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A University City man accused of killing a woman and claiming she died by suicide was convicted of threatening to do the same thing to another woman a year prior, court records show.

Lawmakers in the Missouri House of Representatives have filed nine bills that would either reduce or eliminate taxes on diapers and feminine hygiene products.

A man was shot and killed Monday morning in downtown St. Louis.

A Chesterfield-based provider of food service and janitorial supplies has been acquired by a Pennsylvania company.

ST. LOUIS -- Comedian Kevin James is coming to St. Louis this fall during his Irregardless Tour. He will be playing the Stifel Theatre on Wednesday, September 27 at 8 p.m. Tickets go on sale Friday, March 3 at 10:00 a.m. James is a comedian, actor, and writer who best known for his role as [...]

An exhibition of Linda McCartney’s 30-year photography career just opened in Tucson, Arizona. The Linda McCartney Retrospective, co-curated by Paul and Mary McCartney and the Center for Creative Photography at the University of Arizona, has been…

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I realize this will seem sort of pitiful to you folks east of the Mississippi, with your frigid weather and routine winter blizzards, but we don't get many blizzards here in Southern California. This weekend we did, and we're all pretty excited about it. So today we have a diptych of Saddleback, a pair of ...continue reading "Lunchtime Photo"

JOLIET – On February 27, 2023, at approximately 7:46 a.m., Illinois State Police (ISP) officials investigated a two-vehicle traffic crash involving an ISP squad car on Interstate 55 northbound at Illinois Route 59, Will County. On the above date and time, an ISP Trooper was investigating a previous crash on the right shoulder of Interstate 55 northbound at Illinois Route 59, with emergency lights activated. A silver 2018 Nissan Altima, traveling northbound on Interstate 55, failed to yield to the stationary emergency vehicle and struck the left rear side of the ISP squad car. An ISP Trooper and K9 were inside the vehicle at the time of the crash. The Trooper was transported to an area hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The K9 was uninjured. The driver of the Nissan, 24-year-old Tanner R. Poppenhager of Beardstown, IL, was issued a citation for: Scott’s Law – Failure To Yield To Stationary Emergency Vehicle. So far this year, ISP had six Move Over Law-related

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Software firm KnowledgeLake has hired a top sales executive as it plans to expand its marketing and sales efforts.

WARRENTON, Mo. -- First responders rescued a horse stuck belly-deep in mud Sunday night. MERS-Large Animal Rescue volunteers worked with firefighters for hours to save the animal. Water from a new hydrant ditch next to a barn in Warrenton trapped the horse. The MERS volunteers received a call about the animal at around 6 p.m. [...]

If you are only going to see one show at the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis this year, Confederates, by Dominique Morisseau, is what you should see. The play expertly conveys two compelling narratives in an intense and exceptional bit of storytelling that effortlessly time-shifts from a contemporary U.S. university to a southern plantation during the Civil War. 

EDWARDSVILLE – The intersection of North Buchanan Street and Hillsboro Avenue will be closed beginning Monday, February 27, for concrete patching. Only the intersection will be closed. North Fillmore Street, North Kansas Street and other nearby roads can be used to bypass the intersection. Barring weather or other delays, the intersection is expected to reopen by the end of the week. The closure is part of the ongoing water main replacement project along North Buchanan Street. As part of that, all of the businesses and homes on North Buchanan between Union Street and East Vandalia Street are being switched from a century-old 4-inch cast iron water main to a new 12-inch main. The City of Edwardsville said it appreciates the cooperation and patience of all residents and businesses during this closure. Please contact Public Works at (618) 692-7535 with any questions.

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Students in second through fifth grades can enter an accelerated program starting in the fall.

Walmart has all the money in the world, and then some. Casey White is a woman of many firmly held opinions. It was a fair fight.

“We cannot be sacrificed in the name of the green transition.”

The Personal Privacy Protection Act, enacted last year, has been cited as the reason for Missouri to shut off immediate public access to state contracts.

Nearly five years after voters amended the state Constitution to require the legislature to abide by transparency laws, the Missouri Senate is advancing a bill allowing lawmakers to withhold a wide swath of records from the public.