Franklin County News

One of the worst abuses of the private health insurance industry is its practice of denying claims to pay for necessary care for patients.

The three defendants in a child abduction case in which a mother is accused of hiding her son for almost two years entered pleas of not guilty to charges against them in Franklin County court Thursday.

Astute city-watchers will have noticed some changes on the six-block stretch South Grand Boulevard between Arsenal and Utah in the past few months: fewer driving lanes, new stoplight patterns, wider crosswalks and those weird little bulb things to keep impatient drivers from trying to cut ahead and mow down a few pedestrians.

An elderly man was killed Sunday when the car he was driving crossed the center line of Highway 50 in Franklin County and hit an oncoming car head-on. The victim was identified as Glendale D. Morton, 79, of Linn, Mo.

St. Louis -- During a brief and entirely bogus law career, former Missouri inmate Jeffrey Tedrick stole more than $22,000 from several 'clients' and spoiled the appeals of a convicted killer, he admitted in court Thursday.

Press Release: Daniel Bryan Webster was sentenced to 60 months in prison on marijuana conspiracy charges, Acting United States Attorney Michael W. Reap announced today.

Police are investigating whether several bail bondsmen may have overstepped their bounds during an incident reported as a burglary at a Springfield home Sunday night.

Three years ago the kidnapping of baby Abby Woods captivated St. Louis and the nation.

The Franklin County prosecutor's office said investigators have recovered the missing remains of a woman found dead inside a trash can outside an apartment complex.

Vernell J. Loggins Jr., 37, is held in lieu of a $1 million cash-only bond in the slaying of Stephanie M. Fields, who would have turned 26 today.

A suspect now in custody hours after the chilling discovery of a woman's body in the trash at a Pacific apartment complex, and the case grows even more disturbing.

Franklin County authorities are warning parents about a disturbing trend - a rash of heroin overdoses, many ending in death.

Franklin County prosecutor Bob Parks announced there has been an arrest in connection to the killing of a woman found dead in an apartment complex trash bin.

Last Thursday night in Franklin County, two suspected drunk drivers, one a teenager, crash into a third car killing the driver.

Missouri's young hunters have killed more than 13,000 deer this year. The Missouri Department of Conservation says that's the second-highest total for youth hunters during a two-day season that ended Sunday.

An effort to curb methamphetamine labs by requiring prescriptions for select cold and allergy medications cleared the first round of approvals Monday in Jefferson County.

Michael W. Prater, 33, of St. Charles, died from injuries he suffered in a three-vehicle crash Thursday night in Franklin County, authorities said.

The law says one thing. Prosecutors say another. 11/01/2009 The law - If police arrest you for DWI, you must allow them to test your blood-alcohol level, or your license will automatically be suspended for a year.

The Missouri Parks Association is petitioning Gov. Jay Nixon to support the Department of Natural Resources in re-evaluating the recently announced decision to lay off 100 workers from Missouri's state park system.

Three months after the town instituted a law requiring the sale of a key meth precursor by prescription only, police are seeing a surprising ripple effect: Sales of products with pseudoephedrine are down not only in Washington, but in surrounding communities, too.