Melissa Price Smith told a crowd of eager residents she has plans to prioritize prosecuting violent crimes and is creating a unit specifically focused on homicides.

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. — St. Louis County Police say two children have died from firearms so far this year, and two others have been injured. These numbers, they say, underscore the urgent need for ...

A 14-year-old died from their injuries just days after a shooting in St. Louis County, which comes at a time when three ...

Kehoe highlighted a number of new budget items that seek to reduce the state’s crime rate, including a new state crime lab ...

Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. ST. LOUIS COUNTY — A wrong-way driver died and two men were seriously injured in a crash early Wednesday in south St. Louis ...

According to the St. Louis County Police Department’s probable cause statement, the carjacking took place on Sunday, Jan. 26.

Prosecutors say Jordan ran a network of stash houses in north St. Louis and St. Louis County. He used violence and threats to assert his dominance, sparking fear with assaults, kidnappings and ...

After taking office amid uncertain budgetary times both locally and with the federal government, Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe ...

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. — In a heartbreaking update to a story 5 On Your Side first shared last summer, a 76-year-old man who relatives say was brutally tortured in the basement of his north St ...

Confident in unproven facial recognition technology, sometimes investigators skip steps; at least eight Americans have been wrongfully arrested.

Jason Allen Nelson, 32, of Duluth, faces a third-degree murder charge in the December 2023 fatal overdose of a 46-year-old woman. An arrest warrant was issued earlier this week and he was arraigned ...

The massive Palisades Fire broke out in Los Angeles on Tuesday afternoon, prompting mandatory evacuations affecting tens of thousands of people and highway closures. Later Tuesday, the Eaton Fire ...