Fischer & Frichtel plans roughly 30 low‑maintenance villas at Wildwood’s Brightleaf Town Center. The proposal is now in Wildwood design review and the builder is taking interest lists.

Missouri confirms its first clade I mpox infections — two travel-related cases in St. Louis. Officials say public risk is low and urge vaccination for those at risk.

Food & Water Watch mapping shows counties that spray the most glyphosate often have higher late‑stage non‑Hodgkin lymphoma rates, concentrated in the Upper Midwest.

A St. Louis County home‑care owner pleaded guilty to submitting bogus Medicaid claims, prosecutors say. Sentencing is scheduled for June 16, 2026.

O'Fallon police released images after a morning robbery at the FCB Banks branch on West Highway 50 and are asking the public for tips. Investigators say the suspect fled east on foot.

A near-final plan to turn MLK Drive into a Cultural Blvd moves into public rollout this weekend, with 4theVille hosting a block party and releasing a corridor report. The effort emphasizes public art, plazas and small-business revitalization.

Four fresh openings — a globally inspired bistro, conveyor‑belt sushi, a new Tex‑Mex and a downtown café‑market — have landed across St. Louis this month.

Plans filed with state regulators propose a $231M replacement for Touchette Regional, promising expanded mental‑health and specialty care plus linked housing and workforce projects.

After the 22nd crash on Kingston Drive in a year, south St. Louis County residents demand speed cushions and more patrols. Neighbors say they won’t stop pushing until something changes.

A St. Louis asylum seeker was detained by ICE during a routine check‑in and taken to Phelps County jail; friends and lawyers say the charge ICE cited may be a mistaken record.

St. Louis has appealed to the Missouri Court of Appeals to preserve a 2017 rule requiring guns left in parked cars be secured in locked containers. The case tests how far state preemption limits local public‑safety rules.

Bus cameras in O'Fallon caught a car passing a stopped school bus while kids unloaded; St. Charles County police say a citation was issued. Safety groups point to widespread illegal passings.

DEA agents in St. Louis seized nearly 600,000 fentanyl doses during a national Phase II sweep, along with meth, cocaine, guns and nearly $2M in suspected proceeds. The haul is part of the agency’s Fentanyl Free America campaign.