Dellwood man pleads guilty to cashing his dead mother’s Social Security checks for 26 years

ST. LOUIS COUNTY (KMOV) -- Tony Weaver, a former top official at the St. Louis County Jail, was sentenced to 18 months in prison after pleading guilty in federal court to defrauding the county through a Small Businesses Relief (SBR) Program during the COVID-19 pandemic. Charges alleged Weaver approached a...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMOV) - Three teenagers were arrested for a number of burglaries in the St. Louis region. Officers with St. Louis County and St. Louis City said a stolen white Hyundai Sonata was used in a string of business burglaries that happened on December 6, 2022. Officers arrested two 16-year-old boys on burglary and stealing charges for hitting these businesses:

JEFFERSON CITY (KMOV) -- Sweeping public safety legislation moving through Missouri’s governing body could change the way certain violent crime cases are handled in the City of St. Louis. “What happens in St. Louis and some of our more urban areas affect the entire state. It affects our economy....

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMOV) - The saying “Old habits die hard,” is proving to be true as police metro-wide say they’re fed up with people’s habits which are helping crime rings, specifically car break-ins and thefts. One city seeing a rise in this crime is Kirkwood...

ST. LOUIS COUNTY (KMOV) – The St. Louis County Police Department has issued a warning regarding a crime trend. The department reports that at least two of their precincts, South County and Affton, have received reports of thefts from vehicles at gas stations. In each case, a suspect in a stolen vehicle pulled up next to a car while the driver was pumping gas and stole a purse from the passenger’s side.

The Science of Healing: Using the latest technology for brain tumor & epilepsy patients. Dr. Philppe Mercier is a SLUCare Physician who uses the latest innovated technology to get amazing outcomes for his brain tumor and epilepsy patients. From Interoperative MRI, 5ALA to turn tumors bright pink to robots in the operating room find out how Dr. Mercier uses this technology to help his patients.

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMOV) - The East St. Louis Chief of Police is being terminated, leaving the town searching for a new police chief. The chief, Kendall Perry, was told “insubordination” is the reason he is being let go. Perry was promoted to chief in May 2019. Sources...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMOV) - Tax season began this week, and this one could be harder on your wallet. Several pandemic-era tax breaks are expiring or being rolled back. Pamela Ford is a Certified Public Accountant. She says you can expect smaller refunds and bigger balanced this year as a result.

ST. LOUIS (KMOV) - LGBTQ advocates protested in St. Louis and Jefferson City over proposed legislation they say targets that specific demographic. On Tuesday, several LGBTQ rights advocates rallied through The Grove over several bills limiting LGBTQ exposure in Missouri. The ACLU reported Missouri lawmakers have filed 30 anti-LGBTQ bills,...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMOV) - The O’Fallon State Highway Patrol has canceled an Endangered Person Advisory for 85-year-old Janice Bruns. Bruns was last seen leaving Delmar Assisted Living Facility in O’Fallon, Missouri around 4:30 p.m., wearing a pink sweatshirt. The O’Fallon, Missouri Police Department said she was without her medication and was last seen in a 2017 Ford Fusion.

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMOV) - A person was killed in a crash on I-64 in St. Clair County early Friday morning. A 58-year-old man from Belleville, Ill. was killed in the accident. According to ISP, it happened around 3:37 a.m. A semi truck and trailer were parked on the shoulder of I-64 eastbound. The passenger was lying in the sleeper birth of the semi when a pickup truck crashed into the back of the trailer. The driver of the pickup, a Ford F250, was pronounced dead on scene. The passenger in the semi was uninjured.

CHESAPEAKE, Va. (Gray News) – A man in Virginia who won $1 million playing Mega Millions plans to use part of the earnings to give back to veterans. According to the Virginia Lottery, when Bill Pickens collected his prize earlier this month, he said he wanted to use part of his winnings to help make canes for Purple Heart recipients who need them.

EAST ST. LOUIS (KMOV) - Citing safety and infrastructure improvements, leaders in East St. Louis broke ground Monday on a new multi-million dollar public safety center. The building will come at a cost of more than $13 million and will replace the dated building currently at the site of the Emerson Park Transit Center. The facility will house a St. Clair County 911 Dispatch Center, a backup MetroLink control center, and office space for the sheriff’s department.

ST. LOUIS (KMOV) – Thousands of Ameren customers are without power as of 10 a.m. Wednesday. According to the Ameren Outage Map, over 8,000 customers were without power just before 10 a.m. Over 2,800 of the outages were reported in the area of Farmington and over 2,000 were without power near Potosi. Hundreds of outages were also reported in St. Louis County.

Join the Humane Society of Missouri on February 7th for their second annual Day of Giving, a 24-hour giving campaign to help thousands of animals get the second chances they deserve. The Humane Society is encouraging supporters to become “Humane Heroes” by signing up for monthly giving. Your consistent and...