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Legislation to expand and extend the fund already passed the Senate in early March in a bipartisan 69-30 vote.

A cyberattack on the Ascension health system forced some of its 140 hospitals to divert ambulances.

Local officials said the planned facility on 60 acres in Wentzville could bring jobs and services to one of the state's fastest-growing areas.

The legislation, which now goes to the Senate, would place control of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department under a board consisting of governor-appointed members and the mayor of St. Louis.

A St. Louis family-owned funeral home purchased the 19th-century building and converted it into an operation for performing alkaline hydrolysis — a water-based alternative to traditional cremation.

Prosecutors in St. Louis file a complaint to get someone off the streets, then ask for continuances in the required preliminary hearings while they take the case to the grand jury. Public defenders want the Missouri Supreme Court to order judges to hold the hearings on time to protect their clients’ constitutional rights.

The turnabout from the St. Louis County prosecutor means U.S. Rep. Cori Bush will have a credible opponent in next year’s 1st Congressional District Democratic primary.

George Draper will be the chief training officer for the St. Louis circuit attorney’s office. He worked as a prosecutor for 10 years at the beginning of his long legal career.

Dred Scott, the enslaved man whose case made it to the U.S. Supreme Court, is getting a new memorial monument. The Dred Scott Heritage Foundation is dedicating the monument in his honor on Saturday at Calvary Cemetery in St. Louis.

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