Fire breaks out while child sleeps on couch at Missouri home

A Missouri fire department has stressed the importance of smoke detectors and escape plans after a young child and her family escaped a fast-spreading fire in their home on February 23.

PETA offers $5,000 reward for info on abandoned dog found in trash bag

Vinny, the pit bull, was found Feb. 17 in a double-bagged trash bag on Forest Ave, just north of 87th Street in the Buffalo Woods forest preserve.

3 charged after 11-year-old gives birth in Missouri bathtub

Three relatives of an 11-year-old girl who gave birth in the bathtub of her suburban St. Louis home are facing criminal charges.

Missouri couple married 65 years dies on the same day

A couple in St. Louis who had been married for 65 years died on the same day just a few hours apart from each other.

K9 Jet, a former shelter dog, makes big drug bust

One K9 hasn’t even completed his first year on-duty and is already making big moves. 

2 dead, 15 injured in shooting at bar hosting NFL playoff party

Police in Kansas City, Missouri, say at least two people are dead and 15 people were reportedly injured in a shooting outside a bar.

Couple together for nearly 65 years die on the same day

A couple who had been together for nearly 65 years have died on the same day at a St. Louis-area nursing home.

Missouri woman’s plan to pay property taxes in nickels foiled

Cynthia Lockett told WDAF last month that her 2019 assessment increased her land value by 135 percent, and her overall market value 45 percent. Multiple phone calls to appeal the assessment went unanswered, so she hatched her plan.

Police: Mom removed daughter from nursing home and killed her

A 78-year-old woman removed her 51-year-old daughter from a nursing home, then fatally stabbed her in a suburban St. Louis hotel before attempting to kill herself, police say.

Missouri police officers pool money, buy costumes for students' Halloween party

Missouri police officers pooled their money together and bought costumes for children in need on Tuesday after finding out some students at a local elementary school couldn’t afford to get one for the school’s Halloween party.