Con artists are pressing older residents across St. Charles County — one 82‑year‑old nearly lost $30,000, officials say.

A St. Louis mother says a funeral home is holding her son's body after a MetroBus shooting while demanding about $3,000. She plans to take the fight to court.

A Chesterfield traffic stop turned up meth, heroin and a firearm, police say. Both occupants were booked and face drug and weapons charges.

An 18‑year‑old was charged after a thrown gun struck a wall and a 17‑year‑old was wounded in Greendale. Police say the suspect faces domestic assault and armed criminal action charges.

Bullets from outside struck a woman sitting on a couch in a North St. Louis home; she was hospitalized and homicide detectives are investigating.

A Maplewood man was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison after a probation officer found unauthorized phones investigators say contained child sexual abuse material.

Two people were killed in a single-vehicle crash at Miller Road and Highway MM in Jefferson County. Authorities say the Missouri State Highway Patrol confirmed the fatalities and an investigation is underway.

A 35-year-old man is in critical but stable condition after being shot in the head on Union Boulevard. A 27-year-old suspect was arrested and police are investigating.

A Missouri parole board will weigh whether James Robert Scott, convicted in the 1993 West Quincy levee break, should be released. The hearing revives a case that still divides river towns.

A former Chesterfield officer known from a hidden‑camera scandal now faces a federal meth trafficking charge after an FBI raid and allegations captured on covert recordings.

A Cole County grand jury indicted a Jefferson City inmate already serving more than 1,000 years on first‑degree murder and related charges after an alleged June 4 killing at JCCC.

A 26‑year‑old Kimberling City man dove from the Highway 13 bridge into Table Rock Lake during a police pursuit and was later found and arrested. Deputies say they were injured during the recovery.

A Jonesburg feud over property damage turned violent on July 21; one man was shot and taken to hospital and a suspect was arrested.