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The Illinois State Police are now investigating a shooting and a homicide in Washington Park. One person killed, another injured in Washington …. The Illinois State Police are now investigating a shooting and a homicide in Washington Park. KFC adding chicken nuggets to menus nationwide +LV5. Kentucky Fried Chicken is...

More than two years after authorities first searched his home, a Washington man has been charged with felony second-degree drug trafficking. The charges against Leon David Morgan, 42, were filed March 1. His home was searched Dec. 28, 2020.

At approximately 11:30 p.m. on March 20th, 2023, Franklin County deputies, with the assistance of Union Missouri Police Department officers, responded to a business at the intersection of Clearview Road and Hwy 47 for a report of a subject trying to force entry into the back door of the business.

The city of Union has applied for funding for a road project that could create a new roundabout at the intersection of Progress Parkway and Denmark Road on the city’s East side. The city and its consultant, Cochran Engineering, of Union, filed the request in February with the East-West...

Franklin County plans to purchase 41.3 acres to serve as a future site of its highway department’s maintenance facility. The $450,000 purchase for land on Highway 50 between Beaufort Elementary School and the community of Beaufort will allow the county to consolidate its two current maintenance facilities, one located on Riverview Place in Union, the other at the intersection of Highways ZZ and C, northwest of Leslie, Presiding Commissioner Tim Brinker said. While commissioners unanimously approved the special sale contract at their Tuesday meeting, the property’s current owners, Great 8 Cinema owners Paul and Jo Ann Arand, still must agree to the contract.

Two Gerald residents were hospitalized after being injured in a two-car crash in rural Franklin County on Tuesday, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The highway patrol reports that at 9:37 a.m. on Tuesday, March 21, Douglas R. Vaughn, 47, of Gerald, was driving a 2002 Ford F250 truck northbound on Highway A. As Vaughn drove north, he failed to notice a vehicle had stopped in the roadway, waiting to make a left turn onto Pottery Road.

JEFFERSON COUNTY (KMOV) -- On Monday, a porch pirate was recorded on a home security system stealing a package from a front porch in the Winding Bluffs Subdivision south of Fenton. Les Howard said the theft is frustrating. “You order something, you pay money for it, and you get home,...

The weeks-long investigation into a February morning carjacking is reaching a conclusion. Washington Police Department spokesperson Detective Lt. Steve Sitzes said investigators are about a week or two away from wrapping up their investigation into John A. Smith, Jr. of Piedmont, who is suspected of stealing a woman’s car on Feb. 2, 2023.

As area voters weigh whether to approve a 3 percent sales tax on recreational marijuana sales in Franklin County and several cities within the county, officials have some ideas of how to spend the new revenue. But nothing is set in stone. The city of Washington may have the most...

ST. LOUIS – The American Kennel Club ranks the most popular dog breeds. For the past 31 years, the Labrador Retriever was ranked number one until this year when the French Bulldog to the top spot. Petland has been inspected by the AKC to make sure they are in compliance with the standards that support the welfare, safety and health of dogs and puppies.

ST. LOUIS — One woman told our I-Team that a surgeon operated on the wrong part of her spine not once but twice. She took the surgeon to court, and a jury ruled in her favor. “I had a lot of back pain," Natalie Avilez, a medical malpractice plaintiff...

Washington on Monday joined dozens of other Missouri cities in signing onto a multi-million dollar settlement agreement with pharmacies and drug makers who are acknowledging their role in the opioid epidemic. Washington City Attorney Mark Piontek said it is unclear how much the city will receive as part of the...

A Warren County man recently found guilty of a triple homicide will learn his sentence next month. Shawn Kavanagh, of Bellflower, was found guilty last Friday of three counts of first-degree murder, four counts of armed criminal action, first-degree domestic assault resulting in serious physical injury, and first-degree burglary. Judge...

An effort to ban panhandling in Washington has stalled. “I’m disappointed, very disappointed,” said Second Ward Councilman Mark Hidritch, who along with other members of the Washington City Council had been advocating for the city to approve an ordinance that would bar people from soliciting money while on city property or in the right-of-way of city streets.

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMOV) - A Franklin County man died in an early morning car crash Sunday. Markus Eldringhoff, 20, died after a one vehicle crash on Route J in Gasconade County. The crash occurred after the car drifted into the northbound lane, and was then overcorrected and swerved off the right side of the road striking a fence and tree.

But, Union scored the most, winning a 13-3 Four Rivers Conference Preseason Tournament baseball semifinal over the Eagles at Wildcat Ballpark Monday.

A gas station on the west side of Washington will soon be under new ownership. James Fortner, a partner with Wortman-Fortner, LLC., said his company is purchasing the ZX gas station, 6791 Highway 100, which is currently owned by the Arnold O. Kandlbinder Trust and Theola Kandlbinder. The Kandlbinder’s son, Randy, said the family built the gas station in 1988.

MoDOT is closing one lane on the I-44 bridge over the Meramec River near Eureka.

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A 2012 Kia Optima was stolen from outside a home in the 2600 block of Alice Drive in Arnold. The car was recovered the next day in the Jefferson County portion of Fenton, Arnold Police reported. A 30-year-old Arnold man said he parked the car outside the Arnold home at...