A Champaign man admitted in St. Louis federal court to a scheme prosecutors say used stolen checks and fake business accounts to target more than $580,000.

Court documents say a 26-year-old strangled a rideshare driver with a rope in St. Louis County; surveillance video helped identify the suspect.

Rescue crews recovered a body from the Mississippi River near the McKinley Bridge; officials say identification and cause are pending. Investigators remain on scene.

The Missouri Supreme Court ruled June 23, 2026, that St. Louis does not have to pay a $2.5M wrongful-arrest verdict, leaving the judgment intact but collection uncertain.

An adult man was found shot near a Cedar Hill river access and was taken to a hospital, deputies said.

ESPN draft analyst Matt Miller says a Missouri car crash last week left him with serious injuries and required a life-saving amputation as he begins recovery.

A St. Louis County couple was arrested on multiple child‑sex charges after investigators executed a search warrant at their home, officials say.

A 23-year-old man was killed Tuesday after his car left North Stringtown Road and struck a tree north of Rocky Lane in Warren County.

A St. Louis man was sentenced to 18 years after pleading guilty in a December shooting that wounded a boy in the Baden neighborhood.

A wedding disturbance near Washington left several people hurt and a Waverly man jailed after relatives used bear spray. He now faces assault and resisting charges.

On day one of a bench trial, prosecutors told a St. Charles County judge they would show the former Louisiana police chief stole drugs from evidence and tampered with testing after a 2022 overdose.

A Dunklin R-5 bus driver faces DWI and 37 child‑endangerment counts after police say she drank a Coors Light before an afternoon route carrying students.

District 3 officers executed a Monday Ohio Avenue search warrant and recovered two stolen handguns, a rifle and suspected narcotics. Authorities say the raid ties to an ongoing investigation.