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Opening statements are scheduled to start Monday in the trial of a parolee accused of the 2010 killings of a Chicago police officer and a former city official.Click to Continue »

Authorities say an 80-year-old St. Louis man is dead after stopping his car in the passing lane of a mid-Missouri highway and getting struck from behind.Click to Continue »

A Missouri man has survived the earthquake and avalanche that has killed more than 3,000 people in Nepal.Click to Continue »

Nick Nagele was cooking up a lucrative future at Whiskey Acres last week — about 500 gallons worth.Click to Continue »

Illinois' attorney general is continuing a statewide tour to generate support for more stringent efforts to prevent campus sex assaults.Click to Continue »

A southern Illinois police officer who filed a racial discrimination complaint against his employer after he was denied a promotion has been elected to the Marion City Council.Click to Continue »

Residents of Chicago will see more than 11,000 new trees planted citywide this year.Click to Continue »

A University of Missouri graduate has donated $1 million for to the journalism school for LGBT research and education.Click to Continue »

The Chicago mother of a mountain climber who survived a deadly earthquake in Nepal says she's relieved but has lingering concerns about how her son will get off Mount Everest.Click to Continue »

A Missouri soldier has been buried more than four decades after he died in an Army helicopter crash.Click to Continue »