Cara Spencer sworn in today as mayor, city sues in federal court over state takeover of police department, accelerate timeline for West Lake landfill cleanup, Trump cuts hit St. Louis Holocaust museum, local coffee/beer/spirits companies expect closures due to tariffs, Sen. Durbin worried about cuts to food banks, Bayer could end Round-Up production
Apr 15, 2025•5 min
Mayor-elect Cara Spencer to be sworn in Tuesday, downtown bar owner hoping for better things, woman killed when car hit during police chase, shooting at crowded Fairground Park, fences around city hall and park taken down finally, beware of snakehead fish, Gov. Pritzker talks tariffs, US Mail truck spills load downtown
Apr 14, 2025•5 min
Mayor-elect Spencer must make quick transition, police and FBI digging up Dutchtown backyard, insight into who is moving downtown, regional police training center needs location, MO Republicans still trying to ban abortion, more first year businesses in Missouri fail more than almost anywhere else
Apr 11, 2025•5 min
The Missouri House passes bill to allow concealed carry on Metrolink, four counties partner on police training center, where Cara Spencer dominated race, flood update, new Science Center head has plans to boost attendance, a personal property tax on watches
Apr 10, 2025•5 min
Cara Spencer upsets Mayor Tishaura Jones, Donna Baringer upsets comptroller Darlene Green, Prop B fails in St. Louis County, Sec. of State investigating whether taxpayer money spent fighting Prop B, results from other local elections, Freeburg may have to change 'Midget' mascot, beware of the snakehead fish
Apr 09, 2025•5 min
Local steelworkers weigh in on new review of US Steel sale, last check in with mayoral and comptroller candidates, voter turnout in city in downward trend, RFK Jr changes tune on measles vaccine and doctors are glad, touring JeffCo's new health department headquarters
Apr 08, 2025•6 min
National Weather Service confirms two tornados on Wednesday, Pagedale K-9 on the run after storms, dead cyclist highlights problems with city bike lanes, groundbreaking today in north city for Buffalo soldiers memorial, update on Old Courthouse reopening, proposal for indoor sports complex in Edwardsville
Apr 04, 2025•5 min
Tornados touch down around Missouri/Metro East, Rolla still cleaning up from last round of tornados, city crime down in first quarter, firefighters hurt in Clinton-Peabody fire overnight, St. Louis attorney Ed Martin called 'one man wrecking ball,' tracking 'Alpha Gal' tick-borne issue
Apr 03, 2025•5 min
44-year old Imperial man charged after 5 child victims speak up, Metro East mayoral results, ethics complaint says taxpayer money used fight county's Prop B, Republicans in Jeff City want to dismantle voter approved Prop A, which states use weight loss drugs most, new SLCC state of the art manufacturing center
Apr 02, 2025•5 min
Advanced Manufacturing Center opens at SLCC, UMSL track and field files complaint against school, Wash U to raise tuition, Rockwood bullying/assault case under investigation, 'Chimp Crazy' Tonya Haddix pleads guilty to perjury, giant Masonic temple for sale
Apr 01, 2025•5 min
Pride St. Charles says Proctor & Gamble ended sponsorship, food banks worry about future after massive USDA cuts, Planned Parenthood still can't perform medication abortions after state adds new rules, what's next for Railway Exchange building, 29-story "timber tower" going up in downtown west
Mar 31, 2025•5 min
Next steps in state takeover of city police department, Congressman Burlison holds telephone town hall, another area Catholic school to close, HHS secretary Kennedy to visit radioactive waste dumps here, Cardinals' Bill Dewitt III talks sports gambling
Mar 28, 2025•4 min
St. Louis celebrates opening day, Old Courthouse set to reopen after renovations, gay bars clap back at Anheuser-Busch, Gov. Kehoe signs crime bill into law, Chief Tracy responds, bird flu update
Mar 27, 2025•4 min
Officer injured in car chase to be released from hospital, crime bill to be signed today includes more than city police department takeover, Chesterfield Tesla protests have been peaceful, Republican county council members block county executive proclamation, Block/Square laying off more workers, polar bear twins from Toledo make debut at St. Louis Zoo
Mar 26, 2025•4 min
PrideFest STL needs to fill $150K hole after AB pulls sponsorship, Edwardsville School District to cut 16 teaching positions, Affton School District's Prop 1 on April ballot, SLPS names new leaders, controlled burns in St. Louis County parks
Mar 25, 2025•4 min
Mar 24, 2025•5 min
Wrap-up from across the region after weekend storms that killed 35 people (12 in Missouri), Dogtown welcomes tens of thousands for St. Patrick's Day, fatal dune buggy accident, MO Legislature green lights bill to raise utility rates, Mallinkrodt merges with Pennsylvania company
Mar 17, 2025•6 min
High wind today and severe storms tonight, recapping the St. Louis mayoral debate, city's personnel director fired, county health director talks about animal shelter volunteers, measles outbreak continues, coalition opposes Missouri secretary of state withholding e-book funds for libraries
Mar 14, 2025•6 min
Gov. Kehoe expected to sign bill for state takeover of city police, Jones vs. Spencer mayoral debate tonight, city-county merger being proposed again, Parkway district looking to silence student cell phones, layoffs at Edward Jones
Mar 13, 2025•6 min
A missing 10-year old Oakville boy missing overnight is home again, Missouri Supreme Court to rule on legality of Proposition A (minimum wage and sick leave), Sen. Duckworth on bill to make Trump hire fired veterans back, Southwest's new board making changes experts say are not for the best, SLU medical school gets $10M donation from former patient, Last Hotel on Wash Ave closes suddenly
Mar 12, 2025•6 min
Massive clean-up of mountains of garbage in Kinloch, Dennis Hancock enters county executive race, state takeover of city police one step closer, IL Democrats call on Trump to rehire veterans, immune amnesia after contracting measles, major renovation underway at Sheldon Concert Hall
Mar 11, 2025•5 min
Chief Robert Tracy testifying in DC about National Integrated Ballistic Information Network, Missouri Republican resurrect Second Amendment Protection Act deemed unconstitutional, MO GOP want to strip sick leave out of voter-approved measure, area lawmaker won't be charged for fake suicide hotline call, set clocks ahead this weekend, UMSL cuts track & field
Mar 07, 2025•6 min
Senate Republicans pass state takeover of city police after Democrat-led filibuster, Police Chief Tracy hopes to keep job no matter who wins mayoral race, breaking down mayoral primary by ward, SIU-Carbondale bucks trend with increase in enrollment, Lutheran Senior Services rebrands with new name
Mar 06, 2025•6 min
Primary day in St. Louis city, alderwoman pushing bill to create city manager, Republican proposes resolution defining fetus as person, Jefferson County deputies shoot/kill man they say opened fire, fewer arrests at Mardi Gras, Taste of St. Louis officially moving to Clayton, city acquires more Paul McKee properties in North St. Louis, Trump closing more offices in St. Louis
Mar 04, 2025•6 min
Wrong-way driver kills Florissant mother, injures infant; I-55/Loughborough bridge work moving along; IL governor says federal Medicaid cuts would be devastating; Urban League of St. Louis says nearly 45% of annual budget is federal grants; pro-Ukranian protests in Chicago; new Homer G. Phillips Memorial Hospital has closed
Mar 03, 2025•6 min
St. Louis' oldest public housing getting major renovations, one arrest in Bridgeton gas station shooting, mayoral candidate Michael Butler wants to talk about schools, Sen. Duckworth says Trump's firing veterans, chunk of building falls off police academy downtown, new building opens on SLCC Flo Valley campus
Feb 28, 2025•6 min
More fighting over Prop B between county council and Sam Page, Backstoppers receives $1-million from Guns 'N Hoses, city police gun range closed for repairs, former Affton teacher had hundreds of child sex abuse videos, man arrested for threats against Illinois governor, Alton to address flood prevention, KC leaders meet in Jeff City to discuss keeping Chiefs and Royals in Missouri
Feb 27, 2025•5 min
Taste of St. Louis organizers pitching Clayton officials on hosting, Cordish says it can do Ballpark Village 3 and Millennium project, SLPS board candidates question rush to name superintendent, mayor of KC says St. Louis police don't need state control, teen shot in Cahokia Heights dies, do people need a measles booster?
Feb 26, 2025•6 min
Sam Page speaks out on high court upholding Prop B, KC area GOP rep tells fired workers 'God has a plan,' City Sheriff's Deputy suing new Sheriff thinks there will be more to come, Secretary of State rejects emergency request to begin sports gambling in June, can the Sara Lou Cafe building be saved?
Feb 25, 2025•5 min
St. Louis County may spend Rams settlement money on April election, new commissioner set to take over city justice center, county retakes control of animal shelter, man falls onto Metrolink tracks and dies, Missouri officials to work on plan to keep Chiefs/Royals, alternate plan for Millennium Hotel
Feb 24, 2025•6 min