Mom accused of stealing daughter's identity, collecting financial aid pleads guilty

A Missouri mother has pleaded guilty to a social security fraud scheme that investigators said involved stealing her daughter’s identity to enroll in college and collect financial aid.

Bentley’s law: Grandma aims to make DUI offenders pay victims’ orphaned kids

“It’s a reminder to them to not do it again. Because I can tell you, this is one of the hardest things that anyone can ever go through. Any parent, this is the hardest and no parent should ever have to suffer that,” Cecilia Williams said.

Missouri town is center of nation's population, Census Bureau says

Some people might describe Hartville, Missouri, as being in the middle of nowhere, but the U.S. Census Bureau says it’s the closest town to the middle of the nation.

3 charged after missing Illinois woman found dismembered

Authorities say the 21-year-old Illinois woman had been stabbed and shot several times and her limbs had been removed from her body.

St. Louis couple who waved guns at BLM protesters face law license suspension

A Missouri official asked the state Supreme Court to suspend the law licenses of Mark and Patricia McCloskey, who waved guns at protesters in 2020.

Court asked to suspend gun-wielding Missouri couple's law license

A Missouri official is asking the state Supreme Court to suspend the law licenses of a St. Louis couple who gained national attention last year when they waved guns at racial injustice protesters outside their home.

Student under investigation for removing nearly 3,000 US flags from 9/11 display on college campus

Washington University is investigating a member of their student government, who was caught on camera removing 2,977 flags from a 9/11 display on campus and throwing them in trash bags. The student said he did it as a form of protest.

Missouri governor pardons St. Louis couple who waved guns at BLM protesters

The Republican governor announced Tuesday that he pardoned Mark and Patricia McCloskey, who pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges in June.

Ex-police chief pleads guilty to assaulting father accused of trying to drown baby

The father walked into the police station and said he tried to drown his 6-month-old daughter in a pond. The police chief rushed into the icy water to rescue the unconscious baby and worked to revive her. He then went back to the police station, threw the handcuffed father to the ground, punched him in the face and told him, "You deserve to die."

Mask mandate returns to St. Louis, other areas in US amid COVID-19 surge

Cities and counties across the U.S. are reinstating mask requirements in hopes of curbing another deadly wave of the ongoing pandemic, and St. Louis is the latest.

Kansas City nurses crochet mini Olympic outfits for newborns

Newborns in Missouri wore Olympic-themed outfits hand-knitted by the nurse on staff in a mini opening ceremony.