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A shooting at a home on County Road 623 left one person dead and a woman flown to a hospital, the sheriff’s office says.
Madelynn Carroll pleaded not guilty June 16 to felony DWI and child‑endangerment charges after a July 12, 2025 crash that prosecutors say killed a 14‑year‑old passenger. Arraignment is set for Aug. 5, 2026.
A District 4 traffic stop turned into a weapons-and-drug recovery: officers seized two guns fitted with conversion devices and suspected narcotics, the department posted.
A carbon monoxide leak at a duplex just east of Rolla killed five people and injured two on June 19, 2026, Phelps County officials say. An investigation is underway.
A driver plunged from the Blanchette Memorial Bridge into the Missouri River during a pursuit; multi‑agency crews searched the water but had not located the person.
Security footage shows a St. Louis barista fighting off would‑be robbers — and he says Starbucks fired him weeks later. A wrongful‑termination suit and appeals are still pending.
Missouri filing asks a state commission to discipline former Ashland Police Chief Gabe Edwards, alleging unauthorized MULES lookups and posts under a fake Facebook account.
A 17‑year‑old from East St. Louis was found shot in a Jennings field in January 2024; police say ballistics and license‑plate data led to charges against relatives and teens.
Three Galloping Goose members admitted to racketeering-related crimes tied to a deadly 2021 Lake of the Ozarks brawl. Federal filings say the pleas include violent-crime and drug counts.
The city ordered a temporary curfew in the Grove for Pride weekend: under‑17s barred from public 8 p.m.–5 a.m., with barricades and early bar closures planned.
A St. Louis man was sentenced after a jury convicted him in the Central West End carjacking of two women; police tracked and arrested him within about 45 minutes.
A St. Louis man on supervised release was sentenced to 140 months after probation officers found child sexual abuse material and violent chat messages on devices seized from his home.
Federal filings say the owner of Dragon Kitchen ran a dormitory for noncitizen workers in a Crestmere Court house the city declared dangerous.
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