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The bill sponsor said a recent death of a St. Louis firefighter in a vacant building brought the issue into focus.

Loss of 1,100 parking spaces on north end of downtown comes as companies, convention center eye expansion there.

Curtis Banks died at a rehab center on January 10, five months after he was shot in north St. Louis, police say.

Illinois law enforcement seized nearly 400% more fentanyl in fiscal year 2021 than they did in fiscal year 2020.

By noon Wednesday, the last few people at the Potosi Southern Baptist Church's warming shelter had left.

Ask the experts from the Missouri Department of Transportation, St. Louis and St. Charles counties and St. Louis City your questions about highways and roads. The live chat starts at 1 p.m. on Wednesday.

A St. Louis pub chain seeks to bar a Chicago ghost kitchen concept from using names associated with "Three Kings."

Proposals heard in a House committee Wednesday target restrictions on guns in churches and firearm business closures.

Police identified the victim as Terry M. Brodigan, 40, of Arcadia, Missouri.

Damian Moore, 47, was struck by a car in the 5200 block of Goodfellow Boulevard on Sunday night.

Bill approved 4-3 along party lines.

Mercedes W. Gregory pulled a gun during a confrontation with an employee in the parking lot, prosecutors said.

The changes were included in one part of a sweeping bill approved by the Legislature in 2021.

Governor’s comments follow Cole County prosecutor’s decision not to file charges.

Councilwoman Shalonda Webb warned that if POWERplex didn’t break ground in the next year she would vote to shift the county’s funding elsewhere.

In St. Louis County, Shamed Dogan and Katherine Pinner seek GOP nod. In St. Charles County, it’s Steve Ehlmann, Bob Onder, Michael Carter and Arnie Dienoff.

Prince J. Vamboi was involved in a conspiracy that netted $212,000 through various frauds.

The Department of Social Services is denying thousands of low-income residents food stamps because people can’t complete the application process.

The bills now advance to the Senate, where similar measures have been proposed.

The outages affected about 1,000 local households and businesses, and close to 3,000 people in total.