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South St. Louis County News

St. Louis Call Newspapers

South St. Louis County News

St. Louis Call Newspapers

Steve Stenger and Jon Belmar answer questions about the new special response unit. Photo by Jessica Belle Kramer.

Belmar: Combine city and county police and keep city departments

January 21, 2019

By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com In the wake of increased attention on potential efforts to combine St. Louis County and St. Louis city into one through a city-county merger,...

Shoplifting suspects crash stolen car and flee, spurring school lockdown

Shoplifting suspects crash stolen car and flee, spurring school lockdown

November 30, 2018

In a seven-minute string of events Friday, police believe three suspects fleeing the mall after shoplifting spurred a lockdown at Bierbaum Elementary when they crashed their stolen car near the school...

Woman tries to abduct girl at bus stop in Lemay, police say

Woman tries to abduct girl at bus stop in Lemay, police say

September 21, 2018

Police say that a woman attempted to abduct an 11-year-old girl Thursday morning as the girl waited at her bus stop. The attempted abduction happened around 7:20 a.m. Thursday, as the girl was waiting...

Police and the Mehlville Fire Protection District respond to the scene of a shooting at the Oakville Walmart Thursday night. Photo by Jason Allen Krause.

Green Park man charged with murder at Oakville Walmart

September 9, 2018

A Green Park man was charged Saturday with murder in the shooting death Thursday of a chef from Andre’s Banquet Center in the parking lot of the Oakville Walmart. County prosecutors charged...

UPDATED: Police report a murder-suicide in Lemay less than 24 hours after Walmart killing

UPDATED: Police report a murder-suicide in Lemay less than 24 hours after Walmart killing

September 7, 2018

Details are still sketchy on a murder-suicide Friday in Lemay, but police released the identities of the victim and her boyfriend, who they say killed her after a relationship of more than 20 years. Police...

Police and the Mehlville Fire Protection District respond to the scene of a shooting at the Oakville Walmart Thursday night. Photo by Jason Allen Krause.

UPDATED: Man shot and killed in Oakville Walmart parking lot

September 7, 2018

Police are asking the public to come forward as witnesses after a man was shot and killed in the parking lot of the Oakville Walmart Thursday night. After a report of a possible shooting about...

UPDATED: Pedestrian struck, killed outside Jefferson Barracks during JB Blast

UPDATED: Pedestrian struck, killed outside Jefferson Barracks during JB Blast

August 4, 2018

A man died after he was hit by an SUV Friday night outside Jefferson Barracks Park during the JB Blast, although police said the incident does not appear to be related in any way to the event. Ernest...

Oakville man charged with murder for shooting alleged motorcycle thief on 4th of July

Oakville man charged with murder for shooting alleged motorcycle thief on 4th of July

July 6, 2018

An Oakville man was charged with murder Friday for allegedly shooting and killing a man in the early morning hours of July 4 who tried to steal a motorcycle and was later found shot lying along Lemay...

CrimeStoppers asks for publics help solving Lemay homicide on its 10th anniversary

CrimeStoppers asks for public’s help solving Lemay homicide on its 10th anniversary

June 2, 2018

St. Louis Regional CrimeStoppers is highlighting the 10th anniversary of an unsolved south county homicide as part of the organization’s ongoing efforts to draw attention to unsolved cases. Tony...

Concord man charged with DWI in crash that killed Oakville motorcyclist

Concord man charged with DWI in crash that killed Oakville motorcyclist

April 12, 2018

Police issued charges Thursday against a Concord man for drunk driving after he pulled onto Lemay Ferry Road Thursday and struck and killed an Oakville motorcyclist. Jacob Kaiser, 20, of the 3000 block...

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