Ameren is warning customers that the holiday season is as busy for utility scammers as it is for everyone else.

The average rate on a 30-year mortgage in the U.S. edged closer to 7 percent this week, climbing to its highest level since July.

Snoop Dogg and Simone Biles turned their Olympic bond from this summer's Paris Games into a new challenge: The superstar tandem will team up on NBC's "The Voice." ...

If we are what we eat -- a concept on the rise with RFK Jr.'s ascent -- those of us who grew up on Zesto and Central Dairy ice cream are chill, sweet and maybe a little nutty with dreams of ice cream.

Julie Allen announced Thursday she is running for the Ward 4 seat currently held by Derrick Spicer, who said in an email Thursday he does not intend to run for re-election. He said he will be running ...

One of Asia's richest men, Indian tycoon Gautam Adani, is again in the spotlight. His companies' stocks plunged up to 20 percent in value Thursday after he was indicted by U.S. prosecutors on charges ...

A Montgomery City man faces drug and firearm charges in Cole County after his arrest Tuesday. Elvin Smith Jr. was charged with possession of a controlled substance and unlawful possession of a firearm ...

The trustees of Missouri's largest state employee retirement system voted Thursday to prohibit the use of pension funds for political contributions.

Common Ground Community Building has a new executive director. Kate Amick will take on the role in December. She will lead the nonprofit in its mission to address poverty and homelessness in Jefferson ...

A piece of conceptual art consisting of a simple banana, duct-taped to a wall, sold for $6.2 million at an auction in New York on Wednesday, with the winning bid coming from a prominent cryptocurrency ...

Jefferson City schools have a math problem. To be accurate, nearly every school in the Show-Me State and the nation has a math problem. Efforts to find a solution have been as elusive as a high school ...

State officials' hopes of rolling back Jackson County property assessment increases are floundering after a circuit court judge dismissed a lawsuit by the State Tax Commission on Wednesday.