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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.

Until now, no industry had driven the U.S. economy with such force since the railroad expansion of the late 1800s. Today’s data center buildout will dwarf that amount.

A Central Methodist football player was referred to a specialist for a potential brain bleed after he was forced to fight his teammate for being late, police say.

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Officer Jaylon J. Lee, 26, was charged with aggravated battery in connection with a shooting in which he and two others were wounded, Belleville police said.

The district is investigating reports of behavioral and physical misconduct surrounding the Clyde C. Miller and Sumner football team.

Robert Murray Jr. pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the killing of Nicole Coleman, 36, on Dec. 27, 2023, at Coleman's house on Lexington Avenue in Velda City.

Police say they are conducting interviews regarding the shooting of Alyssa Wilson, 17, on Wednesday night in Overland.