The five-year fund is providing $50 billion in grants meant to address rural healthcare access and health improvement, with $10 billion available each year until 2030.

U.S. Rep. Nikki Budzinski, who pushed for the grants, said money will modernize facilities and improve shipping of Illinois grain to other states.

ST. LOUIS COUNTY A Lincoln County man faces felony charges here for cutting down automated license plate readers on Halloween night.

Jeffrey Thompson was shot in the shoulder by a police officer while standing on his front porch with a knife on the morning of May 26, 2025.

Opening of the new span follows the December 2024 opening of the new eastbound bridge.

Police said the boy may have accidentally shot himself.

The Future Ready SLPS plan has recommendations for closing schools, changing grade configurations and eliminating most magnet programs next fall.

Mussels are ecosystem engineers, modifying their aquatic environments to make them more habitable for themselves and their neighbors.

Headlines from the Nov. 10, 1926, front page include: Evidence shows hasty burial of both bodies in Hall-Mills case

September 8, 1927 - November 5, 2026

September 18, 1982 - November 1, 2026

The family of a mother who was shot last year at a notorious St. Louis gas station filed a wrongful death lawsuit Thursday against the site's owners and operators.

ST. CHARLES COUNTY Missouri Department of Transportation crews will shift westbound Interstate 70 traffic near Foristell starting Thursday. The shifts will occur between the Warren-St. Charles County line and the Foristell weigh station.

Police shot and killed a man last week in Wellston, while attempting to serve him a mental health warrant for treatment.

Democrat Budzinski, from Springfield, Illinois, represents parts of Madison, St. Clair counties. She was reelected last week with about 63% of vote.

In a rare move, a 14-year-old accused of shooting and killing a teen at a school track meet will be charged as an adult.

Legislation to approve a new lease for St. Louis County government operations will be introduced Tuesday. Page calls on county to move workers to existing office space.

Maggi Tudor used her position as a payroll technician at Pinckneyville Correctional Center to falsify the overtime and holiday pay of her husband, who worked as a correctional officer.

Karen Snider was stabbed dozens of times in her Calumet City home.

The elk can become agitated if people park their vehicles too close to him.

Taylor died after a long battle with cancer.

St. Louis County-based technology firm TierPoint is suing an artificial intelligence client, alleging the firm owes $15.5 million in unpaid fees.

St. Louis-area school districts say they will be able to stave off looming financial troubles that could force layoffs, increase class sizes and curb extracurricular activities after voters approved a slew of tax referendums last week.

The St. Louis police department will receive $68 million over three years through a federal grant, officials announced Monday.

Calling Hesgeth "incompetent" and "malevolent," Congressman-elect Wellman said he "absolutely" supports his impeachement for doing "generational damage" to military