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A southern Illinois prosecutor says he is no longer taking cases from a troubled village police force targeted in a recent state police raid.Click to Continue »

The 24-9 roll call Wednesday by which the Missouri Senate voted to override Gov. Jay Nixon's veto of a local elections bill that, among other things, would bar former superintendents…Click to Continue »

The law gives police officers latitude to use deadly force when they feel physically endangered, but there's far less legal flexibility when it comes to opening fire at fleeing individuals.Click to Continue »

Missouri House and Senate lawmakers are set to reconcile differences in a $26 billion budget for next fiscal year.Click to Continue »

A surge of voters helped alter the racial makeup of the Ferguson City Council, and observers said Wednesday that the change creates a new energy in a community trying to…Click to Continue »

St. Louis police are looking for the driver of a pickup truck that left the scene after striking a father and son in downtown St. Louis.Click to Continue »

The 111-49 roll call Wednesday by which the Missouri House voted to override Gov. Jay Nixon's veto of a local elections bill that, among other things, would bar former superintendents…Click to Continue »

Authorities have evacuated several southern Illinois homes in response to damage caused by sinking ground above a collapsed Macoupin County mine.Click to Continue »

Crews are working to clear a path through ice on eastern Lake Superior that's left freighters unable to move, including one that had a hole punched in its hull.Click to Continue »

A measure Missouri lawmakers hoped would be in place before Tuesday's local elections to exempt some elections from partisan requirements is getting a second chance.Click to Continue »