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Missouri voters picked a new U.S. Senator and backed recreational marijuana. Voters in St. Louis made a historic selection to lead the Board of Aldermen. People who cast ballots in Illinois decided to keep the status quo in the Governor’s office. Those are some of the key results from yesterday’s midterm elections.

Do Democrats really want their next leader to be compromised and corporate?

Duckworth, an Iraq War veteran who lost both legs when her helicopter was shot down in 2004, has served in Congress for nearly a decade.

Luetkemeyer defeated Democrat Bethany Mann to represent the district that consists of St. Charles, Jefferson City and parts of Lake Ozark, Columbia and O’Fallon.

Incumbent Cori Bush handily defeated Republican Andrew Jones Tuesday night.

Ann Wagner, a Ballwin native, has held the office since 2013. She defeated Democrat Trish Gunby.

Three more businesses were broken into overnight.

A driver was carjacked overnight in south St. Louis.

A late-night accident had I-64 partially closed for a time overnight.

Missouri voters approved making recreational marijuana legal in the state for those 21 and older.

Whether you prefer timeless classics or something a little wilder, there are plenty of ways to add some culture to your holiday season.

The amendment will take effect in December, and the earliest businesses could sell recreational marijuana products would be February 2023.

Green defeated Alderman Coatar in the special election to determine who would fill the remainder of the former board president Lewis Reed’s term.

American bison are back on the rise. The problem is, they don't respect fences.

The Pacific island nation becomes the second UN country to support the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty.

Joe Walsh has assembled some of Ohio's finest rock talent for this year's edition of his VetsAid charity concert, but the lineup also includes one Ohio-born musician that Walsh says…

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This story was commissioned by the River City Journalism Fund as the second chapter in its series Shadow of Death, which considers St. Louis County’s use of the death penalty. On the night of the 2018 Democratic primary election, St. Louis Prosecuting Attorney Bob McCulloch, a 28-year veteran of the job, held what he expected to be his victory party at the Village Bar in Des Peres.

On August 3, 1810, Peter Johnson became the first person to be executed by the state of Missouri. By the time the U.S. Supreme Court found the death penalty unconstitutional in 1972, Missouri had already executed 285 people — most by hanging.

Well, that could have been a lot worse, couldn't it? However things ultimately turn out, there sure wasn't any sign of a red wave this year. The downside, of course, is the House. As a friend reminded me, even a narrow Republican win means two years of investigations, hearings, "oversight," debt ceiling brinkmanship, and government ...continue reading "Democrats pull out a squeaker"