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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.
Police say a homemade explosive detonated near officers and juveniles in O'Fallon; bomb techs later found additional devices and a man faces multiple felony counts.
A Bonne Terre driver faces felony charges after a multi‑agency high‑speed chase ended in a crash north of Farmington, leaving two hospitalized and a utility pole down.
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