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City and county officials said they received hundreds more calls than normal on Saturday afternoon as storms ripped through the region.

Public safety editor Alex Valentine talks about how reporters cover public safety and crime in the St. Louis region.

The hit-and-run was just one among hundreds of emergency calls to police and firefighters across the St. Louis region for fireworks-incidents, fires, medical calls, shootings and car crashes.

A history professor tried to school Missouri's senator about the context tied to a fake Patrick Henry quote. Hawley responded about triggering “the libs.”

The Pea Ridge iron mine is located in Washington County.

The gunman barricaded himself in his home and was arrested after a six-hour standoff.

The Missouri Highway Patrol identified the victim as 43-year-old Terri L. Rucker.

The response from city officials followed an outcry from people at Saturday's scene who said they called 911 over and over as Coen was slipping away, but could not get through to a dispatcher.

Some of the scheduled speakers are facing multiple felony charges in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021, attack; one was recently sentenced to 18 years in prison.

Local counties and school districts are urging Parson not to sign the bill.

In July, 1972, Mo Mo the Monster was making front-page news as he terrorized the good folks of Louisiana, Mo.

More than 100,000 customers initially lost power Saturday. Ameren expects service restored by Wednesday night or Thursday morning.

Larob Harris and MeKayla Johann were charged last week in the death of St. Louis Kitchen owner Fa Ming Pan.

The man's wife and their 12-year-old daughter escaped — but the father went a different direction and was later found dead in the garage.

Katherine Coen, 33, sat in her car as a storm descended on St. Louis. She had groceries with her, her father said, and was probably waiting out the rain.

Greg Heiar, newly hired to coach Mineral Area College in Park Hills, failed to complete his one season at New Mexico State last year.

Police on Wednesday identified the 10-year-boy shot and killed near Belleville Monday night.

Bost will be opposed by Darren Bailey, who received an assist from the Democratic Governors Association when he ran in the 2022 gubernatorial GOP primary.

Jerry Bland, of Ferguson, had a "credible" claim of self-defense, said the prosecuting attorney's spokesman.

Billing itself as a sports bar with live music, Billy’s on Broadway has opened at 701 South Broadway, where Beale on Broadway operated for 18 years, closing in early 2019.