U.S. Census Bureau workers are fanning out across the St. Louis region as part of a nationwide canvas to verify addresses. 

A 26-year-old St. Louis man is accused of beating a man and holding him against his will in a dog cage inside a Franklin County home.

Police say a man was found dead in the grass in Soulard on Monday.

MADISON COUNTY, Mo. (KMOV.com) -- A Missouri man accused of repeatedly raping his stepdaughter is facing a new charge.

Sunset Hills police are looking for a man who they say stole a guitar from a music store.

Officers are chasing a Spire truck that was stolen out of St. Louis County.

According to police, a man was shot in the leg and a woman shot in torso were found at North Grand and Laclede.

URBANA, Ill. (AP) — A federal lawsuit filed against a former University of Illinois associate professor on Asian cultures accuses him of sexually and emotionally exploiting his Chinese students.

 A man with active warrants for his arrest was tased and taken into custody after jumping from an ambulance.

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Mo. (KMOV.com) – The man accused of sexually assaulting and murdering a woman inside a St. Louis County Catholic Supply Store has pleaded not guilty to separate charges out of Jefferson County.

A woman was critically injured during an early morning shooting in north St. Louis County.

SOUTH ST. LOUIS (KMOV.com) -- Authorities are investigating after a 59-year-old woman was robbed by an armed man outside of Target in south St. Louis Sunday night. 

A teen suffered gunshot wounds Sunday evening in south St. Louis City. 

A man was shot and a woman was hit by bullet fragments at a popular wine bar in south St. Louis City Saturday night. 

Antonio Brown took the field Sunday in his first game as a New England Patriot, five days after he was sued on allegations of rape and sexual assault.

St. Louis homicide detectives are investigating a quadruple shooting in south St. Louis City that left one person dead.

David Ortiz opened up for the first time since being shot in June during an exclusive interview with CNN affiliate Univision that was at times emotional.

Police are investigating a fatal shooting that happened in north St. Louis Friday evening.

BOONVILLE, Mo. (AP) — The family of a South Dakota woman who was found shot to death in Missouri last winter is offering a $10,000 reward for information in the case.

DETROIT (AP) — A Missouri-based official at the United Auto Workers was charged Thursday with corruption in an alleged scheme to embezzle union money and spend cash on premium booze, golf clubs, cigars and swanky stays in California.

Now that Felicity Huffman has been sentenced to 14 days in prison for her role in a massive college admissions scam, attention has turned to where she'll spend her time behind bars.

Hundreds of people marched through north St. Louis City on Saturday to bring attention to gun violence and all the blood being shed in St. Louis streets. 

A Michigan family wants answers after their daughter bit into an apple strudel pastry they bought at Kroger and was stabbed by a long sharp pin.

A man was fatally shot in north St. Louis late Wednesday night.

Two suspects wanted in connection with a shooting were taken into custody following a north St. Louis County police chase.

California lawmakers were evacuated Friday after a woman tossed a feminine hygiene product containing what appeared to be blood onto the Senate floor, officials said.

A 37-year-old St. Louis man has been sentenced to life in prison for a fatal shooting during the taping of a rap video.

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) — Three law enforcement officers involved in a shooting in northwest Missouri in August will not face criminal charges.

More than 2,000 medically preserved fetal remains have been found at the Illinois home of a former Indiana abortion clinic doctor who died last week, authorities said.

Police are searching for the van that vandalized the parking lot of the Ellisville Veterinary Hospital.

A man was arrested Friday in connection with a fire that destroyed a 119-year-old synagogue, Minnesota authorities said.

EAST ST. LOUIS (KMOV.com) -- A second East St. Louis man has indicted on charges in the incident that claimed the life of Illinois State Police Trooper Nick Hopkins. 

A trooper with the Illinois State Police SWAT team was shot and killed in the line of duty early Friday morning in East St. Louis while serving a warrant.

Charges were filed Friday against Rodney March II in the death of a 3-year-old boy in north St. Louis County Thursday.

ST. LOUIS (KMOV.com) -- OneLife Fitness is set to open a gym inside Ballpark Village next year.

A 13-year-old boy was shot while walking in front of a North County apartment complex Thursday evening.

The Missouri Attorney’s General Office will refer 12 former clergy members for potential criminal prosecution following an investigation into allegations of sexual abuse by clergy members in the Roman Catholic Church.

The most prominent issue in the region is a solution to stemming the tide of violent crime in St. Louis City. One idea being considered is allowing Missouri State Highway Patrol troopers to patrol inside the city limits.

A child shooting victim showed up to a north St. Louis County store Thursday.

Two people arrested during a southern Illinois traffic stop that turned deadly for a third person now face drug charges.

A St. Louis pastor is on a year-long mission to pray for all 79 neighborhoods in St. Louis City in the wake of rising violence.

A 44-year-old Villa Ridge, Mo. man is accused of sexual assaulting his daughter’s friend in June.

Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt on Friday will release details of a lengthy investigation into sex crimes involving Roman Catholic clergy.

ST. LOUIS (KMOV.com) -- A jury convicted 19-year-old Darian Cummings of two counts of robbery Wednesday, charges stemming from an April 2017 incident in which he stole a car before leading police on a high speed chase. 

Wayne Head, 50, is charged with first degree burglary, assault, attempted assault, armed criminal action and endangering the welfare of a child.

A 67-year-old woman from St. Peters was crossing the street at Riverside and Jefferson when she was hit around 7:30 p.m., police say.

FRANKLIN COUNTY, Mo. (KMOV.com) -- Deputies with the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office were involved in SWAT situation in the City of St. Clair Thursday.

Dallas ISD is investigating after a 5-year-old kindergarten student was able to walk off campus at Highland Meadows Elementary last week.

 A student at a Jefferson County high school was taken into custody Thursday morning.

 Police in Granite City are asking for help identifying four men seen on surveillance burglarizing the high school.

A man was robbed after picking up a woman for a sexual encounter and to buy drugs in the JeffVanderLou neighborhood Wednesday afternoon.

The St. Louis County man accused of assaulting and raping six young girls, including a 13-year-old girl, has turned himself in.

A Dellwood man is facing charges for allegedly shooting a woman in an action of road rage on Highway 370.

A man has been charged in connection with a chase that resulted in an officer hitting a telephone poll and breaking two legs.

A victim was shot in the head just north of Forest Park Tuesday evening.

A driver fled from the scene after hitting a SLU student near the campus Thursday evening, police say.

A Buffalo man has been charged with felony animal cruelty and child endangerment after a disturbing case of animal abuse.

Police are searching for a man and woman who they say used a debit card stolen from an elderly woman to withdraw money from an ATM in St. Louis City.

CHICAGO HEIGHTS, Ill. (AP) — A three-year-old girl is reported in critical condition after being shot as she rode in a vehicle traveling along a suburban Chicago street.

A suspect is facing charges, accused of kidnapping a woman, almost running over an officer, leading officers on a chase and stealing several cars.

Police in Crestwood said a man stabbed a neighbor's dog with a pocketknife as the neighbor watched.

The St. Louis Circuit Attorney’s Office has dismissed the case against the man whose wife was found dead on a ramp at a parking garage in downtown St. Louis in early June.

A former eastern Missouri police lieutenant has been sentenced to two months in prison for stealing from a law enforcement association.

A man is accused of selling drugs to residents at an assisted living facility and taking them to a hotel to “party.”

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri man has been charged with stabbing and then strangling his girlfriend's dog to death after taking ecstasy.

Tips from citizens led to the arrest of two burglary suspects in Fairview Heights.

A family in the Bevo Mill neighborhood says they had to duck to avoid getting shot during a shootout on their street. 

ST. LOUIS (KMOV.com) --- Police are investigating after an argument in south St. Louis left one woman wounded Monday afternoon. 

BLADENSBURG, Md. (WJLA/CNN) - A 73-year-old Maryland woman is accused of killing an 82-year-old woman who reportedly owed her thousands of dollars. Authorities say she beat the woman to death with a brick.

A 6-year-old girl was accidentally shot in the back in south St. Louis Tuesday evening, authorities say.

Police are looking for a woman who they say used forged checks and stolen credit cards at various businesses around St. Louis County.

Heather Stone says her life has been rearranged since being held at gunpoint on a quiet street in the Shaw neighborhood.

Police said a man was stabbed to death after he broke into a home in Alton Sunday.

A northwest Missouri woman who handcuffed an 11-year-old girl to a cage and starved her for a more than a year will be sentenced in October after pleading guilty to two counts of kidnapping and two counts of child endangerment.

MOUNT VERNON, Mo. (AP) — Thirty-one years after Cynthia Smith was found dead at a rural Missouri cemetery, a suspect is now charged in her death. Meanwhile, a published report said investigators are trying to determine if the man is responsible for two other killings.

CICERO, Ill. (CNN/WBBM) -- A bowling ball to the head during a fight at a bowling alley in the Chicago area put a man in a coma.

Authorities say a Missouri man charged in the 1988 killing of a young mother also is being investigated in at least two other homicides.

Two men and two women, three of which are Washington University students, were robbed at gunpoint late Saturday night within 15 minutes in the Skinker DeBaliviere neighborhood.

A young man's truck was stolen after he asked a handful of people for help once he realized he had locked his keys inside, police say.

St. Louis City officials announced a $25,000 reward will be offered for anyone that has information leading to an arrest in a case where a child has been shot.

ST. LOUIS (KMOV.com)--- A 28-year-old woman was taken into custody after allegedly assaulting two officers after a stabbing in South City Sunday afternoon.

A 7-year-old boy is expected to survive after he was struck in the head by a stray bullet Sunday evening.

Police in St. Louis County are searching for the suspects who rammed into a police car overnight.

HONOLULU (AP) — A former U.S. soldier has been imprisoned for nearly 40 years for the attempted rape and murder of an Army officer's teenage son, who was found dead in a bunker at a Hawaii base.

The O'Fallon, Missouri Walmart on Highway K was evacuated Sunday afternoon for a couple hours after officials received reports of a bomb threat, police say.

Two victims sustained gunshot wounds in north St. Louis City Sunday afternoon. 

Two suspects allegedly robbed a residence with a 1-year-old inside late Saturday night in the Mark Twain neighborhood. 

It stands as one of Chicago's most horrific crimes, in large part because of small details that are impossible to shake: The promise of a juice box that lured the 9-year-old boy off a playground and into an alley, and the basketball he dropped when he was shot and killed there.

HUNTLEY, Ill. (AP) — Authorities say the body of a missing 18-year-old has been found in suburban Chicago after a week of searches.

A man is in critical condition after being shot by his nephew in the Ville neighborhood overnight. 

The faces of children under the age of 20 are printed on a quilt, showing the staggering number of kids that have died as a result of gun violence in St. Louis.

38-year-old Terrell Whiting is charged with first degree murder and armed criminal action in the shooting death of 33-year-old Rafael Givens.

Most mass shooters in the U.S. acquired the weapons they used legally because there was nothing in their background to disqualify them, according to James Alan Fox, a criminologist with Northeastern University who has studied mass shootings for decades.

Loved ones of Jurnee Thompson will fill a north St. Louis church to say goodbye and mourn her death Saturday morning. 

NORTH COUNTY (KMOV.com) -- Investigators were called to a neighborhood in Kinloch, just east of Interstate 170, after local firefighters found a man dead overnight. 

NORTH ST. LOUIS (KMOV.com) --- Homicide detectives are investigating after a woman was found dead in north St. Louis overnight.

 A St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department officer pleaded guilty Friday to giving false testimony in order to cover up an attack on an undercover officer during protests in St. Louis in September of 2017. 

Surveillance cameras were rolling when a man stole from a Huck's convenient store in Caseyville.

NORTH ST. LOUIS COUNTY (KMOV.com) -- A police pursuit ended in a crash with another vehicle Friday afternoon.