Knox County voters approved a 0.5% sales tax to modernize 911 dispatch and emergency services, the county's official returns show.

Vincent Simmons filed a federal suit saying an officer shot him in the back during a March 2025 arrest; the filing lands as St. Louis contends with multimillion‑dollar police verdicts.

Mercy has opened a nearly 43,000‑square‑foot Kids Center for Neurodevelopment in Chesterfield that centralizes autism diagnosis, therapy and NICU follow‑up for the St. Louis region.

The Army Corps found contaminated soil at the long-empty Reserve at Winding Creek in Hazelwood; sampling is underway and remediation is planned for Oct 2026–Mar 2027.

A Rolla officer shot a man early Wednesday during a disturbance call; the Missouri State Highway Patrol is investigating. The man was taken to a hospital and is reported stable.

The Missouri State Board approved an SLU‑sponsored Frontier Schools campus for Columbia, setting up a legal fight with Columbia Public Schools over the law and funding.

Vineyards around St. Louis are bracing for another season of crop damage after heavy drift last year and the EPA’s reapproval of dicamba for 2026.

A 56‑year‑old man from Spring, Texas, was arrested and charged in a 1992 St. Louis County sexual‑assault cold case. Authorities say the attack happened near Parkway North High School; he’s being held on a $500,000 cash bond.

City filings show The Cheesecake Factory is pursuing a unit at West County Center in Des Peres. The filing would transfer a restaurant permit for unit 17 in the mall’s restaurant village.

Toastique and Sourdough & Company have applied to open at Des Peres Corners; public hearings are set for April 13. The Schnucks‑anchored center has been drawing national chains.

Midas Hospitality filed plans to convert 200 S. Hanley into a 150‑room hotel; the project is under staff review in Clayton.

A 3-year-old boy was found dead in St. Louis' Central West End after an apparent fall from a window. Detectives are investigating.

Two men were shot Thursday in Mt. Pleasant; one remains critically wounded and police are investigating.