Russell Kinsaul

On Monday, a porch pirate was recorded on a home security system stealing a package from a front porch in the Winding Bluffs Subdivision south of Fenton. Les Howard said the theft is frustrating.

Troy police said a suspect has been arrested after a double homicide in Troy, Missouri, Tuesday night.

Record rainfall in July 0f 2022 was blamed for widespread flooding that caused $30 million in damage and led to 300 homes being condemned in University City. The trauma of the situation left some flood victims watching weather forecasts more closely and getting nervous when it rains.

Police officers from around the country are expect to attend the funeral on Sunday for Hermann Police Department Detective Sergeant Mason Griffith, who also served as police chief in Rosebud. One of those who’ll be attending is Lieutenant Ben Gelber with the New York Police Department.

Worker shortages continue to persist in the construction industry, healthcare and manufacturing. But cities and counties also struggle to hire enough seasonal employees in the summer to staff summer camps and swimming pools.

The St. Louis County Police Department is investigating a postcard sent to Rockwood School District board member Izzy Imig. The postcard was laced with expletives and a veiled threat.

A teen is facing charges in connection with the shooting death of a 15-year-old girl in south St. Louis

The Tennessee teenager who was injured in a violent crash in downtown St. Louis on February 18 is now recovering back at home.

Workers spent Tuesday setting poles in concrete around the east parking lot at Armory STL. The poles are part of an 8-foot fence that will surround the perimeter of the lot. When completed by Friday, both the venue’s east and west lots will be fenced.

Two Republican state representatives from Wentzville are seeking a full accounting of the contamination and potential caused by the nuclear weapons work that took place in the St. Louis region decades ago.

More drivers are reporting damage to their vehicles from rocks being thrown from the Hampton Avenue overpass at I-64/40. Ebony Smith’s Chevrolet Traverse was hit by a large rock Thursday just before 5 p.m.

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson visited the Wainwright state office building in downtown St. Louis for a ceremonial signing of a bill that gives state workers a raise. House Bill 14 gives all state workers an 8.7 percent cost-of-living pay increase.

St. Louis County executive Sam Page is asking the county council to pay $5.5 million to WSP USA, an engineering and design firm.

The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department is investigating another incident of someone kicking a front door and damaging property. Sierra Francik said she heard a loud bang at her House Springs home last night around 9:30 p.m.

Blake Ball is battered and bruised but not seriously hurt. He was riding his motorcycle on the way home from work Wednesday when a car struck him from behind.

Lincoln County voters will be asked to consider a half-cent sales tax proposal on the April 4 ballot. The tax revenue would be dedicated to law enforcement.

The St. Louis Police Department is investigating two incidents where chunks of concrete or large rocks crashed down on vehicles. Both happened in the eastbound lanes of I-64/40 at the Hampton Avenue overpass.

Accessing the internet isn’t a problem at Marthasville Elementary School in Marthasville because the internet signal is strong and the wifi is fast, according to principal, Kristen Daffron. But she said it’s a different story when students go home and try to do their homework and participate in virtually learning, because so many families in the area have slow internet service or none at all.

A memorial lantern release is scheduled for Sunday at Fairgrounds Park in Troy, Missouri, to honor the memory of three teens who were killed in a car crash early Sunday northeast of Moscow Mills in Lincoln County.

The number of short-term rental homes and apartments in Washington, Missouri, keeps growing each year. You can find listings through Airbnb and VRBO.

The E.P.A. recently completed soil sampling in and around West Lake Landfill, a preliminary step in a plan to remove a significant amount of the buried radioactive waste. According to a West Lake Landfill dashboard, 998 soil samples were taken and 452 tested positive for radioactive material.

A 2015 Honda CRV that was stolen from a residence in Glendale was recovered 1,000 miles away in Laredo, Texas, where a transport driver attempted to cross the border into Mexico, according to Glendale police.

The Public Safety Committee of the St. Louis Board of Aldermen awarded $1.1 million Tuesday to 23 local agencies that work with the youth. The funding was termed “Crime Prevention Program Funds.”

Hundreds of cars were damaged during the Monday morning drive to work because of slick roads. A mixture of ice and snow sent some morning commuters sliding off into ditches or spinning out of control and crashing into other vehicles.

Charges are being sought against a 39-year-old Jefferson County man after he opened fire on thieves who had been breaking into cars. According to the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, the man fired several times toward a 2014 Nissan Versa driving on Ozark Lane, which is near Highway 21 and south of Fenton.

The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department formed a task force in response to a rash of recent carjackings tied to a particular group of juveniles.

The St. Louis Police Department is investigating a rash of carjackings that happened on Monday. Carjackers stole Andrew Wasson’s Honda Civic at gunpoint around 6:00 p.m. in the Schnucks parking lot on Hampton, near Chippewa.

St. Louis Metropolitan Police are investigating after a rash of car break-ins at the City Foundry STL and Armory STL over the weekend. The new entertainment venues have been targeted by thieves multiple times over the last few weeks.

The City of Cottleville lowered the speed limit from 25 to 20 miles per hour on all streets in the Old Town Historic District area.

The Eureka Police Department invited every business in town that sells, services or stores vehicles, to a summit on auto thefts. Some of the business have been the victims of thieves.

Jada Davis, 54, has been charged with two felony crimes stemming from an officer-involved shooting incident last Friday outside a Social Security Administration office at 717 North 16th. Davis is charged with discharging a firearm from a motor vehicle and armed criminal action.

Steve and Kelly Schwalbert get their internet and television service through AT&T at their home in Imperial, Missouri. The service went out on December 30, and despite their repeated efforts to get the service restored, it still hasn’t been fixed.

Robert Tracy wrapped up his first week as the new chief of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department by attending the Board of Aldermen meeting on Friday.

On Tuesday, a group of deputies at the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office spent the day learning about making traffic stops of drivers suspected of driving impaired and learning how to conduct field sobriety tests. This time around the instructors wanted the training to be more realistic.

More than five months after the July 26, 2022, historic rainfall and widespread flooding, many flood victims are still making repairs and are not back in their damaged homes. Electricians are busy this week replacing flood-damaged wiring at Lorraine Richardson’s home in University City.

A dealership in Festus was broken into overnight, and two vehicles were stolen.

Just four days into the new year and Creve Coeur Police have already investigated five car thefts. Police said, in three of the thefts, the vehicles were either left running or with the keys inside.

The City of Manchester’s bid to add 6,500 new residents and 1,400 acres of new territory will go to voters, officials announced Wednesday

Few details have been released on the medical condition suffered by Buffalo Bills player, Damar Hamlin, other than he suffered a cardiac arrest during a Monday Night Football game after he was hit by another player, and had CPR performed on him on the field by medical personnel.

Festus High School senior, Lauren Mills, competed in the Wonder Woman Wrestling Tournament in Columbia, Missouri over the weekend. It’s billed as one of the toughest wrestling tournaments for girls in the Midwest, with over 600 athletes coming from six states.

Right now there are around 30 active water main breaks in St. Louis. The sub-zero temperatures experienced recently are getting the blame.

Two days of searching for 34-year-old Aaron Duenke have been unsuccessful. He was last seen around 2 p.m. Tuesday, floating past the Washington riverfront, on a large piece of ice.

Another round of mass flight cancellations by Southwest Airlines took place on Wednesday. More than 2,500 flights were cancelled.

On Tuesday, the ongoing flight disruptions for Southwest Airlines led to more than 2,600 canceled flights across the U.S. More than 50 arrivals and departures from St. Louis Lambert International Airport got canceled also.

For the first time, Lamar Johnson testified under oath Thursday that he was innocent of a 1994 murder in Dutchtown. He’s served 28 years of a life sentence and is attempting to prove he was wrongfully convicted.

Lamar Johnson sat quietly in the courtroom as the only eyewitness to a 1994 murder testified that he made a mistake in identifying Johnson as the killer.

The chief public defender in St. Clair County, Cathy MacElroy, said the attorneys in her office are overloaded with cases. She’s filed a motion, telling judges that the office can’t take any new cases.

Jamie Huddleston is a Navy veteran who was scheduled to undergo a colonoscopy on Tuesday at the John Cochran VA Medical Center in Midtown.

Heavy metal is working to bring good-paying jobs to the St. Louis region.

It’s estimated that an average of 27 cars are stolen each day in St. Louis City and St. Louis County combined.