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The Amazon-made scanners will connect millions of loyalty customers' handprints to their Panera shopping history.

Gary Muehlberg, the Missouri man dubbed the "Package Killer," has pleaded guilty to additional murders around the St. Louis area, bringing the total amount of victims to five.

Ever since Steve Yzerman took over as the Detroit Red Wings general manager nearly four years ago, he has seemingly had a direct line to Doug Armstrong, his St. Louis counterpart. Yzerman has made four trades with St. Louis and signed a free agent from the Blues, and those players have made a significant impact. Some of them return to St. Louis tonight when the Red Wings visit the Blues (8 p.m., Bally Sports Detroit). But at the same time, it would be a lot sweeter going into St. Louis and getting a win. More: Red Wings happy but not surprised by Jakub Vrana’s early success in St. Louis

DETROIT – Detroit Red Wings general manager Steve Yzerman knew he was essentially giving away a gifted offensive player when he traded Jakub Vrana to St. Louis but felt it was in the organization’s best interest. The Red Wings face their former teammate twice this week – Tuesday in St. Louis (8 p.m., Bally Sports Detroit) and Thursday at Little Caesars Arena (7 p.m., BSD). Vrana had 22 goals and 32 points in 42 games in parts of three seasons with the Red Wings. The Red Wings retained 50 percent of his salary. “Hopefully he’s not going to be playing like that against us.”More: Red Wings to take another look at Simon Edvinsson

Family of Jacquelyn "Jacque" Elizabeth Mitchell found her car over the weekend, but still no sign of her. She was last heard from last week when heading to a restaurant.

A Missouri man was shot in his left leg after refusing an order from two would-be carjackers to surrender his vehicle in St. Louis.

Major League Soccer's newest team has won its first three matches -- matching the Seattle Sounders' 2009 record for best start by an expansion team.

Ryan Hartman had two goals and an assist and the surging Minnesota Wild beat St. Louis 8-5 on Wednesday night in a game in which Blues goalie Jordan Binnington was ejected for throwing a punch. Binnington was whistled for a match penalty with 7:35 left in the second period. After giving up a goal — the Wild’s fifth — to Hartman, Binnington left the crease and went after Hartman, swinging his blocker glove at the forward’s face.

The elected prosecutor in St. Louis, under intense criticism after a visiting teenage athlete lost her legs in a crash blamed on a man who remained free from jail despite multiple bond violations, is accusing Missouri's attorney general of seeking her ouster for political gain. Democratic Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner filed a court response late Tuesday to Republican Attorney General Andrew Bailey's lawsuit that seeks to remove her from office.

Mark and Patricia McCloskey told Fox News Digital that they are able to practice law again after being prosecuted for waving their guns at Black Lives Matter protesters.

Jakub Vrana’s tumultuous season will end in St. Louis. The Detroit Red Wings traded Vrana Friday to the Blues for a seventh-round pick in 2025 and center Dylan McLaughlin, who was loaned to AHL Springfield. Vrana has one year remaining on contract at $5.25 million and the Red Wings needed to retain 50 percent of his salary to move him. Vrana, 27, appeared in only three games for the Red Wings (no points) after being recalled from the Grand Rapids Griffins.

Tim Norman, who starred in the long-running reality show "Welcome to Sweetie Pie's," was sentenced to life in prison for arranging the 2016 murder of his nephew Andre Montgomery Jr.

The former star of St. Louis-based television reality show “Welcome to Sweetie Pie's” was sentenced Thursday to life in prison for arranging the shooting death of his nephew to collect a life insurance payment. James “Tim” Norman did not speak on his own behalf at the sentencing hearing for the March 2016 killing of his 21-year-old nephew, Andre Montgomery Jr. Both men had starred in the long-running OWN reality show about the family’s soul food business in the St. Louis area.

The Missouri governor would control the St. Louis police under a bill that has advanced in the state House. Some Missourians are arguing that the city is failing to control crime.

The showdown is set between two of the top Division 3 girls basketball teams in the state, with Sanford Meridian and Hemlock earning impressive semifinal wins Wednesday. Meridian beat St. Louis, 59-11, shutting out the Sharks in the first quarter and taking a 38-3 halftime lead.

St. Louis, Missouri police arrested a man on Monday for allegedly shooting a man and killing him in broad daylight earlier that day. The incident was captured on video.

Missouri Republicans who want the state to take over prosecutions of violent crimes in St. Louis sharply criticized the city's embattled prosecutor on Monday after a teenage volleyball player from Tennessee lost her legs in a crash caused by a speeding driver facing felony charges. St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner is facing calls to resign from critics who blame her for failing to keep Daniel Riley, 21, behind bars before the Feb. 18 crash that injured 17-year-old Janae Edmondson. “The entire situation could have and should have been avoided if not for the ineffectiveness of that office,” St. Louis Police Officers Association business manager Joe Steiger said during a Senate hearing for legislation that would give the governor the power to appoint a special prosecutor to take on violent crimes in counties with a homicide rate over a certain threshold.

Former Germany great Jurgen Klinsmann has been hired to coach South Korea’s national soccer team.

Democrat Cori Bush of Missouri reportedly married a campaign security guard who received money during the 2022 campaign cycle and served in the U.S. Army.

A George Soros-bankrolled prosecutor in St. Louis who's facing calls to resign for allegedly neglecting her duties already had a history riddled with allegations of misconduct.

Attorney General Bailey says that Missouri Supreme court could appoint a judge as soon as Friday to remove embattled St. Louis circuit attorney Kim Gardner.

Missouri's attorney general took a step toward firing a circuit attorney, accusing her of neglecting her role as a city prosecutor and letting a bond violator free.

Missouri's Republican Attorney General fired a circuit attorney for neglecting her role as a city prosecutor and allowing a repeating bond violator free.

Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey has given an ultimatum to embattled Democratic St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner: resign or be forced out of office.

The Missouri attorney general called Wednesday for the resignation of St. Louis' elected prosecutor, after a motorist who repeatedly violated his bond conditions on earlier charges crashed and injured a teenage volleyball player from Tennessee, resulting in amputation of both of her legs. The case has renewed criticism of Democratic St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner amid questions about why the driver wasn't behind bars after court records showed more than 50 violations of bond conditions. Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey, a Republican, said Gardner must step down by noon Thursday, or he'll try to remove her from office.

A Tennessee teen visiting St. Louis, Missouri for a volleyball tournament lost her legs after police say an unlicensed driver plowed through an intersection.

A Tennessee teen visiting St. Louis, Missouri for a volleyball tournament lost her legs after police say an unlicensed driver plowed through an intersection.

Seventeen Saginaw-area wrestlers, including three from boys team regional champion St. Louis, claimed individual regional championships on their way to Ford Field. A total of 65 Saginaw-area wrestlers - boys and girls - qualified for the individual wrestling state finals Friday and Saturday, March 3-4, at Ford Field.

Missouri faith leaders, activists and elected officials on Wednesday decried the Republican-led House for shutting down a Black lawmaker’s speech and passing a bill that could strip power from the Black woman elected as St. Louis prosecutor. “You may have silenced our representatives for a minute,” the Rev. Darryl Gray told dozens of fellow racial justice activists during a rally outside the Capitol. The House last week passed legislation to allow Republican Gov. Mike Parson to appoint a special prosecutor to handle violent crimes in areas with high homicide rates, such as St. Louis.

Video of a woman shows her yelling, going through mail and spewing racist remarks at a family in St. Louis, Missouri. The family says they do not know the woman.

Black lawmakers in Missouri are accusing House Republican leaders of racism after shutting down debate and passing a bill that could strip power from the Black woman elected as the St. Louis prosecutor.

The proposal, which was part of a long debate in the chamber on how to fight crime in St. Louis, was soundly defeated by a vote of 104-39.

There are many different kinds of pizza beyond Chicago deep dish and the New York slice. National Pizza Day is a great opportunity to try out some new kinds of pie.

A St. Louis car accident resulted in the death of three teenagers, and two others airlifted to a hospital. The vehicle became airborne due to excessive speed.

For decades, Missouri executions played out in similar fashion: An inmate was strapped to a gurney in a drab room, alone except for the eyes of witnesses staring through thick glass as unidentified executioners administered the lethal chemical from behind a cinderblock wall.

Adults ages 21 and older now can legally buy marijuana for recreational use in Missouri.

St. Louis reporter Kevin Killeen has once again gone viral for an absurd and existential segment explaining why February is the worst month of the year.

Sorry, ‘Middle of the Mitten’

Scott Rolen could become just the 18th third baseman elected to baseball’s Hall of Fame, the fewest of any position.

Authorities are piecing together how five inmates escaped from a Missouri jail.

A group of religious leaders who support abortion rights has filed a lawsuit challenging Missouri’s abortion ban, saying lawmakers openly invoked their religious beliefs while drafting the measure and thereby imposed those beliefs on others who don’t share them.

Many were brought to hospitals. Some guards and other staff members who responded to inmates suffering severe discomfort became violently ill, a union rep says.

Emerson is taking public its bid to buy National Instruments for $7.6 billion.

Dillon Dube scored twice in the third period and Dan Vladar made 25 saves to help the Calgary Flames to a 4-1 win over the St. Louis Blues.

A Hyundai and Kia dealer in St. Louis has developed a Bluetooth ignition immobilizer to address a wave of car thefts targeting the brands' vehicles.

Jaylan D. Quinn, 23, of St. Louis, one of two men involved in an East St. Louis, Illinois, bank robbery that killed a security guard, entered a guilty plea in federal court Wednesday.

Amber McLaughlin, 49, was convicted of stalking and killing a former girlfriend, then dumping the body near the Mississippi River in St. Louis.

Amber McLaughlin, 49, was convicted of stalking and killing a former girlfriend, then dumping the body near the Mississippi River in St. Louis.

A Missouri inmate has been put to death for a 2003 killing, in what is believed to be the first execution of a transgender woman in the U.S. Amber McLaughlin was put to death Tuesday night, hours after Republican Gov. Mike Parson declined a clemency request.

McLaughlin is scheduled to die by injection Tuesday for killing a former girlfriend in 2003.

Unless Missouri Gov. Mike Parson grants clemency, Amber McLaughlin, 49, will become the first openly transgender woman executed in the U.S. She is scheduled to die by injection Tuesday for killing a former girlfriend in 2003. McLaughlin’s attorney, Larry Komp, said there are no court appeals pending. The clemency request focuses on several issues, including McLaughlin’s traumatic childhood and mental health issues, which the jury never heard in her trial.

A KFC employee in St. Louis has been hospitalized after a customer shot him because he was upset that the restaurant had run out of corn, police said. Investigators said the man tried to place an order in the restaurant's drive-thru lane. A 25-year-old employee who went outside to talk to the driver returned to the restaurant and said he had been shot, police said.

An extraordinary legal battle is taking place in a St. Louis courtroom this week over the future of a man who has spent most of his life in prison. St. Louis circuit attorney Kim Gardner said Lamar Johnson was wrongfully convicted of murder in 1995. “48 Hours” correspondent Erin Moriarty reports.

St. Louis and Missouri prosecutors are battling over the case of Lamar Johnson, who says his belief in God has him convinced the truth will "find a way."

A hearing has begun that will decide whether to overturn the conviction of a Missouri man who has spent nearly three decades in prison for a murder that two other people have since confessed to committing.

St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones is appointing a reparations commission that will “recommend a proposal to begin repairing the harms that have been inflicted” by slavery, segregation and racism. St. Louis joins a growing list of places trying to determine how to make amends for past practices that have harmed Black Americans. The new commission will hold open monthly meetings.

Willson Contreras is going to St. Louis to replace Yadier Molina at catcher, agreeing to an $87.5 million, five-year contract with the Cardinals.

A contractor died after a crane overturned at a refinery in an Illinois suburb of St. Louis, a coroner said Tuesday.

One year after Rams owner Stan Kroenke and the NFL agreed to pay $790 million to settle a lawsuit over the team's departure to Los Angeles, St. Louis interests have announced a plan to split up the money. The office of St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones released details of the plan Tuesday night. The tentative agreement must still be approved by the board of directors for the St. Louis Regional Convention and Sports Complex Authority (RSA).

The Tri-Valley Conference 10 volleyball all-conference teams for 2022-23:Tri-Valley Conference 10 Tier IBreanna Turner, HemlockCarly Siler, HemlockClaire Murray, MillingtonGrace Stern, Bullock CreekJacey Herst, Bullock CreekKendall Payne, MillingtonMakenzie Nearman, Bullock CreekOlivia Boensch, CarrolltonRegan Finkbeiner, HemlockTri-Valley Conference 10 Tier IIAlayna Adamski, Valley LutheranAlexys Rodriguez, St. LouisBrynn Bootsma, IthacaCamille Wardin, Saginaw NouvelClara Grimpo, Valley LutheranGabi Wenzel, Michigan Lutheran SeminaryIris Patel, Saginaw NouvelJordyn Smith, IthacaOlyvia Saxton, IthacaIf you would like your local high school sports news delivered free to your inbox daily, click here and sign up for one of our local high school sports newsletters. Love reading about local sports? Don’t miss any of the excitement from the season ahead. Purchase your subscription now and get full access to every story on MLive!

ST. LOUIS, MI — Toxic mid-Michigan properties contaminated by Velsicol Chemical Corp. are being transferred to the State Land Bank Authority amid an acceleration in cleanup following an infusion of federal infrastructure law funding. The land bank is in the final stages of acquiring polluted Velsicol properties in Gratiot County which have been owned for decades by a cleanup trust, according to the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy (EGLE). The transfer will put Michigan’s most notorious Superfund site — which spawned a statewide chemical poisoning by contaminating cattle feed in the 1970s — in state hands. “For us, it made the most sense to go a different route and opt out of this trust,” said Erik Martinson, Velsicol site manager for EGLE. The Velsicol properties in St. Louis were among several backlogged cleanups the EPA targeted initial infrastructure funding towards in Michigan this year.

A U.S. judge in Texas on Thursday blocked President Joe Biden’s plan to provide millions of borrowers with up to $20,000 apiece in federal student loan forgiveness — a program that was already on hold as a federal appeals court in St. Louis considers a separate lawsuit by six states challenging it. District Court Judge Mark Pittman, an appointee of former President Donald Trump based in Fort Worth, said the program usurped Congress’ power to make laws. But it is fundamental to the survival of our Republic that the separation of powers as outlined in our Constitution be preserved.”The debt forgiveness plan would cancel $10,000 in student loan debt for those making less than $125,000 or households with less than $250,000 in income. The cancellation applies to federal student loans used to attend undergraduate and graduate school, along with Parent Plus loans. Circuit Court of Appeals had put the forgiveness plan on hold Oct. 21 while it considered an effort by the states of Nebraska, Missouri, Iowa, Kansas, Arkansas and South Carolina to block the program.

By Annika Merrilees, St. Louis Post-Dispatch (TNS)ST. LOUIS — The gun Orlando Harris used to kill two people at his former high school Monday was the same AR-15-style rifle his family had asked authorities for help removing from him nine days earlier, police said Wednesday evening. St. Louis police responded Oct. 15 to a domestic disturbance call at Harris’ home. In the months leading up to the attack at Central Visual and Performing Arts High School, Harris’ family tried to get him mental health care. Interim St. Louis police Chief Michael Sack said Harris’ family is cooperating with the investigation. A photo of Alexandria Bell rests at the scene of a growing floral memorial to the victims of a school shooting at Central Visual & Performing Arts High School, Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2022, in St. Louis.

Police say the 19-year-old gunman who shot and killed two people at a St. Louis high school purchased the AR-15-style rifle from a private seller after an FBI background check stopped him from buying a weapon from a licensed dealer.

Adam Wainwright will pitch for the St. Louis Cardinals next season, choosing to return for an 18th with the franchise while longtime teammates Albert Pujols and Yadier Molina head into retirement.

Police say the 19-year-old gunman who killed a teacher and a 15-year-old girl at a St. Louis high school was armed with an AR-15-style rifle and what appeared to be more than 600 rounds of ammunition.

An armed former student broke into a St. Louis high school Monday morning, fatally shooting a teacher and a teenage girl and wounding seven others before police killed him.

A federal judge in St. Louis has dismissed an effort by six Republican-led states to block the Biden administration’s plan to forgive student loan debt for tens of millions of Americans.

Reliever David Robertson has been added to the Philadelphia Phillies’ 26-man roster ahead of the NL Championship Series opener against San Diego after missing the NLDS against Atlanta with a strained right calf.

When Abdul-Kaba Abdullah decided to sell his home two years ago, he listed the neatly-kept four-bedroom house at $175,000 based on pre-sale evaluations.

Philadelphia Phillies reliever David Robertson will miss the NL Division Series after injuring his right calf jumping to celebrate Bryce Harper’s home run in their clinching wild-card victory at St. Louis.

Cardinals slugger Albert Pujols has hit his 701st home run, connecting against the Pittsburgh Pirates.

St. Louis-area prosecutors say a convicted murderer serving a life sentence for killing a man in 1995 has confessed to strangling four women five years earlier.

Post Malone has apologized to his St. Louis fans for an on-stage accident that sent him to the hospital and shortened his set Saturday night.

Albert Pujols hit his 698th home run, a two-run drive that pulled the St Louis Cardinals into a sixth-inning tie with the Cincinnati Reds.

Yadier Molina homered twice on a day he paired with St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Adam Wainwright to tie the major league record fof 324 starts by a battery in an 11-6 loss to the Washington Nationals.

St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Adam Wainwright and catcher Yadier Molina have made their 324th career start.

Albert Pujols hit his 695th career home run in the eighth inning and Miles Mikolas tossed eight scoreless innings to help the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Chicago Cubs 2-0.

Eight years after Michael Brown’s death pushed the St. Louis region front and center into the national debate over police accountability, the city’s elected officials and its police associations are at odds over a new oversight plan.

While segregation was still casting its ugly shadow over the U.S., the Homer G.

Numerous transportation projects across the U.S. will be getting a slice of $2.2 billion of new federal funding.

The Chicago Cubs are keeping All-Stars Willson Contreras and Ian Happ for now after Tuesday’s trade deadline passed with no deal for either.

The same stubborn weather system caused intense downpours in St. Louis and Appalachia that led to devastating and in some cases deadly flooding.

The Detroit Red Wings have signed former St. Louis Blues winger David Perron to a two-year deal, the team announced.

The Philadelphia Phillies will be without J.

Miles Mikolas of the St. Louis Cardinals is pitching a no-hitter through eight innings against the Pittsburgh Pirates in the second game of a doubleheader.

Miles Mikolas was one strike from a no-hitter when he gave up a double to Cal Mitchell with two outs in the ninth inning, and the St. Louis Cardinals routed the Pittsburgh Pirates 9-1 to sweep a doubleheader.

Nolan Gorman hit his first major league homer and Matthew Liberatore earned his first major league win, helping the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Milwaukee Brewers 8-3.

Former All-Star pitcher Carlos Martínez has been suspended for 80 games under baseball’s minor league drug program following a positive test for the performance-enhancing substance Ibutamoren, which increases Human Growth Hormone.

Avalanche forward Nazem Kadri refused to buckle in the face of death threats, racial slurs, a booing St. Louis crowd and a few post-whistle hits.

Rylan Bannon became just the third Baltimore player since 2000 to get a hit on the first pitch of his big league career, Jorge Mateo and Anthony Bemboom homered and the Orioles beat the St. Louis Cardinals 3-2.

Rihanna’s lingerie brand Savage X Fenty will be making its debut in Detroit with a brick-and-mortar storefront.

An aggressive effort in St. Louis is trying to lure Afghan refugees.

The Mets have been drilled 19 times in 20 games this season, leading the league by a wide margin.

Newspaper publisher Lee Enterprises is facing renewed pressure from a hedge fund to speed up its transition to digital publishing and consider adding new digital-savvy leaders to its board.

It's opening day in Major League Baseball and a new season has brought a new look.

Vacant homes that dot the urban and rural landscape across the U.S. pose an especially high risk for firefighters because many are unsound even before catching fire.

An overturned conviction in Missouri is raising new questions about video testimony in criminal court cases nationwide.

A federal judge has blocked President Joe Biden's administration from enforcing a coronavirus vaccine mandate on health care workers in 10 states that had brought the first legal challenge against the requirement.

The NFL and Rams owner Stan Kroenke will pay $790 million to settle a lawsuit filed by St. Louis interests over the team’s relocation to Los Angeles.