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Prosecutors reached a plea agreement on Monday with a 20-year-old man who, as a teenager, shot and killed a retired St. Louis police sergeant in 2018.

The state will stop testing for organochlorine pesticides, such as DDT, in fish from Illinois lakes and rivers.

Illinois officials and Native Americans whose ancestors called the state home hope a new state law will speed the recovery and reburial of their relatives' remains unearthed over the past two centuries.

HILLSBORO, Mo. -- A 41-year-old woman died while being detained for a probation violation at the Jefferson County Jail Sunday. Earlier that day, Melissa Miles of Robertsville had returned to the facility from a hospital. The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office says that Miles was being held by herself in a medical area. They found her [...]

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. -- The body of a Fairview Heights man was found in Jones Park Monday morning. Police say the man died from gunshot wounds. Illinois State Police were called to the 2500 block of Argonne Drive at around 9 a.m. Monday. A park employee told police that there was a suspicious vehicle [...]

GRANITE CITY, Ill. -- US Steel is blaming the United Autoworker's strike for a decrease in demand. They are idling operations at one of the blast furnaces at the Granite City Works until market conditions improve. The United Steelworker's Union says that they will be meeting with the company to minimize layoffs through their contract. [...]

MEHLVILLE, Mo. -- A man crossing the highway was stuck and killed late Friday night. Thomas Hartog, 43, is identified as the victim in this fatal crash. A crash report says that Hartog was trying to cross the interstate at the southbound I-270 ramp to I-55 at around 11:30 p.m. A man driving on the [...]

CENTRALIA, Ill. -- Police are still searching for an armed and dangerous man after he went missing in southern Marion County. They are asking anyone who sees Jonathon L. Hunt, 23, to call 911 immediately. Do not approach him. He is described as a white male, 6’02, 150 lbs. Officers were called to the 500 [...]

Daniel Duncan, 52, of Pacific, has been identified as the victim.

“This police officer was not entitled to shoot this individual because he was fleeing a traffic stop. This individual surrendering his badge was a good outcome of this incident - which could have been fatal,” states St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell.

ST. LOUIS, Mo. -- A man was struck by a bullet while he was lounging at the pool in the Central West End. According to police, a bullet that fell from the sky hit the 70-year-old victim. Officers were called to the 4500 block of Maryland Sunday at around 4 p.m. They found the man [...]

Road rage is an experience most drivers have either felt or been on the other end of, but you may be more likely to see it in some states more than others

EARTH CITY, Mo. -- Police have identified the victim in Friday's fatal wrong-way crash at 141 and I-70. Patricia Donze, 52, of Ballwin died after a collision with a van. The van was driving the wrong way on the Earth City Expressway Friday at around 7:45 a.m. It struck Donze's silver Ford SUV. She was [...]

WILDWOOD, Mo. -- A man was killed in a crash after his car caught fire on 141 at I-44 early Monday morning. The victim has been identified as Anthony Yacovielle, 40, of Wildwood, Missouri. A crash report says that Yacovielle was driving northbound on 141 at around 3:30 a.m. when his vehicle struck an overpass. [...]

She's 44, he's 29; should they have a baby together or does he need to grow up first? The Karamo Show returns Monday for season two at 1:00 p.m. on KPLR 11.

Someone shot and killed a man in north St. Louis early Sunday morning.

According to a payroll analysis by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, some Metro drivers made more than $40,000 in overtime pay last year.

St. Louis County owes the state of Missouri more than half a million dollars.

Two vacant homes caught fire early Monday morning in Cahokia Heights, Illinois.

An Amazon delivery truck was involved in a crash overnight in downtown St. Louis.