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ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. - A fight between brothers Sunday in the Spanish Lake neighborhood of north St. Louis County led to gunfire. A 25-year-old man has been charged with first-degree assault, armed criminal action, and unlawful use of a weapon. A court document said a shooting was reported at a home in Spanish Lake. [...]

American Airlines announced yesterday that it planned to buy 20 planes from Boom Supersonic, whose Overture supersonic plane—currently in development and not scheduled to carry passengers until 2029—is alleged to fly about twice as fast as today's commercial jets. That sounds great, of course, if they can pull it off, but then there's this: Boom ...continue reading "Are supersonic flights in our future, eventually?"

The St. Louis Circuit Attorney's Office charged a 23-year-old man for allegedly attacking a woman and later threatening that woman's family.

St. Louis County residents can get free well water testing kits until Aug. 26.

Ameren Missouri may restart natural gas burners to offset the court-ordered shuttering of a coal-fired power plant that violated federal law, the company told state regulators Wednesday.  The St. Louis-based electric utility announced late last year that it would retire its Rush Island Energy Center in early 2024 after a federal court found in 2019 […]

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Jeffrey Hasenjaeger, 63, was identified as the victim.

The indictment accuses Hoornstra of leaving the voicemail on the phone of a Maricopa County, Arizona election official in May of 2021.

The company has been under growing pressure to clamp down on parties since 2019.

Jerome Jones and Destini McConnell each were charged Aug. 12, 2022, with child endangerment-serious physical injury.

The aide to Mayor Tishaura Jones had been hired last year as director of policy and development. He's now moving to a position in which he'll oversee housing development.

Kia also issues statement vowing to give steering wheel locks to local police departments for free

An opening date for the St. Ann location has not been announced.

Owners announced the closing on Facebook due to "recent events beyond our control." Customers speculate it's because of the recent shooting in the parking lot.

A Columbia, Missouri woman is the final defendant to plead guilty in a massive, multimillion-dollar catalytic converter theft ring.

A 59-year-old man from St. Louis admitted to one count of passport fraud after State Department agents discovered him living in Germany for the past three decades under a false identity — a name he stole from another St. Louisian. DeLeo Barner entered a plea agreement in May in which he acknowledged that he used a passport obtained by false statement and that he acted knowingly and willfully. He was supposed to be sentenced in federal court today but the hearing was canceled last minute due to the judge being sick.

WOOD RIVER - The Wood River Police Department Police Chief Brad Wells is leading a search today of an area near Illinois Route 3 close to where Vernon L. Law, missing since July 21, 2022, was last seen. Those involved in the search with dogs were seen close to the Colman’s Country Campers area at 2 Fun Lane, Hartford, and that vicinity. On July 27th, 2022 , the Wood River Police Department received notification that a male subject, identified as Vernon L. Law, was last seen on July 21, 2022, at 2:40 p.m., by a coworker, departing Economy Boat Store, 200 S. Amoco Road, Wood River. Vernon L. Law worked as a deckhand on the riverboat "Kevin Michael.” Law left property on the boat. His wallet and identification were not left behind. He possibly left with these items in his possession. Vernon is from Chester, Illinois, with associates in Columbia, Illinois, and O’Fallon, Missouri. Vernon L. Law was last seen wearing a blue t-shirt, blue jeans, and work boots.

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