ST. LOUIS - Scientists around St. Louis worry their medical research will lose key funding as the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced changes on how finance grants can be received.  Companies and institutions in Missouri were awarded more than 1,500 NIH grants in 2024, and1,192 of those went to Washington University—a worth of $732 [...]

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. - Danijel Blagojevic was on everyone's mind as his teammates played without him Friday.  The 19-year-old tennis player at Missouri Baptist University was injured in a head-on collision on Interstate 270 last week. "It was hard to just put it to the side, especially for me and a couple of others, [...]

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- It's been exactly one year since the deadly post-rally celebration shooting out of Union Station after the Chiefs won Super Bowl LIX. One woman was killed, and 22 others were hurt on February 14, 2024. In June of that year, The United Way of Greater Kansas City dispersed more than $2 [...]

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Rep. Claudia Tenney (R-N.Y.) announced Friday a proposed bill, the Establishment Act, which seeks to make President Trump’s birthday and Flag Day a federal holiday in the United States. Trump’s birthday, falling on June 14, coincides with Flag Day—which acknowledges the adoption of the stars and stripes as the official U.S. flag [...]

MISSOURI -- A new Missouri bill would allow cotton trailers to travel faster on roadways despite a current speed limitation. According to Senate Bill 28, the proposal would increase the maximum speed cotton trailers may travel from 40 miles per hour to 65 miles per hour. Humpback whale briefly swallows kayaker — and it’s all [...]

MISSOURI -- A rare, all-white hawk was rescued this week in Fredericktown, Missouri, after suffering from an injury. A family in Fredericktown told Madison County Conservation about the injured raptor after it was spotted outside their home. According to the Missouri Department of Conservation, the all-white and red-tailed hawk has a condition known as leucism [...]

ST. LOUIS - An undocumented immigrant living in St. Charles County was indicted Thursday on a federal child pornography charge. Francisco J. Ocana-Talamantes, 46, was indicted on one count of receiving child pornography, according to a news release from the U.S. Department of Justice. The indictment accuses Ocana-Talamantes of receiving images that contained child sexual [...]

RED BUD, Ill. - A fallen North Las Vegas police officer is returning home to Illinois Friday afternoon. Officer Jason Roscow is arriving at St. Louis Lambert International Airport just after 4 p.m. Friday and will be transported to his hometown of Red Bud, Illinois, by the Monroe County Sheriff's Department. Sections of highways will [...]

ST. LOUIS - Ameren Missouri announced a key update to its preferred resource plan on Friday, one through which the company aims to expand energy resources and ensure reliable and affordable power for customers. The updated plan focuses on expanding natural gas, renewable energy, battery storage, and nuclear power resources to meet steady demand. It [...]

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. -- A former sales associate at an Affton, Missouri, auction house has been charged with stealing over $25,000 of items and selling them on his personal eBay account. According to court documents, Andrew Bauer, 34, has been charged with stealing products from GRS Auction and Liquidations and selling stolen items on [...]