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August 7, 2021

5 children killed in devastating East St. Louis fire

Five siblings have died after a fire broke out inside their East St. Louis, Illinois, apartment while they were sleeping.

August 5, 2021

Terrell: Missouri Rep. Bush using private security, calling for defunding cops is 'gaslighting Black people'

Civil rights attorney Leo Terrell ripped Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., for demanding the defunding of law enforcement while explaining why it is important that she remain under the guard of private security – noting that most people in her somewhat violent St. Louis district cannot afford for themselves.

August 5, 2021

Mark McCloskey cites governor's pardon in lawsuit to get guns back

The St. Louis man who was caught on video waving a firearm at Black Lives Matter demonstrators along with his wife outside their home is suing to have the guns returned days after a pardon granted to the couple was made public.

August 3, 2021

St. Louis County's mask mandate temporarily blocked by judge

A local judge granted a temporary restraining order Tuesday that will halt St. Louis County's mask mandate from taking effect for at least the next two weeks.

July 24, 2021

Missouri AG plans to sue St. Louis over reinstatement of mask mandate

Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt said he plans to file a lawsuit against St. Louis and St. Louis County for reinstating a mask mandate for both vaccinated and unvaccinated people over the age of 5.

July 23, 2021

St. Louis mandates masks indoors regardless of vaccination status, recommends masks outdoors

St. Louis County is mandating face masks for everyone over the age of five when indoors regardless of vaccination status amid the spread of the Delta variant, officials announced Friday.

July 22, 2021

Grieving mother says controversial St. Louis prosecutor silently made plea deal with suspect in son's murder

The mother of a young man allegedly beaten to death near a St. Louis transit station slammed District Attorney Kimberly Gardner after she essentially accidentally found out the prosecutor's office had forged an 8-year plea deal with the suspect without her knowledge.

July 12, 2021

Republicans raise alarm over severe records backlog for veterans costing benefits: 'Utter tragedy'

House Republicans are shining a light on a major records backlog at a government archives agency that has meant thousands of veterans and their families are waiting months, and in some cases years, for paperwork that is necessary to receive benefits.

July 10, 2021

Widow, 90, faces economic hardship amid massive backlog of veteran records

Ninety-year-old Susana Mallinson has been waiting over a year for her husband Frank's military service records from the National Personnel Records Center (NPRC) in St. Louis. 

July 4, 2021

Deadly St. Louis-area mall shooting suspect arrested, police say

Police have arrested a suspect in connection with a shooting at a St. Louis area mall that left one person dead on Saturday.