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Bruce Springsteen, the multimillionaire working-class prophet from New Jersey, sang it best: "Glory days, yeah, they'll pass you by/Glory days, in the wink of a young girl's eye ..."Click to Continue »

A Missouri inmate has been executed for killing a man in a fit of rage over child support payments 16 years ago.Click to Continue »

Southern Illinois University has narrowed its search for the school's new chancellor to four finalists.Click to Continue »

A compromise between Missouri House and Senate Republicans that would lower the lifetime limit for temporary cash assistance for low-income families from 60 months to 45 months is moving forward.Click to Continue »

Lawyers for a Missouri death row inmate scheduled to die for the 1998 stabbing death of a man over child support payments have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to stay…Click to Continue »

Gov. Bruce Rauner's top budget aide says more grants could be suspended this year on top of tens of millions in suspensions sent to nonprofits earlier this month.Click to Continue »

Some Missouri lawmakers want to charge prisoners seeking non-emergency medical care 50 cents per visit with exceptions for chronic illness treatment and some other circumstances.Click to Continue »

Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon on Tuesday appointed a Democratic county treasurer to replace former Republican state Auditor Tom Schweich, who fatally shot himself earlier this year.Click to Continue »

Missouri's highest court has upheld limits to the damages property owners can recover in nuisance lawsuits against agricultural operations.Click to Continue »

An Illinois Wesleyan University freshman is facing allegations that he sold large quantities of illegal drugs from his dorm room.Click to Continue »