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A cousin of Summer House's West Wilson was charged after his 75-year-old grandmother was found shot at a Carrollton home on April 22.
A Hillsboro High student was taken into custody after school staff reported a possible weapon. Officials say an unloaded handgun and ammunition were found and there was no active threat.
Steven Nodiff, 33, was struck and killed in an alley in Dutchtown; prosecutors charged 50-year-old Edward Duncan with first-degree murder. Family and investigators are still reeling.
Federal prosecutors say eight people were arrested in St. Louis in a probe alleging illegal gun sales and cocaine distribution; several defendants are accused of entering the U.S. without authorization.
Captain William Brown’s death certificate cites heat‑exacerbated heart disease, but the St. Louis Police Department still hasn’t called it a line‑of‑duty death.
A south St. Louis smoke shop condemned after an April 19 shootout remains boarded, but neighbors say people keep showing up at the storefront.
A Bellefontaine Neighbors man was sentenced to 17 years after pleading guilty in the 2023 Greater Ville shooting that killed Tyrell Survillion and wounded a teen.
William R. Murphy, 41, was sentenced to 29 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to producing child sexual abuse material and coercing a minor, prosecutors say.
Jordan D. Huddlen was sentenced to 15 years after pleading guilty in the May 18, 2024 Midtown drive‑by that killed 19‑year‑old Eddie Randle Jr. The plea resolves one of several cases tied to the shooting.
A St. Charles man was arrested after probable‑cause statements allege two sexual assaults at a Grayson Cottages party in November; he was booked into Boone County Jail.
A former Missouri trooper was sentenced to 21 months after admitting he searched nine women's phones during traffic stops and photographed images he found.
St. Louis County cut the ribbon on a $46M Mid‑County Public Safety Complex in Maryland Heights, named for Detective Antonio Valentine.
An investigation found eight residents of Dismas House died of fentanyl overdoses between 2021 and 2023, and gaps between medical‑examiner findings and federal records raise oversight questions.
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