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The bill requires school districts to develop a written policy on cellphone use in schools. That policy must be in place for the 2026-27 school year.

Rain is expected to fall over the St. Louis region through the weekend, bringing risks of wind, tornadoes, hail and floods.

California U.S. Sen. Adam Schiff’s decision to place a hold on Ed Martin’s U.S. attorney nomination for Washington, D.C., casts doubt on whether he’ll get confirmed.

The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department reports that overall crime in the city is down by 28% from the first quarter of last year.

Jane Sacro Chatham of Vicia is up for emerging chef and Loryn Nalic of Balkan Treat Box for best chef: Midwest.

The future of hundreds of investigations into possible civil rights violations at schools across the Midwest, and thousands more nationwide, are in question after the Trump Administration shuttered seven of 12 Department of Education offices charged with running the investigations.

An ornithologist spent four decades tracking 40,000 bird deaths at a single building. His records paved the way to better scientific and public understanding.

In mid-February, the federal government cut a $4.7 million grant to the Arbor Day Foundation’s Community Roots Program. It brings trees to low-income communities. Beyond Housing, Forest ReLeaf and the Friends of the Bellefontaine Cemetery would have planted thousands of trees with the funding.

Planned Parenthood has asked a judge to overturn the Missouri health department’s newly published emergency rule governing complication plans for medication abortions.

The library board that serves Collinsville and Fairmont City will remain conservative leaning after Tuesday’s election.