Missouri felon admits obtaining gun through straw purchase

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Less than a month after being released on parole from state prison, an Independence, Missouri, man finds himself facing a federal prison term for illegally obtaining a firearm. Prosecutors with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western...

Group headed to a bar robbed in Soulard early Monday

ST. LOUIS — Two women and a man were robbed and carjacked in Soulard early Monday morning. Police say the suspects drove away in their car. Three people were walking to a nearby bar at around 3 a.m. when an older, dark-colored Cadillac sedan approached them. The...