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Bertha G. Ravenscraft-Perkins of Ashland died Oct. 1, 2012. She was 84.

A proposed amendment is meant to make blight designation more difficult, but opponents of the proposal think it could broaden the city government's power and cause the opposite effect.

Approximately 1,322 vehicles were checked at the intersection of Stadium Boulevard and Mick Deaver Memorial Drive.

Ed Williams will be going up against incumbent Jeff Hoelscher for Cole County Eastern District commissioner. 

The University of Missouri System's Institutional Research and Planning department offers data about how much and what kind of financial aid UM students are receiving.

St. Louis clinched a tie for the second National League wild card and spoiled Dusty Baker's return from a mini-stroke with a 4-2 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Monday night.

Rep. Todd Akin is the most recent in a line of political candidates to bring the finances of Sen. Claire McCaskill's husband, Joseph Shepard, to the political playing field.

Proposition 1 will be on ballot this November. If it passes, there will be a quarter-cent sales tax in Boone County to fun children's mental health services.

U.S. District Judge Carole Jackson rejected a lawsuit by a Catholic St. Louis business owner as to whether his business can be compelled to provide health insurance covering contraception.

Although he has a history of supporting bills with earmarks, Rep. Todd Akin is now aligning himself with a group that wants to ban them.

Kansas City starter Matt Cassel has thrown a league-leading seven interceptions, including three first-half picks in Sunday's 37-20 loss to San Diego.

St. Louis is coming off a 19-13 victory over Seattle on Sunday relatively healthy and gets a second consecutive home game for its Thursday night matchup with Arizona.

The Congressional Research  Service published a report that concludes there is little evidence to suggest that "trickle down economics" actually works.

The economics of the current drought are likely to nose up prices for bacon and other pork products next year, by as much as 10 percent.

All of the more than 12,600 fish were marked and chipped before biologists released them into the Grand, Osage and Gasconade rivers on Sept. 27.

Miguel Cabrera had four hits, including a home run, and the Detroit Tigers held off the Kansas City Royals 6-3 on Monday night to clinch the AL Central title.

State Auditor Tom Schweich released an audit Tuesday that faulted a state agency, a municipality and private entities for insufficient due diligence before awarding state tax incentives to a proposed manufacturer.

The next Congress must show Americans they are the “grown-ups” worthy of high office, willing to compromise to move the nation forward.

Thomas Hoenig's 4 p.m. lecture at Westminster College's Coulter Science Center is free .

Police said the driver lost control of a car and slammed into a concrete pillar on Broadway.