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After a three-day trial, a jury sided with a former St. Charles County employee in a civil lawsuit alleging that the county discriminated around him due to a disability.

“We were getting data pillaged so much that it was degrading service for normal users!” Elon Musk said in a tweet.

The man will be sentenced on August 15.

St. Louis Public Radio workers voted in favor of unionization, the St. Louis Public Radio Guild said Friday. It's part of Communication Workers of America.

EDWARDSVILLE - Madison County Treasurer Chris Slusser is reminding taxpayers that the first installment of their tax bill is coming due. “With the holiday weekend approaching I want to remind everyone that the first of four tax installments will be due July 6,” Slusser said. “The Treasurer’s office is open for business Mon-Fri from 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., but will be closed for Independence Day on Tues July 4. Slusser reminds taxpayers of all payment options: at one of the participating collector banks or credit unions throughout the county, by mail, through your financial institution’s online bill pay service, the Treasurer’s website at www.madcotreasurer.org , by phone at 1-844-919-4300, or in person at the Treasurer’s Office in Edwardsville. If paid by mail, letters must be postmarked on or before July 6. “No penalty will be applied for payments mailed and postmarked by the due date,” Slusser said. “I would encourage taxpayers

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In a ruling issued last week, the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a southwest Missouri judge improperly jailed two kids as part of a bitter child custody dispute. The case involves two children who were semi-finalists on the reality show “America's Got Talent.” That case and more were discussed on the Legal Roundtable edition of the show with attorneys Bevis Schock, Connie McFarland-Butler and Jim Wyrsch.

As Missouri attorney general, Josh Hawley may have seemed mostly interested in wine shopping and gym workouts — but his political team worked overtime to propel him to higher office. A Cole County judge found last November that the AG's "knowing and purposeful" violations of Missouri's Sunshine Law were designed to benefit Hawley's political ambitions, which meant keeping taxpayers in the dark.

John Mellencamp will be featured in the debut episode of the new public television series WITH, set to debut Saturday, July 1 (check local listings). The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer sits…

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John Perkins told us how his faith and illness have informed career decisions he's made, including the recent decision to shut down Juniper and start up a new fried chicken restaurant, Sunday Best.

The group first got together in the spring of 1974 with four or so members.

He was fired in 2018 after asking for accommodations for a recent foot and ankle surgery, according to court documents.

A St. Louis County jury convicted a man Friday of killing a man he discovered having a sexual relationship with his girlfriend at a Jennings home in 2019.

A jury in St. Louis city awarded $6.1 million to a former guidance counselor at Soldan High School who alleged age and gender discrimination. In his original suit, Ron Spivey, 64, says that at the time he worked at the north city school he was  the only male counselor and that his younger supervisor, as well as the school system more broadly, "favored the younger female counselors at Soldan and mistreated [Spivey] as compared to those co-workers."

St. Louis aldermen on Friday gave final approval to changes to a $37 million business grant program aimed at helping the city's north side.

St. Louis lawmakers on Friday advanced a plan to pay for attorneys for tenants facing eviction proceedings.

The new 37,500-square-foot facility will be larger than Sports Barn's existing Wentzville, Missouri, location.

Saint Louis Public Schools has been ordered to pay more than $6.1 million in an age and sex discrimination case.

St. Louis police had a busy day on the streets Thursday, handing out 164 tickets for violations that stemmed from 73 traffic stops.

During his 14-year career in the NFL, Deion “Prime Time” Sanders was known for his silky moves on the football field. But now the 55-year-old college football coach has been slowed, due in large part to blood clots he’s suffered over the years.Sanders was back in the news recently due to surgery he had on blood clots in both legs. It’s not his first go-around with this serious health issue. In 2021 he had two toes amputated due to clots. Blood clots can happen to anyone. Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) is a blood clot located in a deep vein, usually in a leg or arm. A pulmonary embolism (PE) is a blood clot that has traveled from a deep vein to a lung. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 900,000 people suffer from a blood clot each year and 100,000 people die. About 30% of people who have had a DVT or PE are prone to a recurrence.“It is a serious problem. It's something that you're going to want to seek medical care for," says

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