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Cook County prosecutors have dropped charges against a Chicago driver who was accused of sexually assaulting an Uber passenger in November.Click to Continue »

A Missouri man has been sentenced to the maximum term of 15 years in federal prison for sending threatening letters while he already was a prison inmate.Click to Continue »

Joplin has seen more than $1.1 billion in repairs and new construction since a May 2011 tornado devastated parts of the city.Click to Continue »

In the Amelia Gayle Gorgas Library on Friday, a professor of architecture and historian discussed the building's antebellum predecessor that stood at the site on the University of Alabama's campus…Click to Continue »

A gun range in suburban Chicago is teaching children how to shoot pistols.Click to Continue »

A teenager's parents are seeing a widespread response to a Facebook post about their son who overdosed on heroin and Xanax in St. Charles County last month.Click to Continue »

The Missouri State Highway Patrol is asking for help from the public in identifying a man who was fatally struck while walking on the roadway of a southeast Missouri highway.Click to Continue »

The financial picture for the Black River Coliseum in Poplar Bluff is facing increasing scrutiny from city officials.Click to Continue »

Illinois State University has unveiled a portrait of President Larry Dietz.Click to Continue »

The Rev. Joel Davis knows how to celebrate a birthday.Click to Continue »