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A contract for Gates must still be approved by the University of Missouri's Board of Curators.

It happened just west of Columbia, Mo. around 4:45 Friday afternoon.

Assisting officers found the suspect and took him into custody. No injuries were reported.

COLUMBIA, Mo. — The University of Missouri System has settled a discrimination lawsuit filed by a white woman who alleged she was removed from her position in favor of a younger, Black woman. The Columbia Missourian reports the university will pay $1.57 million to Rachel Brown, who was 60 when she lost her job as [...]

More than 50 years after the case was closed, a get-rich-quick plot to hold the son of a Kansas City-area multimillionaire for ransom is still widely regarded as Missouri's own crime of the century. Nationwide grief over a child lost compounded by an ongoing mystery surrounding the location of missing ransom.

 ST. LOUIS - With warmer weather on the horizon, the City of St. Louis is launching a Parks, Recreation and Forestry job fair series. Jobs with the city start at $15/hour with competitive benefits. Open positions include lifeguards, full-time and seasonal utility workers, recreation assistants, and tree trimmers. The department announced that it will hold a series of job fairs across the [...]

For the first time in three years, the Federal Reserve raised interest rates a fourth of a point. That has prospective home buyers wondering if they've missed out on low-rate mortgages.

If you've visited your local BBQ joint recently, you may have noticed brisket prices are soaring. Inflation is having a big impact on a variety of small businesses.

Eric Eickmeyer, president of the Kirkwood Athletic Association, said the all-volunteer organization is unable to proceed with baseball and softball leagues to start the 2022 season.  

Each year, the Missouri Department of Natural Resources conducts a census of public water systems to determine different chemical levels.

An ATM theft in Madison County, Illinois, may be linked to a nationwide crime ring.

Illinois' attorney general filed a lawsuit against Marathon Pipe Line LLC, alleging the company created a substantial danger to the environment and public health during a crude oil spill in Edwardsville last week.

More than 250 people packed Friendly Temple Church in north St. Louis to say their final goodbyes to community leader and former state Rep. Cora Faith Walker, who died suddenly a week ago.

BRIDGETON, Mo. (AP) - The Environmental Protection Agency says nuclear waste buried in a Missouri landfill that sits near an underground smolder is more extensive than first believed. And it is part of the reason the $205 million Superfund project announced in September 2018 has been delayed. The EPA had announced a plan to remove [...]

ST. LOUIS - Home values grew more than many's annual incomes in 2021. A study from Zillow found that homeowners earned more than the median worker in 25 of 38 major metropolitan areas across the country. Home appreciation was higher than $100,000 in 11 of them. San Jose has the highest median income at $93,000 and it [...]

The twister leveld 90 percent of the town of Annapolis in Iron County, crossed into Illinois and later Indiana.

American Airlines confirmed on Friday that it is set to resume sales of alcoholic beverages on flights in its domestic coach cabins almost two years after it first halted the service.

ST. LOUIS - Sunday brings the spring equinox, and hope springs eternal in the St Louis Region Friday as the latest COVID hospitalization numbers confirm the collapse of the omicron-variant surge. The St Louis Metropolitan Pandemic Task Force released the latest tallies on area hospitalizations Friday, and the region is in good shape as the [...]

ST. LOUIS--A potent low-pressure system sweeps across the area Friday bringing rain, thunderstorms, and a cool down to the St. Louis region. Friday afternoon, we'll see intervals of rain and thunderstorms, a few on the strong side, with 10-20 mph winds from the south-southeast and a high temperature of 62. Friday night, there's some more [...]

A public memorial service for Former State Representative Cora Faith Walker, who died suddenly last week, is set for this morning.