Man will stay jailed in Forest Park car break-ins case, judge rules
ST. LOUIS – A University City man accused of breaking into several vehicles in Forest Park this spring will remain jailed until trial. A St. Louis Circuit Court judge ordered Jerry J. Hampton, 47, to be held without bond at a detention hearing Monday morning. Hampton is charged with...
St. Louis church faces crisis as thieves steal AC units
The Greater Rising Star Missionary Baptist Church just recently finished paying off the roof that was damaged from last year’s tornado.
Pedestrian killed on northbound I-55, lanes reopen after extended closure
ST. LOUIS – All lanes were closed on a portion of Interstate 55 Monday morning after a person was struck and killed in south St. Louis. According to the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, the crash occurred around 5:10 a.m. on northbound I-55 at Arsenal Street. Accident Reconstruction crews were called to invest
Man found dead in Soulard home: Police
ST. LOUIS – Homicide detectives with the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department are investigating after a man was found dead inside a home in the Soulard neighborhood. The body was discovered in the 3300 block of South Ninth Street, according to a police spokesperson. This is a developing news...
Racial justice coalition wants to hold prosecutors accountable
A coalition of racial justice groups in the St. Louis region has released its Prosecutor Watch: An Introduction report. It’s the first of a planned series taking a critical look at the St. Louis and St. Louis County prosecutor offices. “We hope that the prosecutors in St. Louis city...
Two people grazed by gunfire after Airbnb party in St. Louis
Two people were grazed by bullets and multiple homes and vehicles were also hit after people inside a red Infiniti Q50 fired multiple shots as an Airbnb party was letting out early Friday morning.
St. Louis’ Crime Chime: Discharged into the Dark: St. Luke’s Hospital, a Locked Greyhound...
After telling his grandmother he had been “laced,” 19-year-old T’Montez Hurt was discharged from a Kansas City hospital into a taxi and dropped off at a locked Greyhound station. Leaving without his phone, he vanished into the night. Two years later, his family and local detectives are still searching for answers.
Armed suspect shot by officers in Granite City, police say
GRANITE CITY, Ill. (First Alert 4) - A suspect is in critical condition after being shot by officers in Granite City. The Illinois State Police Department said that officers from the Granite City Police Department and the Madison County Sheriff’s Office were called to the 2000 block of Edison Avenue around 10:20 a.m. o
St. Louis’ Crime Chime: Tased at Elephant Rocks: Registered Offender Michael Barton Pleads Guilty...
Ranger intervention at a state park leads to federal guilty plea for registry evasion and child sexual abuse material possession. The Missouri breeze was crisp and clear that autumn afternoon, Near Elephant Rocks where granite blocks reflect the coming moon. A cruiser rolled with watchful eyes across the public space,
Missouri Minister Faces Trial Over $1.2M Church Loan Fraud, Bought $133K Mercedes
A Missouri minister known to his congregation as Apostle K.C. Sparks goes on trial today in St. Louis, accused of orchestrating a $1.2 million pandemic loan fraud scheme that prosecutors say siphoned money from his own parishioners to fund a $133,000 Mercedes, a second Mercedes worth $108,000, and designer shoes. Kenne
