Kanakuk CEO Joe White will step down Aug. 31, 2026, as lawsuits and lawmakers press for answers about how the camp handled past abuse. The retirement intensifies calls for accountability.

A Belleville apartment fire on Monday sent five people to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Officials say the cause is under investigation.

Breckenridge Hills police say Joanna Herrera hurled rocks at patrol cars and bit a former chief. She is jailed on a $75,000 cash-only bond.

Police say a 49‑year‑old man was arrested after a woman was found stabbed on Tailor Lane. Prosecutors charged him with first‑degree assault and bond was set at $250,000 cash only.

A $465,000 settlement would reimburse residents towed from private driveways and force Calverton Park to change its towing rules.

Jamala Rogers says Cole County judges heard a two-day challenge to the law that returned control of St. Louis' police to the state; plaintiffs call the statute unconstitutional and an unfunded mandate.

A top St. Louis commercial real estate firm opened an Omaha office and deployed a six-person brokerage team to serve four northern states, the St. Louis Business Journal reports.

Two women were shot during an early-morning apartment party on Sharondale Circle in Ferguson; one was taken to hospital and police have not named any suspects.

The Missouri House turned a Senate drone bill into a sprawling public‑safety package, tacking on roughly 47 amendments and passing the measure 83‑61. Changes range from expanded drone bans to DNA and a domestic‑violence registry.

A former USPS supervisor in St. Louis pleaded guilty to taking 89 checks; investigators recovered a counterfeit check and say the face value totaled $369,248.

A crowded City Hall hearing split St. Charles residents over a proposed ordinance that would define and effectively bar data centers; council set a May 19 vote.

A federal judge in St. Louis sentenced Richard James Miller to 50 years after prosecutors said he recorded the sexual abuse of two underage girls.

Court filings show a Chesterfield music studio is accused of owing more than $840,000 to contractors for build‑out and finish work.