Lance Shockley, a man on death row in Missouri, wanted items from the crime scene to undergo DNA testing to potentially prove his innocence.
The court scheduled proceedings on his request — but the date set was for two days after his execution.
About 800 students at KIPP Victory Academy and KIPP Inspire Academy will not be returning to their north St. Louis school buildings this fall after St. Louis Public Schools terminated the charter schools’ building leases.
A Missouri House committee heard testimony Monday on a bill that would eliminate capital punishment as a sentencing option for the most serious felonies, including murder.
If the legislation becomes law, life imprisonment without parole would be the state’s most serious sentence.
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St. Charles County Council Chair Mike Elam said the training would help officers to serve as liaisons for ICE without taking away from their regular duties.
St. Louis County Executive Sam Page will not be going on trial later this month on campaign finance and stealing charges.
His trial, which had been set to start later this month, has been delayed:
Developers behind a proposed Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in north St. Louis say they’re making progress after seeking a conditional use permit from the city.
This announcement comes a week after an in-depth story commissioned by the River City Journalism Fund examined some of the nearly 6,500 lawsuits filed against Syngenta in the federal courthouse in East St. Louis.
Cahokia Heights residents have found E. coli in their drinking water through community-organized testing of samples from kitchen taps.
The results raise new questions about infrastructure in a community plagued by sewage spills and flooding.
In Missouri, nurse practitioners need an agreement with a physician to prescribe controlled substances.
A new bill would remove that requirement for qualified nurses who have logged 2,000 documented hours with a collaborating doctor.
In a prison system rife with drugs, a new civil rights lawsuit accuses the Missouri Department of Corrections of punishing people for addiction, rather than treating it.
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The public has until the end of the day on Monday to weigh in on how much pollution a Metro East coal plant should be allowed to put into the air.
The Prairie State coal plant, located near Marissa in St. Claire County, emits pollutants such as the cancer-causing chemicals chromium and vanadium.
A St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum exhibit connects past Japanese American injustice to today’s America.
Eight featured artists in “Resilience - A Sansei Sense of Legacy” use their work to confront the lasting effects of the internment of their elders during World War II.
Dozens of mourners packed sardine-dense into the Crow’s Nest bar in Maplewood on a Friday night in February.
The occasion? A funeral for kegs of Stag, the classic American lager with deep roots in St. Louis and the Metro East.
The Pulitzer Arts Foundation is celebrating 25 years in Grand Center with an exhibition organized by its founder, Emily Rauh Pulitzer.
“Dialogues and Conversations” juxtaposes works from her collection with key pieces from the Pulitzer Arts Foundation’s history.
A St. Louis native says her family is struggling to find flights out of the United Arab Emirates following retaliatory strikes from Iran.
State Department guidance says citizens should not expect to be evacuated by the U.S. government.
The Missouri House moved to restore voting rights to people on probation and parole.
Many Missourians that are under state supervision would have their voting rights restored, likely in August, if the Senate approves the bill. People who have committed suffrage-related offenses would be excluded.
While state lawmakers are divided on the legality of video gaming machines, a federal judge’s ruling is prompting state and local officials to get them removed.
Here’s why video gaming is generating passionate opinions across the state:
The Missouri Legislature passed the more than $3 billion budget bill, sending the state supplemental budget to Gov. Mike Kehoe.
The budget includes $86 million in general revenue to St. Louis for additional tornado relief. That’s in addition to $100 million the legislature allocated last year.
Tiny shards of plastic called microplastics are all over the environment and even inside human bodies.
Researchers have found a type of bioengineered algae that can clean up these pesky particles. From Harvest Public Media:
A Missouri Senate committee heard testimony on three bills that would regulate artificial intelligence.
One of the bills heard would declare that AI is a nonsentient entity that cannot own property, be recognized as a person or spouse or serve as a manager or director of a company.
Kansas City-based EPR Properties will acquire Six Flags St. Louis and six other regional Six Flags parks in a deal valued at $342 million.
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U.S. Army Reserves Captain Cody Khork, a Webster University student, is among the half a dozen U.S. service members who have been killed in the United States and Israel’s war with Iran.
Illusionist David Kwong delights and challenges people with his crossword puzzles, found in the New York Times.
His live stage show, “The Enigmatist,” runs March 7 through April 5 at the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency told St. Louis it will not pay for most building demolitions the city hoped would be covered.
This denial means St. Louis will have less money to spend on rebuilding.
The new U.S. Department of Health and Human Services guidelines increased the recommended daily protein intake from 0.8 grams per kilogram of body weight to 1.2 to 1.6 grams.
But nutrition experts across the country have mixed feelings about the new emphasis. From Harvest Public Media:
The Boathouse at Forest Park will open a beer and wine garden in April to bridge the gap while the facility undergoes renovations this year.
The tented pop-up will feature a rotating restaurant and bar menu with house cocktails, along with live music and food trucks on some weekends.
After a contentious floor debate, Missouri senators passed their version of the supplemental state budget Tuesday.
Because the Senate made changes to the House version, the measure now returns to the Missouri House:
St. Louisan Peggy Winckowski, aka Grandma Peggy, was just named as one of USA Today's 2026 Women of the Year — an honor well deserved! ❤️ #STL #StLouis @stlpublicradio.bsky.social
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