Video: Excited German shepherd jumps into store toy bin

An excited German shepherd was caught on camera jumping into a toy bin while on a visit to the local store.

Chicago trucker charged in kidnapping and ransom scheme, and there may be more victims

The suspects are Brian T. Summerson, 25, of South Carolina, who worked along I-95 from New Jersey to Miami, as well as along routes between Kansas City and Chicago, and Pierre L. Washington, 35, of Chicago, who owns a trucking company called God Got Me LLC. 

Inmates break windows, set fires in uprising at St. Louis jail

A riot broke out at a St. Louis jail late Sunday with inmates breaking windows, setting a fire and throwing debris onto the ground below. It was the fourth uprising in recent months at the jail.

Former St. Louis police Capt. David Dorn to be recognized by Congressional Medal of Honor Society

A fallen Missouri police officer will be awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor Society's Citizen Honors Award after he died protecting a friend's business from looters during police brutality protests last year.

Missouri pastor on leave after telling wives to 'lose weight,' strive to look like Melania Trump

A Missouri pastor is on leave and in counseling after he told his congregation in a sermon last month that wives should make themselves sexually available to their husbands, "lose weight," and look less "butch."

11-year-old girl finds parents dead in bed from COVID-19

Both parents had tested positive for COVID, and were quarantined in the basement of their home when they were found dead.

Republican lawmakers trying to give drivers who hit protesters legal immunity

In July of last year, a pickup truck drove through BLM protesters in Tulsa, leaving three people seriously injured. A GOP lawmaker in Oklahoma says: "The driver of that truck had his family in there, and they were scared to death."

Note to self: If you steal a funeral home van, you might end up stealing a corpse by mistake

The thieves probably got quite a shock when they stole this funeral home van -- there was a dead person in the back. Police said that "most importantly, the body being conveyed in the back of the vehicle has also been recovered. Together, we were able to get her back to her family."

Funeral home van with body inside stolen from Missouri convenience store parking lot

A funeral home van with a woman’s body inside was stolen from a convenience store in St. Louis, Missouri. The driver went inside and had left the vehicle running, police said.

Missouri State beats Illinois State 72-62

DJ Horne had 18 points for the Illinois State Redbirds, who have now lost six consecutive games.

Inmates set fires, break windows at St. Louis jail, officials say

Officials say inmates at a St. Louis jail have set fires, broken out windows and thrown things from fourth-floor windows in the latest disturbance over conditions amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Missouri lawmaker charged with selling fake stem cell fluid, claiming it was treatment for COVID-19

Federal prosecutors allege Patricia Derges, who was elected to the Missouri House of Representatives, knowingly sold fake stem cells marketed as a treatment for COVID-19, defrauding individuals for thousands of dollars.

St. Louis homicide rate highest in 50 years

The city's homicide rate hit 87 killings per 100,000 residents in 2020, the highest on record since 1970. Leaders say that stress caused by the coronavirus pandemic contributed to the murder rate.

‘Be aware’: Parents issue warning after 3-year-old son suffers COVID-19 induced stroke

After her 3-year-old son suffered a stroke brought on by his infection with the novel coronavirus, Sara Parris wants to remind other parents that COVID-19 can have devastating effects on children.