2 extremely rare leopard cubs born at Saint Louis Zoo

The Amur leopard is considered one of the rarest and most endangered cats in the world, the zoo said when announcing the female cubs.

Missouri fisherman catches 50-pound rare sturgeon

An angler in Missouri recently reeled in something you don't see every day — a lake sturgeon.

Online video shows girl, 12, fatally shooting cousin, 14, before killing herself

Police in St. Louis are investigating the shooting deaths of two young cousins that was livestreamed in what the family believes to have been a “freak accident.”

Ex-mailman admits to stealing nearly $40K worth of sports cards

Four of the missing sports cards were found at a local sports memorabilia store, where authorities said the store’s surveillance video showed the man, in his USPS uniform, exchanging the cards for a sale.

Watch: Firefighters rescue teens from frozen lake

A training session on water rescues turned real for firefighters in suburban St. Louis when the crews sprang into action to save two teenagers.

Hero cop keeping kids warm in 6-degree temperature saves man from house fire

Capt. Jennifer Jones was in the area allowing children to sit in her patrol vehicle to stay warm while waiting on the school bus when she saw the flames erupting.

Bentley’s law: Grandma aims to make DUI offenders pay victims’ orphaned kids

“It’s a reminder to them to not do it again. Because I can tell you, this is one of the hardest things that anyone can ever go through. Any parent, this is the hardest and no parent should ever have to suffer that,” Cecilia Williams said.

Ex-police chief pleads guilty to assaulting father accused of trying to drown baby

The father walked into the police station and said he tried to drown his 6-month-old daughter in a pond. The police chief rushed into the icy water to rescue the unconscious baby and worked to revive her. He then went back to the police station, threw the handcuffed father to the ground, punched him in the face and told him, "You deserve to die."

St. Louis couple who pointed guns at protesters plead guilty to misdemeanors

A St. Louis couple who gained notoriety for pointing guns at social justice demonstrators last year have pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges.

Car crashes through bedroom, narrowly missing sleeping homeowners

Authorities said it was a miracle no one was hurt after a car crashed into a bedroom and caught fire as a couple slept 10 feet away Sunday morning in Missouri.

St. Louis gun owner Mark McCloskey, who confronted protesters in front of home, considering US Senate run

Mark McCloskey, a St. Louis attorney who, along with his wife, armed himself and confronted protesters outside their home last year, said he is considering a run for a U.S. Senate seat.

Inmates break windows, set fires in uprising at St. Louis jail

A riot broke out at a St. Louis jail late Sunday with inmates breaking windows, setting a fire and throwing debris onto the ground below. It was the fourth uprising in recent months at the jail.

Missouri pastor on leave after telling wives to 'lose weight,' strive to look like Melania Trump

A Missouri pastor is on leave and in counseling after he told his congregation in a sermon last month that wives should make themselves sexually available to their husbands, "lose weight," and look less "butch."