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DU QUION – Today, Governor JB Pritzker joined the Department of Public Health, Department of Healthcare and Family Services, and healthcare leaders from southern Illinois to discuss the impacts of Trump’s budget cuts on healthcare across rural areas of the state. The budget bill from Trump and congressional Republicans slashes Medicaid coverage for working families and endangers the stability of hospitals and care providers; rural hospitals across the nation are projected to lose $155 billion in funding as a result of the bill. “Rural hospitals are a critical lifeline for communities across Illinois. Not only are they one of the only providers of life-saving medical care for miles, they are often the backbone of rural economies,” said Governor JB Pritzker. “With Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans making devastating cuts to Medicaid, many of these rural healthcare providers will be at risk of closure, causing patients to lose care and staff to los

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Columnist Bill McClellan writes: The beginning of the new school year is a time of strange emotions for grandparents. We look at our kids and think, Weren’t we just them?

The community had big plans for the facility site, until the Trump administration ordered it to stay open, a move it extended this week.

A lawsuit filed Thursday accuses Ferguson Florissant School District of failing to intervene when former principal Cedric Gerald, who was charged in May with nine child sex crimes, abused a former student.

On the same night that occupants of a car opened fire on the highway, killing 16-year-old Colin Brown, federal agents were already investigating their suspected target.

A cold front will move through later today bringing dry and cool weather to the region. Ahead of the front on Saturday, clouds increase and thicken up and temperatures climb into the mid 80s. As the front moves through, it may squeeze out a few sprinkles, but this looks limited. Behind the front on Sunday, [...]

Jakob T. McKeage, in a jail jumpsuit, scrawled an apology in pencil and read it aloud in front of Associate Circuit Judge Julia Lasater.

Police said the woman was having a medical emergency and was revived by jail medical staffers. She was then rushed to a hospital.

Federal records reveal that the bullet that killed 16-year-old CBC hockey player Colin Brown last November was not intended for him. The new details come from our partners at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. The shooting occurred on I-55 South when an Audi pulled behind another car and opened fire, hitting the vehicle more than two [...]

ST. LOUIS - One of St. Louis' oldest festivals makes a return Saturday to Tower Grove Park. The St. Louis International Institute presents the annual Festival of Nations. Organizers spent much of the week setting up. It's the last-minute push before this weekend's event that has origins dating back to the 1920s. "The Festival of [...]

The church purchased billboard space in the same location as the Proud Boys sign, which was removed this week. The new billboard reads: “Hate Divides, Love Unites.”

By testing the drinks in St. Louis and elsewhere, the company wants to gather feedback from customers and employees.

For Dr. Kelsey Davis-Humes, practicing medicine in rural Missouri is a way of life. She’s on call almost constantly in northeast Missouri’s Scotland County, where she cares for patients from their birth until their death. As an osteopath practicing in a rural community, part of her job includes caring for patients throughout their pregnancies. “I […]

The counties with the highest use of pesticides per square mile are all located in Missouri’s Bootheel. Many of these counties have some of the state’s highest cancer rates.