CRIME & SAFETY

St. Louis police have confirmed that the manhunt for a convicted sex offender has ended as he has now been found and caught.

Police ask that you not stop to pose for pictures with sex offender Tommy Boyd

Zyla was allowed to go to the store with her mother, who does not have custody, the grandmother does. The mom is 28-year old Tyricka Turner, African American, 5-3, 165-pounds with black hair

A man is hospitalized with what police describe as life-threatening injuries after a “gunfight” with two St. Louis County officers. Police received a call about a domestic disturbance just after 7 p.m. Wednesday and were told that a man was intoxicated and refusing to allow the caller to leave the home, St. Louis County Sgt. Tracy Panus said. Police also were told the man was armed.

The Mehlville and Lindbergh school districts enacted security measures after a convicted sex offender escaped from Mercy South Hospital Thursday morning.

After four months, an arrest has been made in the shooting that occurred on May 10, resulting in the death of Andrew Smith, 56, in north St. Louis.

U.S. District Judge Matthew T. Schelp on Wednesday sentenced a woman who robbed a St. Louis County cell phone store in 2021 and then carjacked a Jeep in St. Louis to 15 years in prison. Kadijah McFadden, 29, pointed a gun at an employee of the Boost Mobile store at...

An ambulance was stolen from SSM St. Mary's Hospital early Thursday morning, but it has since been recovered by authorities.

As special agents with Homeland Security Investigations conduct an operation on a metro St. Louis interstate, a police officer trying to combat drug trafficking is not surprised.

Angela Cain says her neck got caught in a hanging noose of overgrown vines

Her vehicle was discovered early Wednesday morning

St. Louis is dealing with severe drug trafficking on its metropolitan highways, with both local and federal agencies working tirelessly to combat this issue. Drugs are often transported across state lines via rental cars on the I-270, a highway which has developed a reputation for such activities.

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. (KMOV) - A St. Louis County man was sentenced to 15 years in prison for selling fake prescription pain pills containing fentanyl that killed a St. Charles County man. In May, Andrew Kendall Edwards pleaded guilty to one count of distribution of fentanyl and one count...

On a seemingly ordinary Sunday afternoon in the Central West End, a man relaxing by his backyard pool was surprisingly hit by a stray bullet. The bullet lodged into the man's right thigh, prompting his immediate transport to the hospital. He is currently stable, according to officials. They also revealed that the shot was likely not fired from a close location.

A St. Louis man was killed in a single motorcycle crash by Lake Arrowhead on Tuesday evening, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol report. The highway patrol reported that at approximately 6:20 p.m., a 2009 Harley-Davidson DYNA Super Glide was traveling westbound on Oak Grove Church Road when it overturned, traveled off the left side of the road and struck a tree.

A jury has convicted a St. Louis County man in the death of his wife, which happened before a planned divorce hearing in 2021.

We all know someone who gets "hangry" when they need something to eat, but a St. Louis teenager takes it to the extreme.

Missouri State Senator Steve Roberts has called for state action to address issues at the St. Louis City Jail. He cites several problems such as inmate deaths, a hostage situation, and staff resignations, linking them to potential mismanagement and possible fraud at the facility.

A regional bomb squad was called to investigate a suspicious item Wednesday afternoon at McNair Park in St. Charles.

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