Flyover Comedy Festival returns to St. Louis in November with David Cross, Roy Wood Jr. and the Sklar Brothers headlining and a move to the Delmar Loop.

A Maplewood man was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison after a probation officer found unauthorized phones investigators say contained child sexual abuse material.

Two people were killed in a single-vehicle crash at Miller Road and Highway MM in Jefferson County. Authorities say the Missouri State Highway Patrol confirmed the fatalities and an investigation is underway.

A 35-year-old man is in critical but stable condition after being shot in the head on Union Boulevard. A 27-year-old suspect was arrested and police are investigating.

After last summer’s fire, Asador Del Sur’s owners have leased 7014 Chippewa in St. Louis Hills for a new South American restaurant with expanded tasting menus and an upstairs lounge.

A Missouri parole board will weigh whether James Robert Scott, convicted in the 1993 West Quincy levee break, should be released. The hearing revives a case that still divides river towns.

A former Chesterfield officer known from a hidden‑camera scandal now faces a federal meth trafficking charge after an FBI raid and allegations captured on covert recordings.

St. Charles officials have asked staff to study building a small community of homes for people without shelter as local counts show homelessness rising. The idea is still in the study phase, with funding and siting to come.

Local nonprofits are using opioid settlement funds to link people leaving jail to medication, housing and peer support.

A Cole County grand jury indicted a Jefferson City inmate already serving more than 1,000 years on first‑degree murder and related charges after an alleged June 4 killing at JCCC.

A 26‑year‑old Kimberling City man dove from the Highway 13 bridge into Table Rock Lake during a police pursuit and was later found and arrested. Deputies say they were injured during the recovery.

A forum at the Northside Movement Center asked whether St. Louis can pull off a Detroit-style comeback. Leaders said it will take coordinated philanthropy, government action and resident-led planning.

Mostly clear and less humid Wednesday with highs near 84°F. Showers return Friday and heat surges into the upper 90s by Sunday.