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Influenza cases are rising sharply in Missouri, with nine deaths reported so far this season at one St. Louis hospital alone.

Health officials are expecting an increase in flu-related hospitalizations and deaths in Illinois with cases now reported widely.

Authorities say at least seven deaths have been reported in Illinois following snow and bitter cold.

A 53-year-old man has died after the farm equipment he was driving overturned and rolled onto him in western Missouri.

A Hannibal man has died following a motorcycle accident just after 7 p.m. on Wednesday.

(LaGRANGE)—A man is dead after he was found under his lawn mower Monday.

(Updated 9:07 a.m. Press Release from the Quincy Police Department) - Carl A. Wollbrink, 21 years of age, of 1313 N. 26th, Quincy, IL., was driving a 1998 Honda motorcycle southbound on 18th St., ran a red stoplight at Maine, and collided with a 2007 Hyundai SUV which was westbound on Maine and driven by Martha R...

(Mount Sterling, Ill)—Authorities in Brown County, Illinois say a farm accident leaves a Mount Sterling man dead and another injured.

St. Louis fire officials say a 41-year-old woman is dead after going into her burning home to save her dog. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports the victim's family has identified her as Janet Salsman. Authorities say firefighters found Salsman and one of her two dogs together in the house following yesterday's blaze...

KIRKSVILLE, Mo. (AP) — A woman is dead after her sport utility vehicle flipped into a northern Missouri creek and became submerged.