James Shipley, one of the last surviving Tuskegee Airmen, laid to rest
Shipley voluntarily joined the Black Army Air Corps when he was 19 years old.
St. Louis flooding: 1 dead as historic rainfall triggers flood emergency
It's the wettest day in St. Louis history as a line of steady thunderstorms dropped 8-10 inches of rain across the area early Tuesday morning, swelling rivers and creeks and stranding drivers across several roads in the region.
Amtrak derailment: 4 killed, several injured after train hits dump truck in Missouri
The Missouri State Highway Patrol said at least four people were killed when an Amtrak train derailed after hitting a dump truck in Missouri at a crossing Monday.
2 ex-Mizzou fraternity brothers charged with felonies after hazing incident left pledge blind, paralyzed
Mizzou freshman Daniel Santulli was left blind and unable to speak or walk after the hazing incident.
Murder charges filed after explosion kills 4 people making black-market fireworks
Two men have been charged with murder after a house explosion near St. Louis, Missouri, killed four people, including three teenagers, who were assembling illegal fireworks in a garage.
2 extremely rare leopard cubs born at Saint Louis Zoo
The Amur leopard is considered one of the rarest and most endangered cats in the world, the zoo said when announcing the female cubs.
Missouri fisherman catches 50-pound rare sturgeon
An angler in Missouri recently reeled in something you don't see every day — a lake sturgeon.
500 pounds of weed scattered across Missouri highway after crash on 4/20
Dozens of packages of weed were scattered across several lanes of highway.
Online video shows girl, 12, fatally shooting cousin, 14, before killing herself
Police in St. Louis are investigating the shooting deaths of two young cousins that was livestreamed in what the family believes to have been a “freak accident.”
Ex-mailman admits to stealing nearly $40K worth of sports cards
Four of the missing sports cards were found at a local sports memorabilia store, where authorities said the store’s surveillance video showed the man, in his USPS uniform, exchanging the cards for a sale.
Missouri mom decapitates 6-year-old son and dog, placed horrifying 911 call: Police
A Kansas City, Missouri, mom decapitated her six-year-old son and a dog, according to police.
Watch: Firefighters rescue teens from frozen lake
A training session on water rescues turned real for firefighters in suburban St. Louis when the crews sprang into action to save two teenagers.
Hero cop keeping kids warm in 6-degree temperature saves man from house fire
Capt. Jennifer Jones was in the area allowing children to sit in her patrol vehicle to stay warm while waiting on the school bus when she saw the flames erupting.
Bentley’s law: Grandma aims to make DUI offenders pay victims’ orphaned kids
“It’s a reminder to them to not do it again. Because I can tell you, this is one of the hardest things that anyone can ever go through. Any parent, this is the hardest and no parent should ever have to suffer that,” Cecilia Williams said.
St. Louis couple who waved guns at BLM protesters face law license suspension
A Missouri official asked the state Supreme Court to suspend the law licenses of Mark and Patricia McCloskey, who waved guns at protesters in 2020.
Student under investigation for removing nearly 3,000 US flags from 9/11 display on college campus
Washington University is investigating a member of their student government, who was caught on camera removing 2,977 flags from a 9/11 display on campus and throwing them in trash bags. The student said he did it as a form of protest.
More than 50,000 dead fish found floating in Kansas City stream
An estimated 50,000 sunfish, 1,900 common carp and 240 silver carp were found dead in a stream near Kansas City, Missouri, state officials said.
Car crashes through bedroom, narrowly missing sleeping homeowners
Authorities said it was a miracle no one was hurt after a car crashed into a bedroom and caught fire as a couple slept 10 feet away Sunday morning in Missouri.
Inmates break windows, set fires in uprising at St. Louis jail
A riot broke out at a St. Louis jail late Sunday with inmates breaking windows, setting a fire and throwing debris onto the ground below. It was the fourth uprising in recent months at the jail.
Third-ranking Senate Democrat urges Sens. Ted Cruz, Josh Hawley to resign
The third-ranking Democrat in the U.S. Senate is calling on Republican Sens. Josh Hawley and Ted Cruz to resign, arguing that their objections to the certification of President-elect Joe Biden’s victory “incited and supported the violent mob that attacked the Capitol.”