Jefferson County

An eastern Missouri police chief has resigned and an officer has been terminated amid an investigation into theft allegations.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol is investigating reports of fake police pulling over women in eastern Missouri.

Authorities say two horses have died after cars struck them in eastern Missouri.

Police in Jefferson County are investigating a series of vehicle thefts with something in common: They all happened while the vehicles were running to warm up.

The driver of a car is dead after the vehicle plunged off a bridge in eastern Missouri and landed near a road.

ARNOLD, Mo. (AP) — An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 2.6 has shaken parts of eastern Missouri. The U.S. Geological Survey says the small quake was recorded Saturday evening. Its epicenter was near Imperial in Jefferson County...

CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — A Jefferson County man has been awarded nearly $900,000 after developing a bedsore while being treated at St. Anthony's Medical Center in St. Louis County. A judge awarded $883,000 to 65-year-old William Dieser of Hillsboro...

IMPERIAL, Mo. (AP) — A 56-year-old Jefferson County man has been sentenced to 16 years in prison after pleading guilty to second-degree murder in his estranged wife's death. Matthew McDonough of Imperial pleaded guilty in Jefferson County Circuit Court to the death of his former wife Deborah...