CRIME & SAFETY

Violence overnight in south St. Louis after a man is found shot and killed near a popular Soulard landmark.

A memorial is being held Wednesday night for a restaurant owner shot and killed last month.

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMOV) - Firefighters battled a large fire at a former church in Soulard near Gravois & Allen Tuesday around 10:30 p.m. Fire Chief Dennis Jenkerson told News 4 he believes the preliminary cause for the fire may be linked to rags that had mold and linseed oil on them. Linseed oil can burn without any spark, meaning there may have been a spontaneous combustion which led to this fire.

GRANITE CITY, Ill. – A Granite City man died late Tuesday afternoon in a crash near a busy intersection in the city. According to Captain Gary Brooks, a spokesperson for the Granite City Police Department, the crash happened just after 6:55 p.m. near Nameoki Road and Lindell Boulevard. Police...

ST. LOUIS (KMOV) – A woman was robbed in Tower Grove Park on Tuesday. The 27-year-old woman told police she was followed by the suspect from the 3100 block of Morganford to Center Cross Dr. and Magnolia Ave. around 10:30 p.m. Once there, the suspect approached her and threatened to shoot her if she didn’t give him her property.

Joshua Amerson's attorney says this time the case is gone for good

This was the second time David Meshoto allegedly stole the box of donations from the fast food restaurant

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMOV) - Federal investigators in St. Louis are putting extra effort into stopping and catching carjackers. As a federal crime, it’s one place the FBI can step in with ample resources to help address violence in St. Louis. “St. Louis has a violent crime problem. It’s...

ST. LOUIS — At the center of the community in St. Louis' The Hill neighborhood, church bells ring at St. Ambrose Parish Tuesday morning. In front of it, splashes of water at the Piazza Imo fountain represent the calmness. It's not all peace and quiet, though, in this sacred...

The St. Louis woman charged with leaving her dead child's body at a tire store was assigned bond on Monday. Lavosha Daniels had been in Boone County custody since June 2022 without bond. In court on Monday, Judge Kevin Crane agreed to set her bond at $500,000. Prosecutors charged her...

UPDATED: WGNS has a brief update on the suspect who reportedly crashed into a Smyrna High School senior this past February when she was visiting St. Louis, Missouri with her family for a volleyball tournament. Janae Edmondson and her parents were walking back to their hotel when an SUV wrecked,...

CERRO GORDO COUNTY, Iowa – A Missouri man has been arrested on drug charges in North Iowa. Ladarius Maurice Hunter, 30 of St. Louis, MO, is charged with intent to deliver marijuana and failure to use a drug tax stamp. Law enforcement says Hunter was pulled over on US Highway 18 near mile marker 187 at around 5:16 pm Sunday. The arresting officer says Hunter was speeding.

The mastermind behind a string of ATM attacks across the St. Louis region may have ties to gangs in Texas.

One of the Mizzou fraternity members who was involved in a hazing incident that severely disabled another student is being sentenced Tuesday.

A carjacker cries inconsolably at his sentencing. A shooting on the grounds of a church where homeless people have been camping prompts the church to tell them they have to break camp. Scott AFB is now the gas station for the world.

Evan Dorsey’s mother, sister, and brother spent the last year and a half splitting up shifts so they could be by the bedside of their loved one.

Another weekend of gun violence in St. Louis. A longtime community advocate shares her concerns with 5 On Your Side.

A teenager from Cahokia Heights was arraigned on a two-count indictment in federal court, and he is now facing charges for engaging in a scheme to transport Machine Gun Conversion Devices, more commonly known as Glock switches, from China to St. Clair County. Carlos Akins, 19, is facing one count...

(TNS) — Police Lt. John Blaskiewicz starts his days early, arriving in the city's Homicide Division to pore over the latest statistics. Papers on his office wall provide rules for reporting on delayed deaths and guidance on how to meet federal guidelines for counting cases as solved. "We are...

The shooting came two days after a vigil on National Gun Violence Awareness Day.