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But Gaston's attorney, Scott Rosenblum, lifted a piece of paper up to the judge. It was, he argued a valid child custody agreement. "All of this other stuff is nonsense," Rosenblum said.

Here are a few of our staff picks for things to do Oct. 6-12.

With drought parching Missouri in three of the last five years, state officials have dug up a scheme to assist farm country during times of natural disasters.

“We were silent on this very real and important issue for too long ... we let down those whom we champion: our students, players, donors and friends."

The Blues has signed a multiyear, naming rights deal for the Post Holdings name to don a garage entrance to Enterprise Center.

New tools can help prevent against RSV — the leading cause of hospitalization for U.S. infants — but they are difficult to get as the season begins, experts say.

A motorcyclist was killed Thursday after he crashed into a car and then hit a utility pole in Scotsdale.

With the first round of deadlines less than a month away, high school seniors are in the thick of college application season.

Ramp will shut down at 9 a.m. and reopen by 3 p.m. Also scheduled for closure is the nearby exit ramp to Walnut.

Mayor Jones, who called for the change, says the new chief medical officer and support personnel will work with a yet-to-be-chosen private company that will handle some jail health care duties.

“Where were they over the last two months while these people were sitting on City Hall's front lawn?” Jones asked of activists. "Where were they?"

The Post-Dispatch will ask an appeals court to allow the newspaper to report on a mental health evaluation for a man accused of killing a St. Louis police officer.

State environmental regulators are asking Gov. Mike Parson to fund a program to investigate areas of the state exposed to radioactive waste.

Janay and Chanel Mosley, granddaughters of former state Rep. Elbert Walton Jr., have filed to run for seats in the Missouri House that their family members are leaving.

The St. Louis County health department has received doses of the updated COVID-19 vaccine, and has appointments available at multiple locations starting this week.

A Franklin County man was one of two Army soldiers killed Monday when a military transport vehicle flipped on a dirt road in Alaska.

Is our employment picture getting better or worse? See recent changes in local jobs, unemployment, earnings and more in these regularly updated charts and maps.

Reps. Emanuel Cleaver and Rep. Cori Bush say the University of Missouri’s decision was rushed.

Alderwoman Cara Spencer filed legislation to launch eminent domain proceedings against the absentee owner of downtown's Railway Exchange Building.