A 21-year-old Villa Ridge man was helping his father when he was stuck and killed by a tractor-trailer in St. Louis County just before 5 a.m. Wednesday, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.

While a recommended Highway 47 bypass that differed from the planned Union Expressway raised some eyebrows, other recommendations in a draft comprehensive plan for the city of Union could be just as gamechanging.

A Union home that was twice damaged by fire has been ordered to be demolished by the city.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Health officials said Saturday that they had identified what is likely to be the first case of monkeypox in Missouri.

Franklin County judges might have order in the court, but, outside, there is some confusion about upcoming judicial elections for three 20th Circuit Court seats.

After being stiffed in the past, Franklin County is changing the way it sells delinquent property it owns to the public.

V&S Railway has filed a notice of intent that it will soon abandon rail service on the nearly 10 miles of line that runs from Union to Beaufort.

Brothers Tom and Steve Frichtel have listed 207 acres of farmland, wood and prime Missouri vineyards for sale in rural Warren County, across the Missouri River from Berger.

After a brief respite over the weekend, the heat that’s been plaguing Missouri this past week is expected to come roaring back Monday. 

With $500,000 set aside for the city’s Red Cedar Inn project, $1.45 million received from the American Rescue Plan Act and several big road projects, the Pacific Board of Aldermen adopted a more than $22 million budget June 7.

At Westlake Ace Hardware in Washington, Father’s Day is a small boon in a usually slow month.

The Union Parks and Recreation Department recently released a survey showing that its six full-time maintenance employees spent nearly 30 percent of their work hours on the city’s two largest parks — and that the Splash-N-Swimplex generated nearly $13,000 in annual rental revenue.

At the June Union Development Corp. board meeting, Assistant City Administrator James Schmieder, also the city’s economic development director, talked infrastructure — both private and public — and how it’s helping to turn Union into a “logistics hub.”

After 10 consecutive months of year-over-year growth, Union saw its general sales tax receipts decrease in April 2022, compared to the same month a year earlier.

Olivia Mehringer spent June 9, her 16th birthday, working at Washington’s Agnes Nolting Aquatic Complex.

A Robertsville man is facing charges after being found with a “chopped” pickup, according to a press release from Franklin County Sheriff Steve Pelton. 

Residents of Union’s existing St. Andrews Place subdivision expressed their displeasure Monday at plans for a new neighboring development with 157 single-family homes on 31.8 acres.

A Pacific man is facing felony charges after authorities say he was found with fentanyl and a prybar.

Construction has started on the Missouri Furniture building on the corner of Huxel Drive and Highway 100 in Washington.

Hailing from the Mexican state of Jalisco, brothers Roger and Adrian Aguirre moved to the United States when they were children, but they visited every year as teenagers, returning to sample the flavors of their homeland in southern Mexico.

DEFIANCE — If you’ve ever had an interest in trying out a shooting sport, a free event hosted by the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) will offer a safe and ideal opportunity.

Starting in August, Gateway Fiber will begin phase one of its construction and expansion in Franklin County. 

Sara Brundick-Gendron became Pacific’s newest alderman Tuesday night, replacing outgoing Ward 1 Alderman Gregg Rahn.

Mercy Clinic Four Rivers recognized some of its doctors and advanced practitioners during its inaugural Mercy Clinic Provider Awards May 17.

Five people were hurt in a two-vehicle crash Saturday afternoon at the intersection of Highway 50 and Highway 185 in Beaufort, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. 

Shares of Kohl’s spiked more than 11 percent this week after the retailer said that it is in advanced talks to be sold in a deal worth about $8 billion.

A Sullivan man has been accused of raping a child younger than 12.

As part of their arduous journey of more than 330 miles across Missouri, cyclists in the annual Big BAM will be rolling through Franklin County next week.

The Washington Farmers’ Market and Main Street will have a Cajun twist June 17 during the eighth annual Washington Cajun Festival put on by the Washington Area Chamber of Commerce.

Kelly O’Malley will become Pacific’s first tourism director after being appointing during Tuesday’s Pacific Board of Aldermen meeting.

A Londell man has been charged in connection to a hit and run.

The Washington School Board ended its search for the next Four Rivers Career Center director Thursday morning, hiring Philip King to take the helm at the vocational education center. 

It has been nearly 59,000 days since the 19-year-old German immigrant Charles Facius joined the Union army and marched away from his home in rural Franklin County to fight in the American Civil War. Despite the passage of time, Facius’ surviving descendants are hoping to ensure that his name…

The 2022 Franklin County Fair kicked off Thursday with the crowning of a new fair queen.

An unnamed St. Clair R-XIII student was injured in a hit-and-run June 9 after exiting a school bus stopped in the 700 block Mill Hill Road.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an appeal from Mark and Patricia McCloskey, the husband-and-wife attorneys whose law licenses were placed on probation for pointing guns at racial injustice protesters outside their St. Louis mansion in 2020.

A woman and her boyfriend have been accused of child abuse after her 2-year-old daughter, whom the two reportedly take care of together, was found with a fractured skull, busted blood vessels in both eyes and bruises.