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FBI Now Searching Missouri Rural Area for Girl Missing Since 1989
The Missouri Highway Patrol has revealed that the FBI is now involved in an investigation about the disappearance of a Missouri girl who's been missing since 1989. A rural area is now being searched by authorities in hopes of turning up new evidence in this cold case. A new press...
Wife of wrongfully convicted man blocked from immediate release describes heartbreak
The Missouri Supreme Court has blocked the immediate release of Christopher Dunn, a man whose murder conviction was overturned, just as he was about to walk free. CNN’s Laura Coates speaks with his wife Kira Dunn.
Days before a Biden rule against anti-LGBTQ bias takes effect, judges are narrowing its reach
New federal court rulings are narrowing the Biden administration’s enforcement of a rule for protecting LGBTQ students from discrimination and allowing critics to limit it even further school by school. A federal judge in Missouri blocked enforcement of the rule in six additional states, bringing the total to 21....
New law from August 28 will hit drivers with $150 fines even for a first-time offense – feature to check before deadline
DRIVERS have a couple of weeks to overhaul their driving habits or face the sting of $150 fines. Lawmakers signed a road law into the books that will impose stiff penalties on drivers not using their Bluetooth. Missouri became the 49th state to outlaw using a phone while driving a...
Baby Formula lawsuit in STL leads to $495M verdict
A jury in St. Louis on Friday ordered Abbott Laboratories, the maker of Similac, to pay $95 million in compensatory damages and $400 million in punitive damages. Soon after the verdict, the company stated it would pursue all avenues to have the decision overturned.
St. Louis All Local PM: St. Louis region top ten for job growth for first time since 1990
The head of St. Louis Public Schools is out. St. Louis police announce its investigation is now closed into the 2022 deadly shooting at Central Visual and Performing Arts High School.
South St. Louis woman pleads guilty to fatally stabbing neighbor in 2022
ST. LOUIS — A south St. Louis woman was sentenced Friday after pleading guilty to stabbing her neighbor to death in July 2022. Michelle B. Mitchell, 48, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder. She fatally stabbed Robin Bonds, 56, in the Chapel View Apartments, located on the 4200 block of Michigan Avenue in the city's Mount Pleasant neighborhood.
Toddler dies in I-70 crash not in car seat; first responders remind public of free installations
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - Investigators are still looking into a Thursday morning fatal accident on I-70 near the Salisbury exit. A three-year-old was killed after police say the driver hit a tractor-trailer after weaving through traffic at a high speed. The child was not in a car seat.
Teen shot in Jeff-Vander-Lou Thursday night
ST. LOUIS — St. Louis city police are investigating a shooting that injured a teen Thursday night in the Jeff-Vander-Lou neighborhood. Police said, according to the 16-year-old victim, he and two other friends were walking near the intersection of Sullivan Avenue and North Garrison Avenue at around 7:30 p.m. when they heard gunshots, and the teen was struck.
4 inmates stabbed at Mo. jail during fight between detainees
ST. LOUIS — Four detainees at the city’s downtown jail were stabbed and injured in a fight Wednesday afternoon. Monte Chambers, a spokesperson for the city Department of Public Safety, said the trouble started around 1:20 p.m. when a guard sent out a distress call about a disturbance in one of the jail pods.
Wentzville Man Seriously Hurt When Thrown from Waverunner at Lake of the Ozarks
One person allegedly failing to keep proper lookout is seriously hurt when the waverunner he was riding at a high rate of speed hit something in the water ejecting him from the vessel. The highway patrol says it happened around 8:45 Friday morning (July 26, 2024) at the 6.8 mile...
De Soto man hurt after allegedly pulling out gun during dispute
The De Soto Police Department is investigating a fight between a 41-year-old man and a 54-year-old man who allegedly displayed a firearm during the dispute. Both men were from De Soto, according to Capt. Jeffery Wynn. Wynn said officers were dispatched at about 7 p.m. July 19 to a fight...
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