A Maplewood woman faces felony charges after police say she fired a shot in a Walmart parking lot. Investigators recovered a shell casing and say video captured the incident.

A 52-year-old woman was struck by a Metro Transit bus at Forsyth Blvd and South Central Ave in Clayton and died the next morning. Police and county reconstruction teams are investigating.

A 42-year-old Uber driver was arrested and charged with first-degree rape after a woman says she was assaulted in her Dutchtown home. Police and court details are unfolding.

St. Louis County officials say medetomidine — called "rhino tranq" — has been detected in local street drugs, and its sedative effects may not be reversed by naloxone alone.

Two armed suspects robbed the Isle of Capri Casino in Boonville; the getaway car was later found abandoned in Howard County. Investigators are searching for the pair.

The Missouri attorney general sent 33 cease-and-desist letters Wednesday — 18 in St. Louis — after tests found heavy metals and mislabeled THC products at unlicensed shops.

After nearly a year back as interim, Otis Williams is retiring from SLDC and pressing banks and city leaders to make redevelopment financing more predictable. He says local lenders must return if projects are to move forward.

A Cool Valley standoff ended with a woman arrested after a reported stabbing; the victim was hospitalized with life-threatening injuries.

Porano’s Des Peres outpost will close March 31 as Niche Food Group pauses expansion and refocuses on existing restaurants.

Jurors heard racist social-media posts from a St. Louis officer — including the slur "ghetto cockroach" — in a trial over the 2016 shooting of a 14-year-old.

St. Louis will top out near 92°F Thursday before a late-night line of storms. Gusty southwest winds and a hail risk are possible overnight.

The 8th U.S. Circuit upheld a policy that bars bond hearings for many immigrants arrested in interior operations; civil‑rights groups are preparing appeals.

Charges were filed this week after a robbery attempt in Florissant ended in a fatal shooting, authorities say. The suspect is in St. Louis County jail.