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St. Louis County man faces trial for deadly high-speed crash
ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. – A St. Louis County man is awaiting trial for allegedly causing a high-speed collision in September 2023 that claimed another man’s life. According to the St. Louis County Police Department’s probable cause statement, the crash happened just after 11 p.m. on Sept. 9, 2023, at the intersection of Halls Ferry and Lucas-Hunt roads.
St. Louis County police looking for woman missing since Monday morning
ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. — The St. Louis County Police Department issued an endangered person advisory Monday for a woman who walked away from home and has not been seen since. The endangered person advisory said 27-year-old Monai Paster left her home on Ebert Drive at about 6:20 a.m. and did not return. The advisory said she has a "diminished mental capacity."
Messenger: A disturbing twist in the case of security guards who tackled BJC patient
ST LOUIS — Lawsuits sometimes become living, breathing things. They transform into something quite a bit different than when they were filed. So it is with Hughie Robinson vs. Barnes-Jewish Hospital.
Man dies after having medical emergency behind the wheel, crashing into tree off of I-170
BEL-RIDGE, Mo. — A St. Louis man died Sunday morning after having a medical emergency behind the wheel and crashing his car into a tree off of Interstate 170 in Bel-Ridge. According to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol, 30-year-old Steven Scott Jr. was driving northbound at just before noon Sunday on I-170, north of St. Charles Rock Road, when he experienced a medical emergency. His car traveled off the right side of the road and down the embankment before striking a large tree and landing on its side.
Police bust chop shop in Kinloch; proprietor charged
ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. – A St. Charles County man is accused of running an illegal salvage business and disassembling cars towed to his lot for spare parts. According to the St. Louis County Police Department’s probable cause statement, the illegal yard was located in the 5300 block of Martin Luther King Boulevard in Kinloch.
16-year-old shot by victim during armed robbery in Soulard
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - Police say a 16-year-old was shot in the chest as he and three other suspects attempted an armed robbery early Saturday in Soulard. Following the incident, the male juvenile was dropped off at an area hospital where he is listed in critical condition, according to St. Louis Metropolitan Police.
Woman drowns in Big River attempting to save another swimmer
A 40-year-old woman from Valley Park, Missouri, drowned in Big River upstream of St. Francois State Park on Sunday afternoon. Melissa A. Hill entered the water to assist another individual who appeared to be in distress. During her rescue attempt, Hill lost consciousness and was found floating face down by bystanders. They pulled her from the water and immediately began life-saving measures.
Smoke billows from massive St. Louis warehouse fire
ST. LOUIS — Firefighters were in the 8200 block of Hall Street for a three-alarm warehouse fire. Dark smoke coming from the building located in the North Riverfront neighborhood of St. Louis could be seen from miles away. At one point pushed firefighters back into a defensive stance. Fire Chief Dennis Jenkerson says there are […]
Four local teens hurt in crash in Arnold area
Two teenage boys, one from Arnold and the other from High Ridge, and two teenage girls, both from High Ridge, were injured early Saturday morning, July 20, in a one-car accident on Lonedell Road east of East Drive in the Arnold area, the Missouri State Highway Patrol reported. At 12:30...
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