St. Francois County

A former corrections officer allegedly strangled his wife and forced some of his children to help during the attack, then hid her body in a dumpster.

Jamaal Howard's attorneys cited Christa Pike's failed lethal injection in Tennessee to argue the pentobarbital drug posed risks, but the Supreme Court rejected it.

The Coast Guard enlisted 5,445 active-duty members in fiscal year 2026, its largest class in nearly four decades as Force Design aims to add 15,000.

Andrew Darrick Tanaka allegedly told police, "I had to kill people today," after allegedly opening fire on vehicles along Interstate 35 in Warren County.

Angel Carrasco is wanted after Nathaly Ramirez, 23, was allegedly pushed from a 15th-floor Bronx balcony with her baby in a suspected domestic violence attack.

Christa Pike's lawyers believed she was brain dead before she unexpectedly woke up and began talking, days after Tennessee's botched execution.