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St. Louis has had the reputation (deservedly so in most cases) of being known as the "murder capital" of the United States. Based on some new stats, there's a place in Illinois that rivals it with double the homicide rate. Just a few weeks ago, a very popular YouTube channel...

A motorcyclist died Thursday afternoon after a hit-and-run crash in the Metro East. Police arrested the driver accused of fleeing from the crash Friday morning.

ST. LOUIS — The Missouri State Highway Patrol has been busy on St. Louis highways. They worked with the St. Louis Police Department Thursday on an I-70 law enforcement operation. They pulled over a total of 100 vehicles and made several arrests. Four troopers conducted 44 traffic stops. They conducted 10 arrests, issued 87 citations, […]

EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (TCD) -- A jury convicted a 60-year-old man this week of intentionally fatally hitting his 46-year-old girlfriend with his truck during a dispute. Madison County State’s Attorney Thomas Haine announced Thursday, June 1, that a jury deliberated for 40 minutes before finding Richard Mayor guilty of first-degree murder in connection with Lisa Dunnavant-Polach’s death on Feb. 21, 2023.

ST. LOUIS — A woman was shot twice in the legs while driving on Interstate 70 in St. Louis Friday. The incident happened at about 5 p.m. on I-70 near Madison Street, according to the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department. Police said a woman was shot twice in the...

Police in two states are looking into the report of an alleged kidnapping and sexual assault of a woman from the SIU-Edwardsville campus late last week. SIU-E Police are working with authorities in Berkeley, Missouri, on the investigation and an alert was sent to students last Saturday morning about the incident.

A man faces criminal charges one day after a child died from a shooting in St. Louis.

A fatal hit-and-run crash last week left families confused about who died, and what police are doing about it.

There are lots of big events leading up to Sunday's sold-out "Enjoy Illinois 300 at World Wide Technology Raceway in Madison.

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ST. LOUIS – Police are asking for the public’s assistance with identifying a man accused in a St. Louis jewelry store robbery last month. The robbery happened around 10 a.m. on May 24 at St. Louis Jewelers. The store is located in the 2700 block of Cherokee Street in the Gravois Park neighborhood.

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMOV) - St. Louis County Police reported a teen went missing Friday evening. The incident happened in the 10000 block of Kennerly at 3:50 p.m. Police say William Hooper Jr., 17, was last seen leaving the hospital and entering a blue sedan after having a medical emergency.

ST. LOUIS — A stuffed animal now sits outside the north St. Louis home where police say 11-year-old David Winston accidentally shot himself. Officers rushed the child to a hospital where he later died. "It's traumatizing. We never expected to hear anything like this," said Yolanda Burgess. Burgess doesn't...

EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. — A 28-year-old motorcyclist was killed Thursday evening after a hit-and-run crash in Edwardsville. According to the South Roxana Police Department, the crash involving a motorcycle and a car happened at about 3:30 p.m. Thursday at Illinois 111 and Lakefront Parkway. The driver of the car fled the scene of the crash.

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMOV) - A North St. Louis teenager who walked miles to his 8th grade graduation now has two new ways to get around. “I wasn’t expecting this,” says 14-year-old Xavier Jones. Jones was gifted a $5,000 Ryan Pritchard Electric Bike during a celebrity basketball game...

An East St. Louis Housing Authority executive is under fire after residents complain about the conditions of a senior citizen building.

ST. LOUIS (KMOV) – The woman accused of berating a South City Latino family in viral videos is facing a new charge. In February, Judy Kline, 54, was charged with first-degree burglary, first-degree property damage and unlawful use of a weapon. Earlier this month, she was also charged with interference with housing rights in connection with the incidents at the home on Lisette Ave.

Scientists say lake sturgeon — a prehistoric fish listed as an endangered species in Missouri — have been consistently spawning in the lower Mississippi River near West Alton in recent years. Since 1984, the Missouri Department of Conservation has made efforts to reintroduce sturgeon along the lower Mississippi....

The name celebrates the peak of the strawberry harvest.

BELLEVILLE, Ill. — Fans and propped windows were the only things that gave one couple relief from the extremely hot temperatures on Friday. Dawn Coffin told 5 On Your Side this would be her and her husband’s second summer without air conditioning in their Belleville, Illinois apartment. “It's...