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UPDATE: The suspect has been located and was arrested at approximately 1:30 pm on Monday. He was located on foot near New London. He is currently in the Marion County Jail.

A Hannibal man is now in custody after being arrested on charges of distributing a controlled substance.
The Hannibal Police Department has arrested Kirk A Morwatis, 47, of Hannibal on a warrant charging Morawitz with a Class B Felony of Distribution of a Controlled Substance by knowlingly distributi…

With nearly three months to go before the end of the year, St. Louis has already recorded more than 100 homicides in 2014.

FBI Director James Comey said in a visit to Springfield that stopping violent crime and public corruption are priorities in the region.

East St. Louis police say a 14-year-old boy is hospitalized after he was shot multiple times while mowing the grass at his home.
Yesterday's shooting came just a day after three people were killed during a shooting outside one of the city's nightclubs...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Jefferson City woman has been sentenced to three years in prison for giving her granddaughter blood thinner.
Forty-four-year-old Terri Chilton was sentenced this week after pleading guilty to endangering the welfare of a child...