JIM SALTER | The Seattle Times

March 23, 2019 at 9:53 am

Experts warn Midwest flood risk may persist for months VIEW

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Even as floodwaters receded in hard-hit places in in the Midwest, experts warned Saturday that with plenty of snow still left...

The Elkhorn River consumes a section of western Douglas County Sunday, May 17, 2019, in Omaha, Neb. Hundreds of people were evacuated from their homes in Nebraska and Iowa as levees succumbed to the rush of water. (Jeff Bundy/Omaha World-Herald via AP)

March 17, 2019 at 9:21 am

More evacuations in Midwest as floodwaters head downstream VIEW

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Residents in parts of southwestern Iowa were forced out of their homes Sunday as a torrent of Missouri River water flowed...

March 13, 2019 at 9:21 am

St. Louis prosecutor says warrant seeks to intimidate her

ST. LOUIS (AP) — The St. Louis prosecutor's ongoing feud with others in the city's legal establishment escalated Wednesday when she accused a judge, the...

March 7, 2019 at 10:48 am

$30 million settlement in sweepstakes scam aimed at elderly

ST. LOUIS (AP) — The operators of a sweepstakes scam that affected senior citizens and others will forfeit $30 million in cash and assets under...

March 1, 2019 at 8:39 am

2 day care workers charged after video shows child thrown

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Charges have been filed against two Missouri day care center workers after surveillance video showing a 3-year-old girl being thrown against...

February 26, 2019 at 1:39 pm

United Methodist delegates reject recognizing gay marriage VIEW

The vote served as a rejection of efforts by progressive members and leaders to open the church to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.

February 25, 2019 at 1:55 pm

United Methodist Church on edge of breakup over LGBT stand

ST. LOUIS (AP) — The United Methodist Church teetered on the brink of breakup Monday after more than half the delegates at an international conference...

February 20, 2019 at 11:22 am

Missouri official investigates day care ‘fight club’ claims

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri's attorney general is launching his own investigation of a St. Louis day care center where two workers were accused of...

February 20, 2019 at 8:36 am

St. Louis merger group: Plan would save millions in taxes

ST. LOUIS (AP) — The nonprofit behind an effort to merge the city of St. Louis with St. Louis County says the consolidation would save...

February 14, 2019 at 12:09 pm

Plane lands, intentionally, in river near Gateway Arch

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A small airplane splashing down in the Mississippi River near the Gateway Arch set off a brief panic, but it turned...