O'Fallon is weighing a roughly $22 million plan to replace its 1994 library; officials say the building is undersized and voters could be asked to fund a new facility.

Prosecutors say a recorded jailhouse phone call led to a second murder charge in a 2024 Baden shooting in St. Louis.

Big Lake at The Park at New Melle Lakes is closed after Missouri DNR confirmed a blue‑green algae bloom; crews are treating the water and officials urge caution.

A heavy law‑enforcement response is underway in unincorporated Collinsville after a report of a barricaded subject; traffic on Pleasant Ridge Road is affected.

Grafton’s river ferry is now city‑owned and will operate daily with expanded hours and updated fares. The move is backed by a $1.458M IDOT grant and a long‑term operating deal.

Gooey Louie has opened a Chippewa Street shop in St. Louis, selling scratch-made gooey butter cakes and a rotating menu of flavors near Ted Drewes.

A St. Louis manufacturer agreed to repay $2,022,250 to resolve a False Claims Act suit over a 2021 PPP loan. The civil settlement was announced April 9, 2026.

A truck struck and brought down a massive overhead sign on westbound I‑64 near the I‑255 interchange, closing lanes and snarling the morning commute. IDOT urged drivers to avoid the area.

A warm, mostly dry Thursday in St. Louis gives way to increasing shower and thunderstorm chances Friday; SPC flags a marginal-to-slight severe threat.

A St. Louis man was charged after a March 1 street beating near Riverview left a victim with serious head and facial injuries; prosecutors filed first-degree assault and armed criminal-action counts this week.

Florissant voters approved a charter amendment Tuesday that requires voter approval for sales or swaps of city parkland, a response to a disputed Koch Park land swap.

O'Fallon police logged 1,109 incidents from March 30–April 6, including a dynamite discovery and 47 crashes over the seven-day period.

Lewis Rice has billed St. Louis County $889,448 in Lt. Col. Troy Doyle’s discrimination suit; with a $935,000 contract cap and trial set for August, more county funding could be required.