Torch Electronics shut down its slot machine-like games across Missouri this week under pressure from a federal investigation, Attorney General Catherine Hanaway said Thursday, marking a sharp reversal for a company that spent years insisting the games were legal. In an interview with The Independent, Hanaway also said her office will consider dropping charges already […]

For more than 20 years, Republicans have won every Missouri House race in St. Charles County. It is one of two counties in Missouri with more than 150,000 people — the other is Jefferson — with no Democrats in the local legislative delegation. And it is one of the places Democrats need to win to […]