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An estimated 500 gallons of nitric acid spilled from a truck outside a Boeing plant but only a small amount, if any, got into nearby Coldwater Creek, an official said.

ST. CLAIR COUNTY — A St. Clair County jury has found Sabrina Dunigan, an East St. Louis woman, responsible on two of five counts of endangering the life or health of her children for the deaths of her five kids in a tragic fire that occurred four years ago. Dunigan’s sentencing is scheduled for Sept. 26, 2025. The fire took place in the early morning hours of Aug. 6, 2021, at an apartment building on North 29th Street in East St. Louis, where Dunigan and her five children lived. The children, ranging in age from 2 to 9, were home alone when the fire broke out. The children who died in the fire were identified in descending age order as Deontae Davis Jr., 9; 8-year-old twins Neveah Dunigan and Heaven Dunigan; Jabari Johnson, 4; and Loy’el Dunigan, 2. The deaths also tragically occurred on the birthday of their mother, Sabrina. The East St. Louis Fire Department said at the time that Dunigan had briefly left the apartment to pick up her boyfriend from work.

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The Major Case Squad made an arrest in the shooting of an 11-year-old.

Bob Suberi, a Vietnam veteran and Affton resident, boarded a boat called the Handala, which set sail from Italy with a mission to break Israel's "illegal siege of Gaza."

Sandra Hemme, now in her 60’s, was exonerated in 2024 after a judge found she had been wrongly convicted in the 1980 murder of Patricia Jeschke.

The Office of Sheriff Alfred Montgomery will not be moving forward with Sonya Jenkins-Gray.

A teenager is behind bars and facing criminal charges in connection with an armed robbery in Clayton last weekend.

In its second quarter, the Clayton-based company lost $253 million dollars, 51 cents a share. In the same period last year, Centene saw earnings of $2.26 a share.

A new report finds that the St. Louis region has some of the least congested traffic among major U.S. metros.

Billy Joel is not an artist who often gets political. But in the second part of his HBO documentary, Billy Joel: And So It Goes, he has some very strong…

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Missouri's public broadcasting outlets are facing budget cuts due to the passage of President Trump's Recissions Act, with St. Louis' STLNPR and Channel Nine facing losses of 6% and 13% of their total annual budgets respectively.

The Missouri Botanical Garden's largest corpse flower, named Octavia, is expected to bloom in early August. 

Yungblud plans to honor the late Ozzy Osbourne by covering the Black Sabbath song "Changes" at every one of his shows.The "Fleabag" rocker performed the Vol. 4 ballad at the Back to…

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ALTON - The Hayner Public Library District gives back to the community, and you can help. Through the end of July, Hayner’s fine amnesty program “Supplies for Summer” will allow patrons to return overdue library materials and pay no fine if you also donate a personal care item. Mary Cordes, the library’s executive director, explained that the goal is to support local organizations. “It’s twofold. It helps us get our materials back so they’re available for the next patron and then it also helps these entities,” she said. “We do this quarterly. Every quarter, we have a fine amnesty program. Through the end of July, we have ‘Supplies for Summer’ going.” Items like shampoo, toothpaste, toothbrushes, deodorant and other hygiene products can be dropped off at Hayner Library along with your overdue materials. The library will waive the fine. At the end of the month, they will donate half of the supplies to Crisi

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We’ve spent years documenting the challenges of crafting sensible AI policy, from Biden’s misguided plan, to various state-level attempts at regulation. Now Trump’s AI Action Plan has landed, offering a striking example of how even potentially useful policy ideas can be corrupted by political theater and special interests. The plan reflects the deep influence of […]

On the latest episode of the Politically Speaking Hour on St. Louis on the Air, STLPR's Jason Rosenbaum talks with MoHealthNet director Todd Richardson about the future of the health care program for the working poor, elderly and disabled. Rosenbaum also reflects on the legacy of former Missouri Rep. Bill Clay, arguably one of the most important Show Me State political figures in modern history.