Inmates at the downtown jail held a 70-year-old guard hostage for more than two hours early Tuesday, but city officials released little information about the incident.
This weekβs combination of heat and humidity has already delivered some of the highest heat index values ever recorded in the region β Tuesday's topped out at 117 degrees.
Federal investigators looking into whether trucks parked on exit ramp contributed to July 12 crash near Highland that killed three people and injured 13 others.
Police on Tuesday identified the man who died Friday after the car he was driving struck a pole and then a tree in north St. Louis County near Florissant.
The first day of school for most students came amid a heat wave that pushed temperatures above 100 degrees. Recess and P.E. classes have been moved inside.
The teen charged in the shooting death earlier this year of his 15-year-old girlfriend in St. Charles will serve time in the juvenile corrections system.
The forecast is showing a hot day in Saint Louis. Temperatures are projected to be a steamy day today with temperatures reaching a high of 97 though it will feel even hotter at 112. A 78-degree low is forecasted. Weβ¦