St. Louis approved steep tax breaks for ICL’s planned battery plant even as the company’s Carondelet site supplied white‑phosphorus to the military; federal backing later fell away. Activists say the episode exposes gaps in the city’s incentive process.

St. Louis police released photos of three people sought in a June 19 Selber Court shooting that wounded a 22-year-old man.

An Oakville man began rabies treatment after picking up a grounded bat; health officials warn residents not to handle bats and to report any indoor encounters.

A teenage male walked into a south St. Louis firehouse early Wednesday after being shot on a nearby porch; police are investigating.

New + Found says a five‑story, mass‑timber office will rise at City Foundry, adding roughly 83,000 sq ft and joining a large apartment phase in Midtown. The move is being pitched as St. Louis’ first mass‑timber office.

A Texas man was arrested after authorities say he tried to bring pistols and rifles onto the National Geospatial‑Intelligence Agency’s St. Louis campus. Police have identified the suspect and the case is under investigation.

Foggy mornings give way to hot, humid afternoons and scattered storms. Heat index could top 100°F through the weekend.

A late-night collision on I-55 in Perry County left one man dead and another hospitalized, state troopers say.

A man's body was found on a bluff above the Gravois Bluffs shopping center in Fenton Tuesday; St. Louis County Police say the death is under investigation.

Bricks from a city-owned vacant house crashed through a St. Louis woman's bathroom after weekend storms, narrowly missing her. The Land Reutilization Authority ordered emergency repairs.

Sylvie Dee’s will open its biggest shop yet in downtown Clayton this August, adding an in-house pastry kitchen and an expanded candy wall.

Recent St. Louis college graduates are facing tighter hiring as employers scale back openings and raise skill requirements.

In the St. Louis rematch, Cori Bush is targeting Wesley Bell’s pro‑Israel votes and the outside money supporting him. The Aug. 4 primary has become a nationalized test of local politics.