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ST. LOUIS — Barbara Baker remembers walking out of prison on Oct. 3, 1995. “God Himself couldn't have made me believe this is where I'll be,” she said, as she stood outside a transitional housing facility for women trying to pick up the pieces of their lives after serving time just like Baker did.

A 22-year-old St. Louis man has been charged with multiple counts of murder and assault.

May 20 (UPI) -- The Saint Louis Zoo have announced the birth of two critically endangers Amur leopard cubs. The female newborns are the first cubs born at the zoo since 2010. Their births help the Amur leopard population in North American zoos as they are considered to be one of the most endangered cats in the world.

WOOD RIVER — A Bunker Hill man and his wife have filed suit against a nursing home and a hospital following his fall from a gurney. Ron Boden and his wife, Betty, allege the Alton Memorial Hospital Ambulance Service and Integrity Healthcare of Wood River are responsible for a June 24, 2020, fall as Ron Boden was being transferred from the nursing to an ambulance.

Severe weather is slamming the St. Louis region Thursday afternoon, including a pattern of tornado-warned storms

United States District Court Judge Ronnie L. White sentenced a significant dealer of methamphetamine Thursday to nine years in prison. Anne R. Jekel, 42, of St. Louis County, was caught multiple times in possession of methamphetamine and guns. On Nov. 29, 2016, Maryland Heights police officers arrested her on outstanding warrants and found a pistol, 100.7 grams of methamphetamine, and $4,735 in cash.

Executives around the league believe the Nationals will shop superstar Juan Soto this summer, let’s take a look at what the Cardinals could offer for him. There have been few players this in the last decade that have as much talent at the plate as Nationals outfielder Juan Soto. Since debuting at age 19 in 2018, Soto has emerged as one of the best players in baseball and arguably one of the most difficult left handed hitters to face since Barry Bonds. That makes the news that the Nationals could feel “compelled” and “motivated” to trade Soto that much crazier, according to Buster Olney of ESPN.

The Missouri Supreme Court denied a request by U.S. Senate candidate Mark McCloskey and his wife to give free legal advice to a conservative activist group as a condition of their professional probation, but McCloskey said Thursday he’ll try to find another right-wing organization to represent. Mark and Patricia...

Could the St. Louis Cardinals pursue a reunion with Matt Carpenter? It may seem unlikely, but it’s not as crazy as you might think. OK, let me get ahead of this. After how Matt Carpenter performed with the St. Louis Cardinals in recent seasons, a reunion would seem to make little sense. But his numbers in Triple-A this season – .275/.379/.613 in 21 games – perhaps reveal that he may have turned a corner.

ST. LOUIS (KMOV) -- The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department arrested 18-year-old Marshawn Stepney of St. Louis in connection to a crash that left five family members dead on May 6. The St. Louis Circuit Attorney’s Office has charged Stepney with second-degree murder after the crash that happened near Delmar...

MOUNT OLIVE, Ill. — A Queen of Hearts raffle drawing was held tonight at Turner Hall in Mount Olive, Illinois. This was the 53rd round in the drawing, and only two cards remained. The object is for a raffle winner to pick the queen of hearts. If they don’t,...

A south St. Louis neighborhood is facing an influx of crime, sparked by a social media challenge.

The St. Louis Cardinals have had "The Secret Weapon" leading runners around the basepaths for most of the 21st century. But it wasn't until Wednesday that José Oquendo made his season coaching debut at third base.

The St. Louis Cardinals had a rough series in New York, going 1-3 in the hard-fought series. The St. Louis Cardinals had their moments all series where they looked great but unfortunately were only able to get one win in the four-game set. The series left the club so up...

Play ball! SI Swimsuit models traded swimwear for baseball jerseys two days after the release of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit 2022 covers. One of this year’s cover stars, Yumi Nu, along with fellow models Brooks Nader and Cindy Kimberly went out to the ball game on Wednesday, May 18, 2022, to watch the New York Mets play the St. Louis Cardinals.

This story has been updated to include the comments of Mark McCloskey. The Missouri Supreme Court has rejected the request of Mark and Patricia McCloskey, the St. Louis lawyers who brandished guns at Black Lives Matter protesters in 2020, to provide pro bono legal services to Project Veritas, a right-wing media group, as a condition of their probation.

EAST ST. LOUIS – Two men have been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges relating to the construction of Aldi grocery stores in Southern Illinois and Missouri. In the nine-count indictment, former Aldi Regional Director of Real Estate Louis Ross, 62, of Florissant, Missouri, and Donald Schniers, 71, of Breese, the owner of the C. Juengel Company, were both charged with one count of conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, four counts of mail fraud, and four counts of wire fraud.

BELLEVILLE, Ill. — Pastor Rick Koonce of Faith Baptist in Belleville had just laid eyes on Main Street minutes before Thursday night’s storm swept through the Metro East. He got a call from his maintenance man saying the church’s roof was in the parking lot. The gable...

In a shocking development, the St. Louis Cardinals are calling up top prospects Nolan Gorman and Matthew Liberatore. The future has arrived. The St. Louis Cardinals are calling up top prospects Nolan Gorman and Matthew Liberatore, according to Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Gorman will join the team on Friday while Liberatore will start Saturday against the Pittsburgh Pirates.

United States District Court Judge Stephen R. Clark sentenced a Ferguson, Missouri man who was shot while trying to find methamphetamine that had been seized by authorities to 165 months (13.75 years) in prison. Cedric D. Baker, 49, flew to Houston, Texas on July 30, 2020, and bought over 10...