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75, February 6, 2025. Visitation at Schrader Funeral Home, Ballwin, Monday (2/17) from 9:30-11:30 am with Funeral Mass at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Valley Park at 12 noon. For more info see Schrader.com.

70, of St. Charles, Missouri, on 2/7/25. Private Burial at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery. Visit www.kriegshausermortuary.com

Parker Bujnak is the second teen from Belleville to be fatally shot this month.

Police identified the girl who died as Kho'Mori McGee. She lived in the 1000 block of Starshire Court in the Spanish Lake area.

The proposal would place control of the police department in the hands of a five-member board. The governor would appoint four of the members while the mayor would hold the fifth seat.

Some 800 people have filed complaints since May against juvenile detention centers in Illinois alleging they were sexually abused by employees.

ST. LOUIS — With ice and snow in the forecast, the St. Louis Zoo has announced that it will be closed on Wednesday, Feb. 12.

"He was just a tougher and more positive person than many of us could hope to be."

Brionna Dukes, 27, and her mother, Sondria M. Benfeld, 49, were charged Tuesday, nearly two years after police arrived at a motel and found a 5-month-old.

Hannah Dunakey filed her appeal on Thursday, the same day that a judge filed an order terminating her appointment that detailed a monthslong affair with a married sheriff’s sergeant.

Premier Charter School and Gateway Science Academy enroll more than 1,500 students in South City.

The House on Tuesday gave initial approval to a measure by state Rep. Cathy Joy Loy, R-Carthage, that would block orders similar to actions by St. Louis County that limited church gatherings during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Erasing Missouri’s capital gains tax potentially blows a $334 million hole in the state budget.

Missouri currently uses foster kids’ benefits to pay for their care. That means children who are orphans or have disabilities are paying for their care while in state custody.

The language of Proposition B is "misleading, insufficient, inaccurate, argumentative, prejudicial and unfair," the judgment filed Tuesday morning said.

Deandre Pickens, 22, was gunned down Jan. 15 in the 3500 block of Harper Street, in the city's Fairground neighborhood.

The girl died Monday in the 10900 block John James Drive. She is among nine children shot this year across the St. Louis metro area. Six have died.

Most of the public’s responses are unrelated to the committee’s mandate or are spam, Sen. Mary Elizabeth Coleman says. Several have included the script of the “Bee Movie.”

Holy Joe Society “respectfully demands” that SLPS take legal action in pursuit of lost funds or the nonprofit could file its own lawsuit.

City records show several awards listed as viable four months ago are now considered questionable.