Rep. Jason Smith celebrated a $280 million FEMA Public Assistance package to reimburse Missouri hospitals for COVID‑19 costs, naming Sikeston and Cape Girardeau facilities. The awards aim to ease pandemic-era strains on rural providers.

Broken windows and searches hit parked cars near Busch Stadium after Friday's Cardinals game. Police are asking victims to report entries.

Showers and thunderstorms are likely Monday night into Tuesday in St. Louis, with hail possible north of I-70 and gusty winds this afternoon.

Sunny and warm this afternoon with gusty southwest winds. Showers and thunderstorms are possible Sunday night into Monday morning.

Hundreds rallied at Aloe Plaza Friday, pushing a "no work, no school, no shopping" May Day action that joined a larger national wave of protests.

The American Lung Association’s State of the Air 2026 places the St. Louis metro among the 25 worst U.S. areas for ozone and flags failing county grades and persistent particle pollution.

A regional youth soccer group says warehouses have boxed in its St. Charles fields and is weighing a sale that could reshape where kids play. Community groups are already organizing.

A former St. Charles accounts clerk was sentenced to one year in federal prison for inventing fake patients and siphoning about $434,000 in refunds.

A Hillsboro High student was taken into custody after school staff reported a possible weapon. Officials say an unloaded handgun and ammunition were found and there was no active threat.

A Missouri bill to criminalize "masked intimidation" cleared a Senate committee Wednesday, advancing a measure that would add misdemeanor penalties and a hate‑crime felony enhancement.

MoDOT released video showing drivers crashing into truck‑mounted attenuators; protective vehicles were struck 50 times in 2025 and hits are rising in 2026.

William R. Murphy, 41, was sentenced to 29 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to producing child sexual abuse material and coercing a minor, prosecutors say.

A Senate panel this week debated a bill to strip the August 2027 sunset from Missouri’s 2023 transgender‑athlete restriction, prompting packed testimony and legal warnings. The measure now sits with the Senate Education Committee.