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Officials say a substitute teacher won't be allowed back into an Independence district classroom until an investigation into accusations he hit several third-graders finishes.Click to Continue »

St. Louis' governing board appears ready to decide a measure that would allow citizens to review complaints against police officers.Click to Continue »

A St. Louis man faces charges following accusations he beat to death a Chihuahua and injured another.Click to Continue »

A man faces several charges after Springfield authorities say he broke into a woman's home, put on her clothes and then left the scene on her bicycle.Click to Continue »

Many sick kids can't or won't swallow pills — and that can make them sicker. But there may be some pretty simple ways to help the medicine go down, a…Click to Continue »

Prosecutors say an Uber driver with a concealed carry permit shot a 22-year-old man who opened fire on a group of pedestrians in Chicago.Click to Continue »

One person is dead after a car crashed into a piece of construction equipment in eastern Missouri.Click to Continue »

The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum has launched a new website, which visitors can use on a smartphone or tablet while touring the museum.Click to Continue »

Prosecutors have dropped more than a dozen charges just one day before a city police officer was to face questions about a secret device used to locate suspects in a…Click to Continue »

Police have released the name of a man killed in a deadly St. Louis shooting.Click to Continue »