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A 91-year-old U.S. Navy veteran has been given five medals he earned during World War II — nearly 70 years after the Illinois man refused to accept them.Click to Continue »

An October trial is scheduled for a former southeastern Missouri coroner accused of stealing more than $80,000 from a 94-year-old woman.Click to Continue »

Gov. Jay Nixon has approved legislation that will mark Sept. 16 as Mesothelioma Awareness Day in Missouri.Click to Continue »

An Air Force pilot and air commando who was shot down in 1970 during the Vietnam War will be buried at the Air Force Academy.Click to Continue »

The ball moved haltingly as the fifth-graders in Jackie Anderson's physical education class scrambled to get open.Click to Continue »

School board members in Danville are expected later this month to consider prohibiting pizza, cupcakes, cookies and other foods considered unhealthy from being sold during fundraisers or eaten during school…Click to Continue »

Hollywood Casino officials are opting to pay the Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas, more than $1 million rather than starting construction on a 248-room hotel.Click to Continue »

The St. Louis Zoo is putting the finishing touches on its new Arctic exhibit while it awaits the federal government to greenlight the transfer of an orphaned Alaskan polar bear…Click to Continue »

Lake County authorities have identified the man who drowned after a canoe overturned in the unincorporated community of Ingleside.Click to Continue »

A fishy surprise awaited a St. Louis university rowing crew as they pulled up to dock at Creve Coeur Lake, where they had been practicing.Click to Continue »