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Ryson Ellis, accused of shooting and killing 4-year-old Kansas City boy has pleaded guilty Friday. He was sentenced to 22 years in prison.

The woman charged in the deadly kidnapping of a pregnant Arkansas woman appeared in federal court in Missouri and entered a plea of not guilty.

Monthly gas bills will increase by about $3.06, or 3.4%, for Spire's average residential customers across St. Louis and the eastern half of the state, the utility says.

A Spanish Lake woman pleaded guilty to a reduced charge in a 2017 St. Louis murder case and ended up with a nine-year prison sentence on Friday.

Missouri has held presidential primary elections every four years since 2000.

Emmy Award-winning actor Sterling K. Brown showed up to a special event at St. Louis’ Lift For Life Academy yesterday to give his support and encouragement. Raised in Olivette, the This Is Us actor brought his star power back to St. Louis to shine a spotlight on a project the school is trying to finish. The Lift for Life Academy was the first independent charter school to open in the City of St. Louis, and it is currently in the process of building a theater in Soulard.

Les Miserables runs from January 17 to January 23, 2023, at the Fox Theatre. Win with Five at the Fox!

The nonprofit, which provides emergency shelter and other assistance for people without housing, said it plans to use the one-time $1.25 million grant to "continue to innovate in how it approaches comprehensive solutions for families."

A school bus company will pay $1.3 million to the family of a St. Louis boy struck by a hit-and-run driver three years ago.

ALTON - Ameren Illinois spokesperson Brian Bretsch confirmed Friday after there was a 90-minute power outage earlier today in Alton. "Approximately 2,700 customers were affected at 12:30 p.m.," he said. "The cause was determined to be a piece of equipment that malfunctioned and fell into a power line. "Crews quickly found the cause and were able to have the power safely re-routed from another circuit at 2 p.m. Friday." Bretsch continued and said one customer will remain without power until approximately 4 p.m. to allow crews time to replace the piece of equipment. "The outage location was near the Alton Lock and Dam," Bretsch said.

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Former St. Louis-area Congressman Lacy Clay has won a lobbying contract with University City, with an eye toward pushing through federal funding for a flood mitigation project.

Rolling Stone has a fun article quoting multiple former Twitter employees highlighting that polls are the least secure tool on the platform, and are regularly open to manipulation by bots: “Polls are more prone to manipulation than almost anything else [on Twitter]. It’s interesting, given his [Elon’s] use of polls,” he added. Several other ex-Twitter […]

This weekend, Pop’s Nightclub will be hosting an assortment of local bands for two nights of performances: the STL Showcase on Friday, December 2, and the Pop’s Local Showcase on Sunday, December 4. A variety of genres will be represented on both evenings, including thrash metal (Stormrazor), heavy metal (Mental Fixation), pop punk (Beaser, Atlas on Fire, Breezy Point), indie rock (Euphoria), hard rock (Dead Birds Can Fly, the Intrusion) and alternative metal (Holding Ground).

JERSEY - New Jersey County Sheriff Nick Manns was sworn-in in Jersey County on Thursday by Judge Allison Lorton with his wife, Robin, at his side. Manns made this statement about Thursday's special event: "I would just say that while I have been blessed to travel and work around our country, it was a very special honor to be sworn in as the Sheriff for the County that raised me by Judge Lorton in a courtroom I first visited as a child on a school field trip. "To top it all off, I was surrounded by my family, friends, and coworkers from over the years, which included those who helped me campaign and good friends from the East St. Louis community." Manns enters the new position with 28 years of federal and state law enforcement experience. He has extensive experience in drug and violent crime investigations. He was once part of a counterterrorism mission in Iraq. He has also been a Major Case Squad investigator and federal and Illinois State Police Supervisor and instructor. He also

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Makala R. Mayo admitted to being an accomplice in the 2017 killing of Amber Green. She pleaded guilty Friday to a reduced charge of involuntary manslaughter.

Here is Hilbert walking purposefully toward the camera. The little curl at the top of his tail means he's feeling especially sociable, and indeed he was. When he reached us he immediately started circling around and then flopped onto the ground to get a tummy rub, purring and drooling the whole time. He only drools ...continue reading "Friday Cat Blogging – 2 December 2022"

The St. Mary's Dragons are back-to-back state champions after shutting out the St. Dominic Crusaders in a matinee title game.