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October 15, 2026

A 23-year-old Festus man died in a Jefferson County motorcycle crash early Saturday, the Missouri State Highway Patrol reported.

One person was seriously injured trying to escape a burning home in St. Louis' Shaw neighborhood Saturday morning.

The raise would bring Chief Robert Tracy's salary to $295,000 — higher than his counterparts in Kansas City, Chicago and New York.

Maurio Thomas, 29, of the Carondelet neighborhood, was charged Friday with two counts of burglary and two counts of sodomy or attempted sodomy.

Terry Webster, Jr., 21, was charged Friday in connection to the shooting death of 43-year-old Ron Banks, of St. Louis.

Corey Vence, 19, of St. Louis, has been charged with first-degree property damage and a misdemeanor charge of participating in a street takeover.

Last month, actress Sydney Sweeney appeared nude behind a football in a social media spot for Novig called "Just Sports."

Columnist Bill McClellan writes: No reason was ever given for his detention, but it was not an isolated event. ... ICE has increasingly turned to grabbing asylum-seekers at appointments.