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More than 13,000 residents of Missouri are living with HIV. St. Louis County and the City of St. Louis are the only local governments in Missouri who’ve joined Fast-Track Cities.

Station leaders dismissed 10 volunteer DJs on Friday and told another 12 they must complete a mediation process to stay on the air. The leaders say they are parting ways with volunteers who have resisted KDHX's enhanced focus on diversity.

Speaker of the House denies accusations uncovered in public records that he threatened staff when pressing for the legislature to award a lucrative contract to a private company.

Chief Judge Andrew Gleeson said the numbers may drop in the next eight weeks but he doesn’t expect that to continue. A jail spokesman said the jail population could even increase in the long term.

UAW workers at 38 GM and Stellantis faciilties across 20 states walked off their jobs, though Ford was not hit with new strikes. President Biden is set to attend a picket line next week.

The St. Louis-based beermaker says it will end the practice known as tail docking after it came under pressure by animal rights group PETA.

The transportation sector accounts for about 28% of the greenhouse gas emissions in the United States. Barge shipping could help reduce that output, but there’s not a full picture of how carbon efficient that transportation mode really is.

The Missouri Historical Society is gathering materials that would help preserve St. Louis' African American history. The society’s African American History Initiative plans exhibits on the Greater Ville and Mill Creek neighborhoods in the next few years. Historians are asking St. Louisans for artifacts and historical pieces to showcase.

Missouri state Rep. Jim Murphy, R-St. Louis County, says there could be options to eliminate the 1% earnings tax on anyone who lives or works in St. Louis or Kansas City.

Tommy Boyd is serving a 30-year sentence for statutory sodomy.