Oakville native Sgt. Shawn McGuire has been the spokesman for the St. Louis County Police Department for years, but he is moving on. McGuire left the Public Information Office Friday to serve as a supervisor...

Two suspicious deaths of women in South County within eight days of each other are unrelated, police say. A woman’s body was found Thursday in Ruprecht Quarry at 3910 Paule Ave., near Interstate 55...

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...

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...

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,...

Viral video of a fight at Oakville High School made national news this week, as three students were arrested after a fight broke out that also injured an administrator trying to break it up. At roughly...

County Council members Ernie Trakas, right, and Colleen Wasinger talk before the council meeting July 27. The council called a special meeting at 1 p.m. to discuss the Charter amendment that was pulled...

A story circulating on Facebook about an alleged carjacking and assault at the south county Target appears to be false, police say. The St. Louis County Police Department could not find any record of...