A St. Louis man on supervised release was sentenced to 140 months after probation officers found child sexual abuse material and violent chat messages on devices seized from his home.

The Missouri Department of Conservation will cut 106 positions and has asked 262 employees to interview as revenues flatten and benefits costs rise.

Phoenix Investors purchased the nearly 600,000‑sq‑ft HMH campus in Troy, MO; HMH remains on-site under a leaseback while Phoenix prepares the property for lease opportunities.

A St. Louis man says officers strip‑searched him on South Broadway during a 2024 traffic stop and has filed a lawsuit alleging the search was illegal.

A St. Louis jury ordered Washington University to pay $732,000 to a former employee who said she was pushed out because of her age. The verdict raises fresh questions about employer practices on campus.

A teenager was hospitalized with life-threatening injuries after a shooting in Jennings. Authorities say no suspects are in custody and are asking the public for tips.

A Union man faces burglary and assault charges after deputies say he broke into a home and doused a woman with gasoline using a homemade flamethrower, court papers say. A bond hearing is scheduled in Franklin County.

A dirty‑soda chain filed plans for a two‑lane drive‑thru in Wentzville with room for about 17 cars, marking another local expansion.

County filings obtained by local reporters show a Rocket Travel Center and a rebuilt Burger King planned at the Villa Ridge I‑44 exit, on ground hit by a March 2025 tornado. Bidding is already open for the truck‑stop build.

A caller threatened to shoot two employees at a Creve Coeur daycare while about 100 children were inside. Police arrested James B. M. Mosley and he’s jailed on $200,000 bond.

A shooting Saturday evening on the 1400 block of Obear Avenue in College Hill left a man dead; homicide detectives were called and a person was detained.

A head-on crash on Route 8 in Washington County on Friday left a 30-year-old woman dead and three others seriously injured, troopers say.

Bomb-and-arson teams were called after an early-morning blaze heavily damaged a home in Berkley’s Harold Drive area. Investigators are searching the scene for evidence.