ATF and federal prosecutors launched a metro‑wide "Don't Lie" campaign in St. Louis, warning that buying a gun for someone who can't legally have one can lead to federal charges. The effort pairs prevention ads with active prosecutions tracing crime guns to local straw buyers.

Covington police are asking residents to call detectives after a travel nurse arrested in Rolla, Missouri, was accused of sexually assaulting an ER patient.

A wrong‑way crash on I‑64 eastbound near I‑270 in Town and Country killed one person Tuesday evening. State troopers say the two‑vehicle collision remains under investigation.

Alexandra "Allie" Hummel was found unresponsive in her New London home and a coroner ordered an autopsy. Her husband, an anesthesiologist, pleaded guilty to assault earlier this year.

An early-morning shooting at a Union Boulevard gas station left one man dead; homicide detectives are investigating and police are asking for tips.

St. Louis police released photos of three people sought in a June 19 Selber Court shooting that wounded a 22-year-old man.

A teenage male walked into a south St. Louis firehouse early Wednesday after being shot on a nearby porch; police are investigating.

A Texas man was arrested after authorities say he tried to bring pistols and rifles onto the National Geospatial‑Intelligence Agency’s St. Louis campus. Police have identified the suspect and the case is under investigation.

A late-night collision on I-55 in Perry County left one man dead and another hospitalized, state troopers say.

A man's body was found on a bluff above the Gravois Bluffs shopping center in Fenton Tuesday; St. Louis County Police say the death is under investigation.

SLMPD District 5 says officers located a vehicle tied to a Skinker‑DeBaliviere hit‑and‑run and seized suspected marijuana packaged for sale and a firearm.

Three Menard inmates say they were locked in 'dungeon‑like' solitary cells and denied exercise, leaving them with muscle atrophy and chronic pain, their lawsuit says. The amended complaint asks a federal judge to examine the prison's practices.

A Boone County judge dismissed Delta Chi and most named fraternity members from the Riley Strain wrongful‑death suit; the family says it will appeal.