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Daniel Riley was supposed to go to trial for armed robbery in July 2022, but St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner's office wasn't ready.

If you attended the grand parade in Soulard on Saturday, you can recycle your beads.

SSM Health and the St. Louis Area Food Bank are partnering once again to get food to people in need.

MoDOT is closing an I-270 entrance ramp Tuesday for more than a year.

No-Excuse Absentee voting begins Tuesday for the March 7 primary in St. Louis City.

One person died in an early morning storage unit fire in East Alton, Illinois.

In a little over a year, local prosecutors have twice used a new Missouri law to free innocent men who served decades in prison. Both received no compensation from the state for the years they lost. Lawmakers are now discussing a change to the law.

One person was killed, and two others were injured in two separate shootings that occurred overnight in north St. Louis.

Opponents of cannabis have long claimed that legalizing it for adults would lead to an increase in teen use. They were wrong, according to a new federal report. Cannabis use among teenagers dropped from 2019 to 2021, hitting the lowest number in at least a decade.

A man accused of stealing catalytic converters met an unfortunate fate when he tried to evade capture in St. Francois County. The county sheriff's department says a police dog caught Kevin Moore of Desloge, Missouri, "by the jewels" after Moore tried to run away from police yesterday. Early yesterday morning, officers with the Park Hills Police Department and St. Francois County Sheriff's Office converged on an area frequented by a catalytic converter thief in Park Hills, according to a St. Francois County Sheriff's Department Facebook post.

These Irish spirits are ideal for toasting this March.

If you're looking for a low-key spot to get away while on a budget, consider these Midwest destinations.

Missouri is home to natural and manufactured beauty alike. If you’re looking for a day trip, consider one of these places no more than a three-hour drive away.

Members of the U.S. Congress should take a look at Missouri’s legislature on how to deal with New York U.S. Rep. George Santos who is facing a number of allegations. Santos campaigned falsely portraying himself as Jewish, that his mother was at the World Trade Center on 9/11 and other claims subsequently proven as false. […]

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Trains carry hazardous chemicals everyday. They're also dangerously unregulated.