The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department’s shooting range is so crucial for training that it stays busy even during the winter, former facility director Clarence Hines said.

Look again at the Kansas City experience and our ongoing public safety crises before mandating a return to state police control for St. Louis.

The Missouri House also passed legislation barring state funds from going to diversity, equity and inclusion programs and a bill shielding companies from having to place specific cancer warnings on pesticides.

The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department reports that officers responded to a shooting at the QuikTrip located in the 2800 block of Gravois at around 7:45 p.m. Officers say they found a 27-year-old man with a gunshot wound to his lower back.

The proposed change would reverse a 2012 voter-approved measure that gave St. Louis local control of its police force for the first time since the Civil War.

The Missouri House also gave final approval to a bill to Bayer avoid lawsuits linked to Roundup weedkiller and also voted to eliminate anti-racism programs in state government.

The son, identified as Maurice Fulton, punched his 74-year-old father, then used a power cord in his attempt to strangle him, according to the court documents. As his 73-year-old mother tried to intervene, Fulton hit her and threw her to the ground, investigators said.

The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department is searching for multiple suspects in a triple-shooting from last year, asking for the public's help in identifying them.

A proposal that would put state control of the St. Louis police force in the hands of a five-member board was rolled out before the Missouri Senate as part of a wide-ranging

The legislation would take away control of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department from the mayor’s office to a board mainly appointed by the governor. It's a structure similar to the Civil War-era system that manages the Kansas City Police Department.

A man died after being hit by a train in downtown St. Louis; he fell onto the tracks after attempting to jump a wall. No foul play is suspected as investigations continue.