LOUIS – An officer fired shots from inside a vehicle Friday afternoon after the driver of a stolen car sped toward the officer in an alley, according to the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department.

An East St. Louis police officer lost control of his squad car while responding to assist a fellow officer Sunday night and crashed into a brick home in the 300 block of Alhambra Court.

An East St. Louis police officer lost control of his squad car while responding to assist a fellow officer Sunday night and crashed into a brick home in the 300 block of Alhambra Court. Officer Melvin ...

Updated: May 28, 2025 / 03:38 PM CDT ST. LOUIS – A driver nearly struck a St. Louis officer over the weekend while police responded to reports of drivers street racing and doing donuts.

ST. LOUIS — A driver got away after leading police on a chase Monday morning through the Metro East and into north St. Louis. According to the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, officers ...

Former President Jimmy Carter, who died Sunday at age 100, visited East St. Louis for a rally on Nov. 3, 1980, the eve of his presidential loss to Ronald Reagan.

When asked, former East St. Louis mayor and funeral home owner, Carl E. Officer, said that, “I’ve always been impressed with James Williams, Jr. as a gentleman and a citizen of this community ...

In the summer of 2019, a St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department officer named Ronald Vaughan was assigned to the overnight homicide squad supervised by Sgt. Heather Taylor. Vaughan had somewhat of a ...

St. Louis, flush with federal stimulus cash, is trying to stop the slide with progressive initiatives that included a pilot program that directed $500 monthly payments to struggling families and a ...

As part of the PSEG partnership, state police help the city’s officers on violent crime investigations. That’s not new; state police have helped with homicides in East St. Louis since the 1980s.

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. — After a week of battling flash flooding, Terry Barnes and her husband have had enough. "It's been rough," said Terry. "I am exhausted both mentally and physically," said ...

East St. Louis family owned one of the first Black-owned construction companies in southwest Illinois, near St. Louis, MO. Only a few people know about it.