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St. Louis County Executive Sam Page warned last week that $14 million in budget cuts will stall a senior property tax freeze, lead to layoffs and reduce services.

"Nobody is a villain. It's been frustrating to see the back and forth," Alderman Rasheen Aldridge said. "I want to get to a spot where everyone wins."

Nearly a dozen people have died in the jail’s custody in two years. Staffing shortages are worsening. And many are concerned that inmates are without access to basic necessities.

Rep. Bob Titus, a Billings Republican, formally withdrew the legislation just two days after President Joe Biden’s campaign hammered the legislation.

The nonprofit Institute for Justice, which handled a landmark Supreme Court eminent domain case, filed suit on behalf of the business owners.

"The Voice" finals air Dec. 18-19 on NBC.

People across the U.S. say the Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority, or MOHELA, takes hours to answer calls, has failed for a year-plus to make progress on loan forgiveness applications.

Amber Withycombe, director of donor communications at Washington University, has been a contributor to the campaigns of Mayor Nikylan Knapper.

One of her colleagues accused the state representative of helping to spread racist, antisemitic and conspiratorial rhetoric.

Pastors of the 30 smallest parochial schools in the Archdiocese of St. Louis said they plan to keep their schools open in 2024-2025.

A new home-construction boom is revving up in St. Charles County as developers move to build more than 1,200 houses in western O'Fallon.

U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley delayed a cloture vote by about 90 minutes, but a motion he filed to stop the procedural vote failed, 26-73.

Teresa Griffin's upcoming album is "More Than a Woman," scheduled for release Feb. 2.

Illinois firearm owners must wait at least another month before knowing exactly what items they must register with the Illinois State Police under the state’s assault weapons ban.

Tuesday night's broadcast of "The Voice" will reveal if Ruby Leigh makes it to the semi-finals.

Animals from A to Z — four addaxes and two zebras — have started to trickle into the safari-like park in north St. Louis County.

A Democrat on the board slammed the state treasurer, saying the Republican is fighting a culture war by using the state’s 140,000 retirees and current workers.

Members will decide whether to give Teamster negotiators the power to call a strike, in the case that the groups fail to reach a deal. Results are expected Saturday.

In his lawsuit, Qualls identified several ways the House could accommodate his disability but said that officials “seemed indifferent” and they could not see “a process for moving forward.”

A lingering shortfall of workers leaves some in jail for months while they await hospital beds.