December 20, 2022 Texas man pleads guilty to romance scam that swindled Missouri woman of $1.2M A Texas man pleads guilty to a romance scam that took $1.2 million from a Missouri woman. The man and others convinced the woman to send money to a man that she was talking to online.
December 19, 2022 Missouri woman escapes handcuffs and steals squad car before officer gets shot Two Missouri residents were arrested last week after leading police on a chase followed by one suspect escaping handcuffs, stealing a squad car, and attempting to disarm an officer
December 18, 2022 Ozark teen faces adult murder charge after 16-year-old girl he met at church overdoses on fentanyl-laced pill A 17-year-old was charged with murder in Missouri three months after a 16-year-old girl, whom he met at church years before, overdosed on a fentanyl-laced pill he allegedly delivered.
December 16, 2022 Missouri man convicted for murder of Illinois officer Caleb Campbell of Florissant, Mo., was convicted of first degree murder for the 2021 killing of Illinois police officer Brian Pierce Jr.
December 16, 2022 St. Louis-area pipeline given permanent certificate to operate by feds A natural gas pipeline operated by Spire, Inc. has been granted a permanent certificate to operate a pipeline in the St. Louis area by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
December 14, 2022 Cori Bush's campaign tops half million dollars towards private security after calling to defund police Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., has now surpassed $500,000 in campaign expenditures for private security services despite repeatedly calling to defund police in the past several years.
December 14, 2022 Hawley takes aim at Biden admin’s 'abdication' of responsibility over post-Title 42 migrant surge Sen. Josh Hawley is accusing the Biden administraton of an abidication of its legal responsibilities ahead of the end of Title 42 on Dec. 21, which brings a migrant surge.
December 14, 2022 Man pleads guilty to hate crime, arson charges for setting fire that destroyed Missouri Islamic center Nicholas Proffitt has pleaded guilty to arson and hate crime charges for setting a fire that destroyed an Islamic center. Nearly 24 people were inside the building but they escaped.
December 13, 2022 Missouri KFC customer shoots employee over corn outage A St. Louis, Missouri, KFC worker was shot after a customer became upset that the restaurant was out of corn, police said.
December 12, 2022 Missouri inmate seeks exoneration in murder conviction after 2 others confessed A Missouri man is seeking exoneration from a murder conviction that two others have confessed to committing. The hearing begins Monday to decide if the conviction should be overturned.