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Police board holds off on vote for command staff raises for two weeks, fire department claps back on police chief's comments on pay parity, realtors group spend ~$2M to defeat Gov. Kehoe's top priority, armed teens breaking into cars released by police, woman who left elderly in hot van sentenced to prison

State-appointed police board wanted more city general revenue gets bad news from judge, city hearing on major water rate hike, Festus city attorney asked to investigate recall efforts, Troy fireworks fan to stay in jail during trial for killing three, Wentzville explosion damages homes, major sports announcement expected Thursday

Just Moms co-founders appear in EPA video, state police board adds millions in raises to its request, woman pins cop with car after SWAT called on her, legal challenges continue in Gov. Kehoe's push to eliminate income tax, city/county raise PRIDE flags

Power outages due to early storms, privacy concerns over U-City license plate readers, experimenting with cashless parking in city, customers still complaining about Walgreens pharmacies, Illinois students may soon lose phone privileges, major upgrades in Clayton school district

Jefferson Co. Clerk certified signatures in Festus recall effort except for Ward 1, $30M federal grant for Lambert overhaul, Gov. Kehoe doesn't like gas tax suspension idea, Berkeley party ends in shooting and car in lake, Heart of St. Charles coming down today, U-City Golf Course mess, contractor charged with defrauding tornado victims

Mayor Spencer questions why state police board had to rush vote on dones while she was in other meeting, second person charged in North Co. Steak 'n Shake killing, Greater St. Louis Inc panel discussion talks up data centers, Gateway South project delayed due to massive fire, O'Fallon IL wants to boost youth sports tourism

Some lobby for more Rams money to go to North City tornado help, St. Louis Police chief announces new drone program, FBI's Operation Viper nets 91 arrests, two arrests in city street takeover including woman with toddler in car, 1993 Granite City murder solved, small business optimism waning, more downtown buildings to be auctioned off

Local Memorial Day celebrations, not enough park rangers to patrol city pools, city sheriff's department helped pools open and will patrol Metrolink, survey shows Manchester Road in West Co. is awful, Ebola concerns with World Cup here, sepsis and Kyle Busch, Lambert Airport federal grant

North County residents get update from Army Corps about radiation cleanup, mayor addresses huge water rate hikes, bus rapid transit for city is coming, state's only Montessori high school closes, Soul On Fire with Gateway Grizzlies, risk of flooding help for homeowners

Aldermen mull bill that could more than double water rates for city residents, St. Louis County jail could stop giving medical care to inmates, Cong. Bell updates on USPS problems, Atty. Gen. Hanaway goes after Bitcoin ATMs, Cardinals all in on Tarps-Off, Bayer Crop Science settlement with DOJ

A Jefferson Co. middle school teacher charged for interaction with 13-year old, St. Charles City passes data center ban, Franklin Co. residents dig in on data center process, police board makes case its entitled to Rams money, businesses included in Chesterfield taxing district protest

Hundreds turn out to protest two data centers in Franklin Co., city planning commission holds off on data center rules vote, St. Charles to vote on large data center ban, body found in container in Boone Co., Board of Aldermen subpoena state police board since they won't answer budget questions, upgrades to St. Charles jail

Greater St. Louis, Inc. talks matching funds for downtown, 8-year old DeSoto IL boy dies after being hit with bat, 2-day Metro East crackdown garners dozens of arrests, Cong. Bell's bill addresses tornado warning improvements, GOP gerrymandering complicates job for local election officials, O'Fallon homes to be built after lawsuit

Man recounts being in church that collapsed during tornado, north city man charged with killing father and setting house on fire, Arnold middle school teacher charged with sex abuse against student, Cong. Wagner wants FBI to investigate local USPS problems, St. Louis population decline worsens, marijuana company hit with anti-trust lawsuit

Judge removes county prosecutor from Sam Page case and puts Atty. Gen. on it, tax incentive bill that could help downtown moves forward, Trump's Iran war impacting local produce prices, 3-year old kills self with dad's gun, update on Blues' TV future, Lewis & Clark Tower reopens today

Missouri's high court sweeps aside challenges to approve GOP gerrymandering, county council says it has proof county executive worked outside job, Mayor Spencer says state police board intends to squeeze city dry, Missouri AG's office gaming raid, United Way tornado recovery efforts

Some Creve Coeur residents against apartments and "transients," state board overseeing police asks court how much of city's general revenue it's entitled to, city outlines new framework for data centers, county talk on data centers is today, Millennium Hotel tower coming down, more north city homes slated for demolition

Clubhouse at French Quarter Apartments to be torn down due to radiation, Belleville apartment fire injures five, searching for man in Spanish Lake Park, meeting tonight on data center rules for city, accused rapist who found victims on Instagram in court today, when county pools open

Citizen lawsuit says state-controlled police board violates will of voters, Attorney General claims Mayor is defunding police, man found guilty of raping woman abducted from Collinsville drive-thru, Boeing heads up today's tire clean up in Kinloch, Teamsters strike against liquor distributor

Give STL Day a chance for hundreds of local non-profits to raise money, lawsuit over state control of St. Louis police goes to trial, St. Louis Police fast-track hiring, city booting cars with outstanding parking tickets, St. Louis Co. residents complain about trash pickup, Lambert to raise parking fees, City Foundry traffic up

St. Louis Co. Exec. Sam Page thinks combining police, 911, libraries and more could help city/county; state-run police board submits budget to city without going before committee; St. Charles considers data center ban; state transportation bill passes Missouri House; YWCA wins big award

City fire chief explains why emergency sirens went off during storm Monday, some questioning sirens in St. Clair County, Ferguson city council says no to data center tax breaks, St. Charles revisiting data center ban, Missouri lawmakers must get budget to governor by Friday, bus rapid transit meetings tonight, Schnucks closing small store concepts

Argument between two workers leads to stabbing death overnight at Busch, woman charged with hitting Jeff City cop with car, gas prices almost doubled, gas analyst says could take a year or more for prices to fall again, Ferguson data center on agenda tonight, area banks work to get "unbanked" into safe account

St. Louis Postal Accountability and Reform Act introduced after pile of dumped mail found in north city, police want help tracking car that killed bicyclist Thursday in North Co., I-64 project will replace 12 bridges, Loop Trolley rides again, will new Six Flags owners keep DC Comics characters?

Postal investigators looking into undelivered mail mountain dumped in north city lot, mental impacts of severe weather, police board chair and mayor exchange barbs over budget, hiking speed limit in Missouri has its detractors, Farmington officer on leave pending sexual assault accusation, giant building mural to be touched up

Some still without power from Monday's storms, two tornadoes confirmed so far, city budget includes police raises, former city alderman going to federal prison, St. Charles Co. police adding drones, prosecutors say death penalty for Pam Hupp off the table, teens now need adult supervision at Six Flags, major downtown property for sale

Trees and power lines down in Ferguson after storms, power outages persist on both sides of the river, opening new county police precinct in Maryland Heights, accused drive-thru shooter wants bail lowered, STL Co. plan to forgive traffic tickets, St. Charles debates 911 drones, new affordable senior housing in Bevo Mill

Rounds of severe weather moving through region, several school districts to dismiss early, tips from Ameren to be prepared for outages, DeSoto home struck by lightning, new Six Flags owner don't have chaperone policy but may after teen fights opening day, TAUC closes five urgent cares due to lack of patients

A hole in the bridge deck of I-64 has been repaired, pedestrian hit-and-run at Grand & Itaska, city residents attend town hall on escalating water rates, developer Bob Clark criticizes St. Louis City Council, Six Flags opens this weekend for final time, Earth Day Festival this weekend, Holocaust Museum milestone

Fatal shooting near Delmar Loop transit center, sentencing today for man in Collinsville murder-for-hire, Sen. Hawley asks HHS Secy. RFK Jr about health impacts of data centers, Hallmark moving HQ for new Royals stadium, St. Louis air quality not great, ignore texts about paying traffic tickets

Data center at Armory in Midtown moves forward, Board of Alderman president says deal on Rams money close, voters will decide on fate of state income tax, truck slams into South Grand barber shop, cops say good police work in Steak 'n Shake shooting arrest, father charged after toddler falls from high-rise window

Water rates in city to go up every year to pay for infrastructure repairs, police oversight board in limbo after state takeover, woman charged with killing Steak 'n Shake drive-thru worker, food truck owner killed in Ferguson shoot-out, city smoke shop shut down after raid, TV merger that would impact St. Louis media blocked temporarily

Multiple people shot Sunday in Centralia but no firm number, triple shooting in Ferguson leaves one dead, five arrested for disrupting mayor's state of city address, Harris Stowe reacts to state funding changes, first British Airways director flight from STL to Heathrow, pandemic fraud indictments nab head of gospel music museum effort

Major water main break in north city, fallen Wentzville fire captain Tommy Shine dignified transfer tonight, Mayor Spencer to deliver State of the City, Gov. Kehoe weighs in on mayor/budget fight, Co. Exec. Page can leave country without reliquishing power, union electricians to fix up low-income homes for free

St. Louis Co. Exec. Page won't go to London is lawsuit to stop council chair fails, Sen. Hawley accuses State Farm of underpaying tornado damage and wants federal investigation, local vendors shocked by Painted Tree closure, February jobs report for MO show slight growth

St. Louis County Executive/council feud over revenue department cuts and who's in charge when Page leaves country, four shot on north side Tuesday night, NAACP wants city jail deaths investigated as homicides, Hawley and Durbin join forces against tech, small business confidence fading

3-year old dies after falling out high-rise window, Ballwin man found guilty of raping 7 women, Troy IL home explosion from materials used to fireworks, St. Louis City sues state-run Police Board, St. Louis Co. jail short guard, Festus citizens file lawsuit over data center

One person dead after Spanish Lake drive-thru shooting, Cherokee Street cancels Cinco de Mayo festival, sign structure crashes onto I-64 shutting down roadway, Rev. Rice helping those evicted from condemned apartments, Festus mayor says voters changed nothing

City earnings tax overwhelmingly approved, Festus voters revolt against data center, condemned apartments leave people with nowhere to go, fingerpointing between STL county executive and council, wastewater tests show high RSV, No Mow April for the bees, job fair today in St. Charles

Home explosion in Godfrey just days after one in Troy, state auditor says Arnold improperly taxed citizens for years, municipal election day look at Prop F and Prop R-T, Great Rivers and Routes taken by surprise at Alton cutting back on tourism dollars, nuns selling their Mississippi River campus in Lemay

String of shootings, several a gas stations, leave three dead, others injured; Fairview Heights man sentenced for rape on Arch grounds; trial of Ballwin man charged with raping 7 women starts today; teen violence town hall in Florissant; North Co. police helping ICE, visiting schools; gas prices continue to climb; Waterloo schools closed due to vandalism

Sixty-three people ticketed and 13 arrested at condemned south city apartment complex, town hall Saturday to discuss fatal track shooting and gun violence, Festus residents angry about data center start recall petition, St. Louis Blues TV network ending, gas prices continue to rise, Hoffman buys more Clayton real estate

Veteran officer dies after medical emergency, Overland man killed by police after chase from county into city, Co. Exec. Page refines how he sees 'merger,' pilot project in city looks to turn underutilized spots into public spaces, local company Gift-a-Meal has been purchased, City Foundry TIF on hold amid wage dispute

13-year old kills one and wounds another at track meet last night, bone fragments found could be that of teen missing since 2008, women who prompted fake Amber alert charged, last minute addition in St. Louis Co. Executive race, no vote Tuesday on city data center, St. Louis in top 5 for pranksters

Man who shot at officer near South City Home Depot on loose this morning, AMBER alert for 5-year old county girl called a fake, downtown safety program ends due to funding cuts, Festus data center moves forward despite angry crowd, Armory data center hearing today, Joe Edwards selling off Delmar Loop properties

Training police to help ICE round people up on the docket tonight, residents opposed plan to hold news conference, Missouri Secretary of State struggles to answer questions on SAVE Act, gas prices holding steady this week, Sen. Duckworth says not paying TSA was unnecessary, Sen. Schmitt says its all Democrats' fault

More than a dozen local No Kings Marches planned tomorrow, Cahokia Heights blaze engulfs businesses and vehicles, Uber driver charged with raping passenger, daycare owner charged with death of 3-year old not showing up in court, audit of city building division underway after massive theft, where the jobs will be in St. Louis

Ballwin man accused of raping women he met on dating apps in court today, city corrections commissioner says locks still problem at city jail, city police will have extra officers out today, KMOX alum Bob Costas talks about MLB back on NBC, St. Louisan gets national attention for national anthem, school for immigrant and refugee children closing as enrollment shrinks

70-year old Dr. Craig Spiegel sentenced to 20-years for exchanging drugs for sex, 13-year old shot in North St. Louis, one man arrested in weekend smoke shop shoot-out, Co. Exec. Page canceling 4th of July celebration due to budget cuts, county council authorizes subpoenas in their ethics investigation of Page, West Lake Landfill one step closer to clean-up

County council ethics council going after county executive again for practicing medicine, police spokesman cites wide support for weekend curfew, fatal pedestrian hit-and-runs on the rise, man electrocuted stealing copper wire near Labadie power plant, new offerings at Busch Stadium this season, downtown parking garage coming down