Four Westview Middle School students sued Riverview Gardens and district staff, alleging sexual abuse by former principal Cedric Gerald and failures to act. The complaint names administrators and seeks damages.

A Northeast Fire Protection District firefighter faces two counts of statutory sodomy involving a child under 12. Court records say the child first disclosed the abuse in 2021; the suspect is being held without bond.

An ICE arrest at a routine check‑in separated a Maplewood school family; colleagues call the custodians model employees as neighbors rally to help.

A man was hospitalized after an overnight shooting in Dutchtown. Police say he suffered a single gunshot wound and detectives are investigating.

A Crestwood clerk and a police officer stopped a $7,000 Bitcoin scam aimed at an 82-year-old, after she had already lost $4,000 earlier that day.

Two juveniles were injured and two detained after an assault outside Mid Rivers Mall, police say. Investigators are asking for tips and video.

Chesterfield police say Ionela Chiciu‑Nistor is accused of stealing roughly $172,000 in retail merchandise and was arrested near the St. Louis Premium Outlets after officers recovered thousands in stolen cosmetics.

A Kirksville man charged in a 2024 child‑abuse case has a jury trial set in Shelby County for March 2027 amid disputed injuries that left a child hospitalized.

An Aurora woman received consecutive life sentences after a January 2025 shooting spree that left two dead and a third wounded across Missouri and Arkansas.

Authorities say skeletal remains recovered at a Bucyrus property have been identified, and prosecutors have added murder and multiple child‑abuse counts. Three juveniles were removed from the home.

A hit-and-run on Gravois Avenue late Friday killed a pedestrian; investigators say the vehicle fled and detectives are probing the scene.

Jefferson County deputies said a May 24 traffic stop led to guns and a suspected homemade pipe bomb, and a May 27 arrest in High Ridge produced burglary charges.

Early Friday, multiple vehicles were burglarized in eastern Maplewood; police say a stolen car with at least four people is linked to the incidents.