ST. MARY, Mo. (AP) — A suspected tornado damaged buildings and knocked out power in communities along the state line between Missouri and Illinois, and damage was reported in other parts of the states from severe weather. The National Weather Service says one suspected tornado moved Sunday night through St. Mary, Missouri, about 55 miles…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri’s largest utility has set up a data center at one of its coal-fired power plants that it is using to mine the Internet for bitcoins. Ameren Corp. officials say the data center could also help stabilize demand for electricity and help it avoid ramping production down and back up again,…
CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois Democrats have unveiled updated congressional maps that propose a second Latino-leaning Chicago-area district and could mean primary matchups for Democratic incumbents in the suburbs and Republican incumbents downstate. Democrats, who control state government and redistricting in Illinois, released the revised maps Saturday evening. The maps come weeks after their first draft…
PEVELY, Mo. (AP) — A 54-year-old Missouri man was killed after he was knocked off his scooter and struck by a tractor-trailer on Interstate 55 near Pevely, Missouri. A Missouri State Highway Patrol report said Dante R. Trice of St. Louis was driving his 2014 Lance Cali Classic 50 scooter Friday evening when a man…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A former pastor accused of sexually assaulting two women inside a suburban St. Louis Catholic supply store, then killing a third when she refused his sexual demands has pleaded guilty. Thomas Bruce entered the plea Friday to first-degree murder and other charges in the attacks in Ballwin, Missouri, on Nov. 19,…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A political action committee backing Republican Gov. Mike Parson is raising money with a new video highlighting his attacks on a Missouri newspaper. The video released Thursday is a response to the St. Post-Dispatch’s discovery of a a flaw in a state agency’s cybersecurity. The 55-second video released from Uniting…
The man shot and killed after allegedly attempting to break into cars at Cardinal Glennon Hosptial Wednesday has been identified as 32 year old Anthony Smith.St.Louis police say Smith was driving the car that hit a security guard in the parking lot, shots were fired and Smith was shot in the chest. The Security Gaurd…
CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois Democrats are getting pushback on new congressional district boundaries they proposed last week — and not just from Republicans who stand to lose U.S. House seats under the plan. Democrats who contol state government and redistricting in Illinois are expected to approve new maps as soon as next week. While it’s…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Republican state Rep. Tom Hannegan has died. Hannegan’s campaign treasurer, Scott Mell, confirmed the St. Charles lawmaker died Wednesday of a stroke at age 51. Voters elected Hannegan to the state House in 2016. He was one of few openly gay Missouri lawmakers. Hannegan advocated for criminal justice reform and…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Help for roughly 100,000 teachers whose Social Security numbers were vulnerable in a massive state data breach could cost Missouri as much as $50 million. Republican Gov. Mike Parson’s spokeswoman on Tuesday confirmed that the rough cost estimate includes credit monitoring and the cost of a call center to help teachers.…