A man from St. Louis who was going to stand trial next week for killing someone outside a St. Louis liquor store in 2021 has reached a deal with prosecutors and will spend eight years in jail.
Police responded to a fatal shooting in north St. Louis at the 4700 block of Riverview on August 3 at 6:20 p.m. Officers found Ametta Powell, 30, suffering from a gunshot wound.
A truck was stolen in July. A man was charged with the crime. Jerome L. King, 35, was charged for the first time with tampering and having a gun illegally.
The Illinois Department of Transportation said that the Martin Luther King Bridge will be completely closed from the I-55/64/70 exit ramps to the MLK bridge and Third Street in Missouri starting, if the weather is good, at 9 p.m. on Friday, August 11.
The Illinois Supreme Court has upheld the state's ban on the sale or possession of the type of semiautomatic weapons used in hundreds of mass killings nationally.
A new blog from Jeff Asher, a New Orleans-based crime analyst, explains that some crime studies might lead to misconceptions about crime in certain cities, including St. Louis.
At the capitol of Missouri Emily Manley is dedicated to political news. Manley is the Missouri Chief Capital Bureau reporter for Nexstar Media, and her job is to cover news about the state's capital.
Hundreds showed up for the opening day of the Illinois State Fair on Thursday, but some were surprised to find that a lot of the rides were closed. The Illinois Department of Labor shared that due to the heavy rain on Wednesday, they weren't able to finish inspecting the rides.
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