Below is the top-ten list of the St. Louis region's best-selling adult and children's books, according to the St. Louis Independent Bookstore Alliance.

For the week ending May 20:

Adult:

1. Most Talkative by Andy Cohen
2. Fifty Shades of Grey by EL James
3. Summer of '68 by Tim Wendel
4. Fifty Shades Darker by EL James
5. Fifty Shades Freed by EL James
6. In the Garden of Beasts by Erik Larsen
7. Bossypants by Tina Fey
8. Killer Stuff and Tons of Money by Maureen Stanton
9. Guerrillas in Civil War Missouri by James Erwin
10. Stolen Prey by John Sandford

Children/Young Adult:

Trayvon Martin's father returned to his hometown of East St. Louis Friday to honor the memory of his son and spread the message of peace.

Several hundred community members congregated at North End Missionary Baptist Church to hear Tracy Martin and Trayvon's mother, Sybrina Fulton, talk about ways to end gun violence.

Tracy Martin says many things have changed since he graduated from East St. Louis Senior High School in 1986.

"We used to be able to play in the streets," he said. "Now our kids can't even go in the streets. Trayvon thought it was safe to walk outside. And this is not just a black community thing; it's all over in our communities because Trayvon -- he thought he was safe."

The Illinois House has agreed to raise tobacco taxes as part of a plan to strengthen the state Medicaid program.

The tax increase passed 60-52 Friday. It now goes to the Senate, which has backed similar increases in the past.

It more than doubles the tax on cigarettes, to $1.98 a pack. Other tobacco products would see a similar tax increase.

It also would create a special tax on hospitals that would then be matched by the federal government and returned to the state.

In all, it's supposed to raise $800 million a year for the Medicaid program.

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An investigation is underway after a 62-year-old inmate of a St. Louis city jail was found dead in his cell.

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the inmate was found at midnight Friday by correctional officers making routine rounds at a jail on Hall Street. The man's name has not been released.

Illinois lawmakers want to cut the number of regional school superintendents by 20 percent.

They've passed legislation to trim the 44 regional superintendents down to just 35. The Illinois House sent it to the governor Friday without a single "no" vote.

Regional superintendents are a frequent target for officials looking to cut state spending. Gov. Pat Quinn last year proposed eliminating them entirely, but legislators decided to pay the superintendents with local funds instead of state money.