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.

5 children, left home alone, die in East St. Louis fire, officials say

Officials say five children all younger than 10 who were left home without an adult died in a fire at an apartment building in southwestern Illinois.

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.

2 bull sharks swam up Mississippi River to St. Louis, study finds

A pair of bull sharks were found to have swum from the Gulf of Mexico to St. Louis via the Mississippi River, a recent study confirmed.

More than 50,000 dead fish found floating in Kansas City stream

An estimated 50,000 sunfish, 1,900 common carp and 240 silver carp were found dead in a stream near Kansas City, Missouri, state officials said.

St. Louis couple who pointed guns at protesters plead guilty to misdemeanors

A St. Louis couple who gained notoriety for pointing guns at social justice demonstrators last year have pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges.

DNA analysis reveals Missouri cold case has Texas twist

A woman whose body was found at a low water crossing in Missouri has been positively identified after 40 years thanks to genetic genealogy.

Car crashes through bedroom, narrowly missing sleeping homeowners

Authorities said it was a miracle no one was hurt after a car crashed into a bedroom and caught fire as a couple slept 10 feet away Sunday morning in Missouri.

‘I was so close’: Woman gets wrong coordinates for Sedona, Arizona tattooed on body

A St. Louis woman who decided to get the location of a meaningful place tattooed on her body accidentally got the coordinates for a random spot in the Pacific Ocean, but she’s taking it all in stride.

St. Louis gun owner Mark McCloskey, who confronted protesters in front of home, considering US Senate run

Mark McCloskey, a St. Louis attorney who, along with his wife, armed himself and confronted protesters outside their home last year, said he is considering a run for a U.S. Senate seat.