ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. — Downed powerlines restricted Interstate 55 and South Lindbergh and other areas of St. Louis County during widespread severe storms Thursday evening. One power pole completely toppled on the shoulder of I-55, in an area of the highway that was already restricted due to construction.

ATHENSVILLE, Ill. — A tornado was on the ground and moving near Athensville, Illinois in Greene County, the National Weather Service said Thursday night in the midst of a severe storm system. "To repeat, a tornado is on the ground. TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an...

ST. LOUIS — There was a crash involving a MetroBus Thursday afternoon in south St. Louis. A spokeswoman with Metro Transit said around 3 p.m., a MetroBus was involved in a crash at Jefferson and Lafayette avenues near the Interstate 44 exit ramp. The department was handling the crash at that time.

ST. LOUIS — Daniel Riley was sentenced Thursday to nearly 19 years in prison for causing the accident that cost a Tennessee teenager both of her legs. Riley was convicted of second-degree assault, armed criminal action, misdemeanor assault and driving without a valid license during a jury trial March 7. The jury recommended he be sentenced to nearly the maximum sentence on each charge.

ST. LOUIS — St. Louis Cardinals President Bill DeWitt III said it's "premature" to say the team will seek public money for renovations to Busch Stadium. DeWitt said in an interview with the Business Journal that Busch Stadium will likely need a “big infusion of capital” in the years ahead to extend its lifespan, but that it’s too soon to know if the Cardinals plan to utilize public funding to assist with that future investment.

CHESTERFIELD, Mo. — The long-closed Dillard’s store at Chesterfield Mall will reopen as part of the planned $2 billion Downtown Chesterfield development, under terms of a pending settlement between the retailer, the city and the project’s developer. Under the terms of the deal, which is not yet...

ST. LOUIS — One person was killed in a triple shooting early Thursday morning in the Delmar Loop. According to the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, the shooting was reported just after 2 a.m. Thursday in front of Pin-Up Bowl, located at 6191 Delmar Blvd. The man who was...

WEBSTER GROVES, Mo. — The Webster Groves Police Department now has two drones, one of them will be used for training and the other will be able to switch from 4K to thermal imaging in seconds. “I can look at a building, I can tell you the hotspot of...

ST. LOUIS — A child was killed Wednesday night in a crash in north St. Louis and another person was treated for injuries at a St. Louis hospital, police said. St. Louis police officers responded to the crash at about 10 p.m. at the intersection of Union and Bircher boulevards near Interstate 70.

TROY, Missouri — A 17-year-old has been found safe after being reported missing Wednesday night. A post on Facebook from the Troy Missouri Police Department asked for the public’s assistance in finding the teen who reportedly ran away. He was found safe, police said.

ST. LOUIS — A 24-year-old woman from St. Louis died in a car crash while she was away in college in Indiana. The family of Zinyetta Morgan is honoring her life as police try to figure out what led up to the crash. Multiple people describe the Indiana State...

ST. LOUIS — A judge indicted a Fairview Heights, Illinois, man in a U.S. District Court in St. Louis Wednesday after he allegedly sexually abused someone on Gateway Arch National Park grounds last year. According to the U.S. Attorney's Office in St. Louis, 35-year-old Monte Boatman was indicted on...

BELLEVILLE, Ill. — A man has been charged in the fatal shooting of a woman who police said they found dead inside her Belleville home over the weekend. St. Clair County prosecutors issued charges on Wednesday against Demario Bush, 35, of Belleville, Illinois, for one count of murder with the intent to kill and one count of possession/use of a firearm while on parole. Each charge is a felony.

WEBSTER GROVES, Mo. — A U.S. district judge sentenced a Webster Groves man to more than three decades in prison for allegedly producing child sex abuse material involving one pre-teen and two other children. The judge sentenced 38-year-old Aaron Pratt of Webster Groves to 35 years in prison for...

ST. LOUIS — The St. Louis Police Department is exploring whether to move officers to 11-hour shifts to beef up the number of officers available for patrol. Internal memos obtained by 5 On Your Side show meetings are planned this week among commanders to discuss the idea. Right now, officers work eight-hour shifts.

ST. LOUIS — Taylor Swift's highly anticipated new album, "The Tortured Poets Department," drops this Friday, and the St. Louis Wheel at Union Station is allowing local Swifties to listen to it for the first time while high in the sky above downtown St. Louis. Friday through Sunday, Swift's...

ST. LOUIS — A St. Louis judge on Monday awarded nearly $23.5 million to a former police officer who was beaten by colleagues while working undercover during a protest. Luther Hall was badly injured in the 2017 attack during one of several protests that followed the acquittal of Jason Stockley, a former St. Louis officer, on a murder charge that stemmed from the shooting death of a Black man.

ST. LOUIS — A 14-year-old boy was charged as an adult after police said he shot and killed a mother in front of her daughter in January of 2023. Brian Wellington was certified as an adult and charged with first-degree murder and multiple other charges in connection with the death of 38-year-old Kay Johnson. He was taken into custody Wednesday and is being held without bond.

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. — East St. Louis police have arrested a suspect and identified another in the recent Gateway Pet Guardians break-in and robbery, the animal shelter said in a news release Wednesday morning. The shelter did not share further details on the investigation. The East St. Louis...

CHESTERFIELD, Mo. — The Chesterfield Police Department on Tuesday honored a young hero for his quick thinking and immediate action when his mother had a seizure behind the wheel of a car. Benson Crumbacher, 7, on Feb. 3 was riding in the family car to a basketball game with...