Melissa Price Smith told a crowd of eager residents she has plans to prioritize prosecuting violent crimes and is creating a unit specifically focused on homicides.

A 14-year-old died from their injuries just days after a shooting in St. Louis County, which comes at a time when three children have been shot within 10 days.

The St. Louis County Sheriff's Office said that a 57-year-old man is presumed dead after a house fire in Leiding.

Six St. Louis County department heads have filed a lawsuit against the county council, an effort to block a ballot measure they say would let the council remove them from office.