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ST. LOUIS – Police are looking for a gunman who shot a man Sunday morning at a Schnucks grocery store in south St. Louis. The shooting happened just after 11:40 a.m. in the 3400 block of S. Grand Boulevard, located in the Tower Grove East neighborhood. Police say the shooting...

EAST ALTON, Ill. (KMOV.com) -- Officers with the East Alton Police Department are asking the public for help finding a missing woman. The police department said 42-year-old Nicole Sevier-Rudd was last Saturday morning near the Circle on 716 W. St. Louis Avenue. You're asked to call the department at 618-259-6212...

ST. LOUIS (KMOV.com) -- A 12-year-old boy was injured in a drive-by shooting while walking home from the store with his little brother in south St. Louis City. Officers with the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department said the 12-year-old was walking to his Dutchtown home with his little brother in the 3100 block of Keokuk when someone drove by and fired shots after 7:30 p.m. The boy was shot in the lower back and knee and grazed in the calf.

WILDWOOD, Mo. (KMOV.com) - Wildwood, Eureka and Chesterfield officials will not enforce the mask mandate going into effect in St. Louis County come Monday. Earlier Friday, St. Louis City and County announced that everyone 5 and older must wear a mask in public indoor settings, whether they are vaccinated or not. The order does not apply to someone when they are eating and drinking at a restaurant or if they have a disability that prevents them from wearing a mask. The order comes amid rising COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations both in the St. Louis area and Missouri as the Delta variant spreads.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — The new mask mandate in the city and county of St. Louis that takes effect this week is being criticized by several state and local elected officials. Starting Monday, masks will be mandatory in indoor public places and on public transportation for everyone age 5 or older, even for those who are vaccinated.

ST. LOUIS — In recent months, more than 200 inmates facing federal charges here have been bused to out-of-state jails without being told where they were going, leaving relatives confused and trying desperately to reconnect. Officials have said the secrecy is necessary for security reasons. Lawyer Susan McGraugh had two...

EDWARDSVILLE — A wrongful death suit has been filed against Southwestern Illinois Health Facilities (Anderson Hospital) and Dr. Elsayed Abo-Salem over the death of Madison County Board Member Clint Jones of Maryville last year. Jones died July 3, 2020. The suit was filed July 1 by his wife, Heather Mueller-Jones,...

SPANISH LAKE, Mo. (KMOV.com) -- An officer was rushed to the hospital with serious injuries after getting struck in north St. Louis County. Officials with the St. Louis County Police Department said the officer responded to a domestic assault call in the 1000 block of Starshire Court in Spanish Lake. Police said the male suspect struck the officer with his car at 7:40 p.m. and then left the area.

EDWARDSVILLE — Three people were indicted Thursday by a Madison County grand jury. Corvis D. Johnson, 36, of Bel Ridge, Missouri, was indicted July 22 for unlawful possession of weapons by a felon, a Class X felony; offenses relating to motor vehicles, a Class 2 felony; and unlawful possession of methamphetamine, a Class 3 felony.

PEVELY, Mo. – A man and woman were taken to a St. Louis area hospital after their ATV crashed Sunday afternoon. According to the chief of the Dunklin Fire Protection District, the crash happened around 3:15 p.m. on Highway Z near Victory Church. The ATV went off the road and...

ST. CHARLES COUNTY, Mo. (KMOV.com) -- A 69-year-old was killed in a two-car crash in St. Charles County Saturday afternoon. Officials with the Missouri State highway Patrol said Juan Hoffman of Florissant was driving westbound on Missouri 94 west of Church Road after 5 p.m. when he crossed the center lane into the eastbound traffic.

ST. LOUIS – St. Louis Police are investigating a shooting in Dutchtown that sent a 12-year-old boy to the hospital. According to a police spokesman, the shooting occurred just before 7:40 p.m. Sunday in the 3100 block of Keokuk Street. The boy had been shot in the lower back and...

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) - A federal investigation shows the city of East St. Louis violated labor standards for not tracking or paying overtime hours for police officers. The U.S. Department of Labor says the city’s police department had employees sign a document agreeing to forgo pay for working overtime because it didn’t have the funds.

ST. LOUIS — When Cincinnati officials heard they would get close to $300 million from Washington to help their city come back from the pandemic, they wasted no time preparing relief. The mayor sent a plan to the Cincinnati City Council in short order, and after a few weeks of...

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A former St. Louis high school basketball star who played briefly for Notre Dame and Missouri in college was shot and killed in north St. Louis County, police said. Cameron Biedscheid, 27, was killed Friday on the block where he lived. Police did not indicated whether...