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Sports betting is legal in 32 other states.

A federal judge in St. Louis has spent years dealing with the case of the Missouri Primate Foundation, a Festus-based breeding compound where chimps were allegedly held in squalid conditions. Now the legal battle has a new focus: Did celebrity chimp Tonka die, or was he spirited away in violation of court orders?

ST. LOUIS – What could be better than doing something crazy for a good cause? On Feb. 12, hundreds of people in St. Louis will brave the cold in just …

JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — When the Missouri House gave lukewarm approval Wednesday to a plan for redrawing the state’s eight congressional districts, the result could be the upending of the …

The sheriff's office said deputies are looking into the allegations that the teacher, who is in her 30s, sent photos to a juvenile student.

Tracie Engelmeyer was among hundreds of bus drivers who were furloughed in St. Louis County in March 2020 because of the pandemic. School-district authorities told them that even though drivers are contracted labor, they would qualify for unemployment benefits and urged them to apply. Engelmeyer recalled the conversation she had with a school district representative […]

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A Cole County judge heard arguments Thursday over whether Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft wrote a misleading ballot summary for an initiative petition seeking to prohibit public tax dollars from going to private schools. The lawsuit was filed by Sherri Talbott, the treasurer of the political action committee Taxpayers for Accountability and a school board […]

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Updated after the federal aid request was approved Thursday. A federal aid team with about 40 members is coming to help the St. Louis area's largest hospital systems as they deal with a surge in patients due to the omicron variant of Covid-19. The St. Louis Metropolitan Pandemic Task Force, which encompasses the four major health systems in the area, is requesting assistance from the federal government. Those systems are BJC HealthCare, Mercy, SSM Health and St. Luke’s Hospital. In a letter,…

Six Republican state senators are calling for the removal of the Missouri Department of Transportation's leadership, citing a dispute over funding and putting pressure on a $2.1 billion department that figures heavily in economic development efforts.

Concordia Publishing House, the publishing arm of The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod, has a new leader.

Ancient Order of Hibernians report that more than 90 floats are set to take part in parade, which steps off at 11 a.m. March 17 at Tamm and Oakland.

The acquisitions grow the St. Louis private equity firm's industrial products firm to 15 locations, more than 350 employees and annual revenue of $150 million.

Austin Vines and his mastiff pit bull mix Nova died as a result of the attack Sunday near Fenton.

Perficient is a company marked by constant evolution, which continues today as the digital consultancy expands its global footprint. Here's how the growth has impacted everything from targeting investments to sports advertising.

Five years ago, analysts saw the St. Louis-based tech consultancy as the perfect acquisition target for a global player. Today, Perficient has turned the tables, using a series of deals to grow its reach and position it for a new goal: $1 billion in revenue.