A license-plate hit in Divernon, Ill., led regional investigators to a vehicle tied to a burglary crew posing as construction workers; arrests followed in O'Fallon.

A Mercy employee in Creve Coeur was indicted on first‑degree sexual abuse charges after police say he touched a patient with advanced dementia. Mercy says it fired the worker and reported the allegations to state health officials.

A heavy law‑enforcement response is underway in unincorporated Collinsville after a report of a barricaded subject; traffic on Pleasant Ridge Road is affected.

Two men were found shot to death Thursday night in Country Club Hills; St. Louis County detectives have taken over the active investigation.

A 3-year-old boy was found dead in St. Louis' Central West End after an apparent fall from a window. Detectives are investigating.

Two men were shot Thursday in Mt. Pleasant; one remains critically wounded and police are investigating.

Three Houston men pleaded guilty after investigators tied them to the theft of more than 25,000 doses of pain medication from St. Louis‑area pharmacies last summer. The pleas follow a multi‑agency investigation and a large seizure of pill bottles.

A St. Louis manufacturer agreed to repay $2,022,250 to resolve a False Claims Act suit over a 2021 PPP loan. The civil settlement was announced April 9, 2026.

A regional task force built in St. Charles County is expanding into St. Louis County, using technology and coordinated prosecutions to lower auto theft and drug crimes.

A shooting at a Bridgeton QuikTrip left one person dead; police say a person of interest is in custody and there is no ongoing threat to the public.

Donald E. Fields II pleaded guilty in federal court to child sex trafficking, admitting he accepted gifts and cash in exchange for access to a 14‑year‑old.

A drive-thru argument at a St. Louis County Steak 'n Shake left two people dead, according to local authorities. One victim was shot through the drive-thru window.

A Breckenridge Hills woman was arrested after two people were shot outside a Phillips 66. Prosecutors charged her with first‑degree assault and armed criminal action.