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A drunk driver plowed a car overnight into the wall of this condo, as seen Wednesday, June 19, 2019. Photo by Erin Achenbach.

Drunk driver crashes car into wall of condo; residents evacuated

June 19, 2019

Some residents are displaced after a drunk driver drove his car into the side of a condo complex near Forder Road overnight. The car, a white 2016 Honda Accord, crashed into the wall at the Forder...

Man dies after shooting on residential street in South County

Man dies after shooting on residential street in South County

May 26, 2019

A man died after being shot during an “illegal transaction” gone wrong Saturday afternoon on a residential street in Concord. Police in the Affton Southwest Precinct got the call for a shooting...

Body of unidentified man found along Mississippi River at Bee Tree Park

Body of unidentified man found along Mississippi River at Bee Tree Park

May 19, 2019

A body was found Friday morning along the banks of the Mississippi River in Bee Tree Park in Oakville, but the person was not identified even with an autopsy. A person working along the banks of...

Police searching for missing Illinois man after his car is found in Bee Tree Park

Police searching for missing Illinois man after his car is found in Bee Tree Park

May 13, 2019

Police are searching in South County for a missing Illinois man after his car was found Thursday night in Bee Tree Park in Oakville. James Andrae, 49, of Peoria suburb Creve Coeur, Illinois, is around...

Footage of the fire being extinguished by the Mehlville Fire Protection District. Photo from Fox 2.

Kutis family offers $10,000 reward for tips in funeral home arson

April 4, 2019

The Kutis family is offering an extra $10,000 reward to try to find whoever intentionally set one of the family’s funeral homes on fire two weeks ago. Police said someone threw two “fire-starting...

Fire and police personnel on the scene of a fire at Kutis Funeral Home on Lemay Ferry Road Friday morning. Photo by Gloria Lloyd.

Police investigating early morning fire at Kutis Funeral Home

March 22, 2019

Fire and police personnel on the scene of a fire at Kutis Funeral Home on Lemay Ferry Road Friday morning. Photo by Gloria Lloyd. Police believe an early morning fire Friday at Kutis Funeral Home...

Pictured above: Police investigate the scene of an officer-involved shooting at an apartment complex off Nottingham Estates Drive in South County on March 19. The suspect who was shot by police was taken to the hospital with serious injuries. Photo by Erin Achenbach.

UPDATED: Suspect in hospital after officer-involved shooting in Oakville

March 19, 2019

Police shot a man approaching them with a metal pipe Tuesday at Lemay Ferry and Butler Hill roads in Oakville, sending the suspect to the hospital. A police officer from the St. Louis County Police Department...

In this screenshot from Brock Schmittlers Facebook Live video of the vigil for Oakville resident Johnny Shy, friends and family gather with signs and candles to remember their friend.

Friends and family want answers in death of Oakville man in county jail

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor March 8, 2019

By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com The St. Louis County Council and the friends and family of an Oakville man who died in the county jail want answers after a series of inmate...

Prosecutors charge 17-year-old with armed carjacking in Oakville

Prosecutors charge 17-year-old with armed carjacking in Oakville

February 26, 2019

St. Louis County prosecutors charged a 17-year-old Tuesday with carjacking a woman at gunpoint in Oakville over the weekend. Marcel Abrams, 17, of the 6300 block of Lalite Avenue in St. Louis, 63136,...

Why was a police helicopter hovering over Oakville? Mystery solved

Why was a police helicopter hovering over Oakville? Mystery solved

February 23, 2019

Oakville residents near the Black Forest subdivision and apartments took to social media around midnight Friday morning to ask: Why is there a police helicopter searching for someone? An initial post...

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