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Missouri House Speaker Dean Plocher scurried away from waiting reporters Thursday rather than answer questions about the events that have launched an ethics inquiry and caused some members of his party to ask for him to step down from his powerful post. Plocher spent most of the afternoon in a closed-door Republican caucus meeting at the Missouri Farm Bureau headquarters in Jefferson City. During the meeting, members said, he gave his defense of seeking personal reimbursement for expenses originally…

It takes a village to create one. The Veterans Community Project are veterans helping their own. On Wednesday, the organization held a ribbon cutting for its first phase of its St. Louis campus, which will hold an outreach center open to all veterans and a planned tiny home community for homeless veterans. It's found a home in north St. Louis on a nearly 4-acre property in the heart of the Jeff-Vander-Lou neighborhood. The first phase unveiled 20 tiny homes with 10 being family units. The day…

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s troubled House speaker is getting blowback after he hired another former House speaker who had pleaded guilty to assault to be his chief of staff. Republican Speaker Dean Plocher's hiring of former speaker Rod Jetton is “a gross affront to survivors of domestic violence,” Democratic House Minority Leader Crystal Quade said Thursday. Jetton in 2011 pleaded [...]

After an hour-long meeting, the board voted 5-1 to accept the proposed rate hike by the independent Rate Commission.

It’s a form of art and imagination that's transformed times of hardship and opportunities here in the area. It's why the St. Louis International Film Festival is celebrating hip hop.

Hate crimes have been on the rise in the United States since the start of the Israel-Hamas war. In response to the sharp increase in violence, the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) has sent out its Hate Crime Threat Response Guide.

Missouri House Speaker Dean Plocher’s new chief of staff is a former legislative leader whose political career was upended more than a decade ago by a federal bribery investigation and allegations of violent sexual assault. On Thursday, Plocher announced to a closed-door Republican caucus that Rod Jetton will take over as his top legislative aide. Jetton was elected to the Missouri House in 2000 and served four terms, playing a key role in the GOP capturing a majority in 2002 and rising to become…

Through a sea of blue there’s also plenty of green at the Blues' Salute to Military Night. Among the crowd of hockey fans at Enterprise Center were several veterans that were honored.

The region’s two largest employers offer their employees thousands of dollars through their homeownership program.

A juvenile was rushed to a local hospital after being grazed by gunfire Thursday evening.

They're signs that pop. Bright yellow with red text catching the eye of drivers and pedestrians at busy intersections: “Cash for Diabetic Strips.”

Despite hearing from multiple consumers who opposed it, the Board of Trustees for the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District voted Thursday to accept a recommended rate hike proposal. After an hour-long meeting, the board voted 5-1 to send the proposed rate increase of 32% that had been recommended by the independent Rate Commission to voters. Voters next April will be asked whether to approve the use of $750 million in debt funding under the 32% increase, which would see bills rise from an average…

The shortage of police officers in America has gotten so extreme that it's pitting city against city. The Atlanta Police Department is coming to St. Louis for a three-day hiring event, looking to lure new officers from our area.

One of the longest standing jokes in professional sports is labeling the NFL, or National Football League, the No Fun League, instead. This typically has to do either with the way the league has legislated a lot of what fans love about the game off the field in the name of player safety, which isn’t […]