1998 law requires verifiable parental consent before websites or apps can collect, use or share personal information from teens 13 or under. In […]

After canceling their 2025 tour due to frontman Brian Setzer’s health, The Stray Cats are headed back out on the road this summer.All three original members — Brian Setzer, Lee…

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"I am deeply ashamed of my actions," Diehl said in court.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — The trial of St. Louis County Executive Sam Page was postponed Monday after a hearing in Greene County Circuit Court.

A St. Louis County Circuit Court judge has followed a jury’s recommended sentencing for a man convicted of killing another man during a drug deal in Spanish Lake.

The first of three men accused in a Collinsville murder-for-hire plot was found guilty Monday at a bench trial in Madison County Circuit Court.

EDWARDSVILLE - Madison County State’s Attorney Tom Haine announced today that an East St. Louis man was found guilty of first-degree murder in what prosecutors described as a murder-for-hire killing of a Collinsville woman. Following a bench trial Monday in Madison County, Associate Judge Neil Schroeder found Gary D. Johnson, 46, guilty of first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of Portia Rowland, Haine said. Prosecutors said Rowland was shot the morning of Jan. 21, 2025, outside her

The Better Business Bureau is warning customers of a St. Louis-based mattress company based on several "unanswered and unresolved complaints."

Now, 29-year-old Nikhil Penmatsa has also admitted to his role in severely and repeatedly beating the college student from India