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EVERTON, Mo. — The former city clerk of a small southwestern Missouri town has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for her role in a money-laundering conspiracy related to a methamphetamine ring. KYTV-TV reports that 35-year-old Kristy A. Conn of Everton was sentenced Wednesday in federal court. She pleaded […]
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Jonathan and Wilma Hochstetler were shot while working on a broken-down work trailer a week ago. INDIANAPOLIS — Jonathan Hochstetler turned 40 in the hospital this week. He left Eskenazi Hospital Thursday afternoon heartbroken but grateful to be alive. His wife is gone, shot and killed in a robbery that […]
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He told police he was driving when unknown occupants of a silver sedan fired shots into his vehicle ST. LOUIS — A 19-year-old man was injured after being shot in St. Louis’ Clayton-Tamm neighborhood Thursday night. According to a police report from the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, the 19-year-old […]
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Marvin Dean, 34, has previously pleaded guilty to sex offenses and has other pending cases, according to court documents ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. — Charges filed in St. Louis County state that a convicted sex offender was a patient in a Creve Coeur hospital when he entered another patient’s room […]
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ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. — An 84-year-old St. Louis man has been charged with possession of child pornography after he was caught taking pictures outside of an elementary school on Wednesday. According to the Kirkwood Police Department, John Heinicke, 84, of St. Louis was observed photographing children outside of an […]
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“We want to start our kids young, knowing that we are all equal, knowing hat we need to respect each other,” said LaTasha Smith ST. LOUIS — On a Friday night amid a global pandemic, you might think a group of mostly moms and a couple of dads would be […]
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The street’s bars and restaurants are already limiting capacity, but employees say they were seeing huge crowds show up ST CHARLES, Mo. — When Haley Williams and Trevor Robbins walked into their rehearsal dinner Thursday, they were just ahead of new restrictions affecting Main Street St. Charles businesses. “We had […]
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FERGUSON, Mo. — Fire crews responded to a train derailment in Ferguson Friday night. According to Central County Dispatch, a freight train derailed near 330 S. Elizabeth Ave. and six cars went off the track. No one was injured and there was no property damage to the area, dispatch said. […]
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Even though Saturday may not end up being a last hurrah at Busch for Wainwright and Molina, it comes with a realization that the end is indeed coming soon ST. LOUIS — The last time a Cardinals season didn’t feature either Yadier Molina or Adam Wainwright, the first iPhone was […]
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ST. LOUIS — A man died after a shooting late Thursday night in north St. Louis. Around 11:40 p.m., St. Louis police responded to the scene at a strip mall at the intersection of North 13th Street and Cass Avenue in the Carr Square neighborhood. The man was taken to […]
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ST. LOUIS — As the city’s homicide rate reaches historic levels- yet another family is pleading for justice. Rahmeisha Smith was shot in the head and killed last week. Her family says to add to their heartache, they learned she was pregnant after her death. “We went in her house […]
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Chief Timothy Clothier submitted his resignation letter this week after only 18 months on the job O’FALLON, Mo. — O’Fallon Police Department Chief Tim Clothier resigned after just 18 months as the top cop for one St. Louis’ largest suburban police departments because he believes city administrators aren’t doing enough […]
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IDOT Emergency Patrol Vehicle operator, David Taylor, saw the crash and stopped to help ST. CLAIR COUNTY, Ill. — An Illinois Department of Transportation worker along with another bystander pulled a man from a burning car after it struck a guardrail on Interstate 55 on Friday. According to Illinois State […]
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ST. LOUIS — As the city’s homicide rate reaches historic levels- yet another family is pleading for justice. Rahmeisha Smith was shot in the head and killed last week. Her family says to add to their heartache, they learned she was pregnant after her death. “We went in her house […]
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NEW BADEN, Ill. — Even though the weekend forecast doesn’t reflect it, fall is here. It’s a time that the family at Ahner Florist in New Baden looks forward to you. “The fall is a great time to plant,” Ahner Florist owner Dawn Ahner tells 5 On Your Side, “You […]
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Religious beliefs often guide voters on the issues. This year, religion also may be informing voters on when to cast a ballot ST. LOUIS — For 2020, the reasons permitting absentee voting in Missouri have expanded to include COVID-19: a diagnosis or being in an at-risk category, but not concern […]
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Marvin Dean, 34, has previously pleaded guilty to sex offenses and has other pending cases, according to court documents ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. — Charges filed in St. Louis County state that a convicted sex offender was a patient in a Creve Coeur hospital when he entered another patient’s room […]
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“People say it’s just a piece of rock, marble, but it is more than that, and that’s very upsetting” GRANITE CITY, Ill — “They were, they were the best people,” said Nicole Armbruster, wiping a tear from her eye remembering her grandparents, Donald and Marie Murphy. “There wasn’t anyone who […]
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ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. — An 84-year-old St. Louis man has been charged with possession of child pornography after he was caught taking pictures outside of an elementary school on Wednesday. According to the Kirkwood Police Department, John Heinicke, 84, of St. Louis was observed photographing children outside of an […]
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Missouri Department of Conservation recently rescued a white-tailed deer after its antlers were tangled in a soccer net. On Monday, conservation agent Alex Walker responded to a call at a home near Kansas City for a young buck deer who had its head and antlers […]
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