South St. Louis County News

St. Louis Call Newspapers

South St. Louis County News

St. Louis Call Newspapers

South St. Louis County News

St. Louis Call Newspapers

Three-county police chase starts with south county robbery, suspects get away

Three-county police chase starts with south county robbery, suspects get away

January 23, 2019

A police chase that ended across the river in Illinois Tuesday started in south county with the robbery of a tow truck driver at Butler Hill Road and Interstate 55. The St. Louis County Police Department...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Owner of human foot found in Oakville identified as missing St. Louis man

Owner of human foot found in Oakville identified as missing St. Louis man

May 30, 2018

A human foot found in Oakville last year belongs to a missing St. Louis man who disappeared near the river in north county. The foot is from Christopher Harris, 27, of the 4200 block of S. 37th Street...

Pair accused of taking photos of girls in bathrooms preyed on more victims, police say

Pair accused of taking photos of girls in bathrooms preyed on more victims, police say

March 22, 2018

A man and woman accused of taking photos of young girls in bathroom stalls around the St. Louis region, including at South County Center mall, also took photos of other girls in various other stores...

Two charged with invasion of privacy, sexual abuse of 4-year-old

Two charged with invasion of privacy, sexual abuse of 4-year-old

March 14, 2018

A Barnhart woman has been charged in connection with photographing young girls in public bathroom stalls and sharing the pictures with a Florissant man. Both confessed and also admitted sexually...

Oakville man wanted for Chesterfield shooting captured

Oakville man wanted for Chesterfield shooting captured

March 8, 2018

An “armed and dangerous” Oakville man wanted for allegedly shooting into a house in Chesterfield is in critical condition after leading police on a chase in Arkansas Wednesday night and then trying...

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