A regional youth soccer group says warehouses have boxed in its St. Charles fields and is weighing a sale that could reshape where kids play. Community groups are already organizing.

A former St. Charles accounts clerk was sentenced to one year in federal prison for inventing fake patients and siphoning about $434,000 in refunds.

A Hillsboro High student was taken into custody after school staff reported a possible weapon. Officials say an unloaded handgun and ammunition were found and there was no active threat.

A Missouri bill to criminalize "masked intimidation" cleared a Senate committee Wednesday, advancing a measure that would add misdemeanor penalties and a hate‑crime felony enhancement.

MoDOT released video showing drivers crashing into truck‑mounted attenuators; protective vehicles were struck 50 times in 2025 and hits are rising in 2026.

William R. Murphy, 41, was sentenced to 29 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to producing child sexual abuse material and coercing a minor, prosecutors say.

A Senate panel this week debated a bill to strip the August 2027 sunset from Missouri’s 2023 transgender‑athlete restriction, prompting packed testimony and legal warnings. The measure now sits with the Senate Education Committee.

A former Missouri trooper was sentenced to 21 months after admitting he searched nine women's phones during traffic stops and photographed images he found.

Six Flags St. Louis will require guests 16 and under to be accompanied by an adult 21+ this weekend. The park tightened ID and face-covering rules as it reopens under new operators.

A late‑night storm ripped the roof off Central Elementary in Steele and a broken gas line ignited a fire that destroyed classrooms. Classes were canceled while officials assess damage.

An investigation found eight residents of Dismas House died of fentanyl overdoses between 2021 and 2023, and gaps between medical‑examiner findings and federal records raise oversight questions.

A woman drowned Sunday at Spanish Lake County Park in north St. Louis County; authorities say the death appears accidental and is not being treated as suspicious.

Heavy rain and fog Monday morning; severe storms likely this afternoon and evening with damaging wind, large hail and possible tornadoes.