WASHINGTON, DC – October 3, 2026 (STL.News) President Donald Trump is calling on Congress to impose mandatory minimum prison sentences on people convicted of defrauding Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security, proposing a major change in federal sentencing policy that would... Read more
KANSAS CITY, MO – October 3, 2026 (STL.News) Missouri business owners are being urged to carefully review solicitations offering to obtain government business documents after STL.News received a mailing requesting $92.25 for a Missouri Certificate of Good Standing — a... Read more
WASHINGTON, DC – October 3, 2026 (STL.News) The United States is sending thousands of additional sailors and Marines, another aircraft carrier strike group and an amphibious readiness group toward the Middle East, significantly increasing American military capabilities around Iran as... Read more
WASHINGTON, DC – October 3, 2026 (STL.News) President Donald Trump has announced that his administration will distribute one-time $90 payments to more than 20 million Medicare Part B enrollees, tapping a Medicare fund created by Congress during the George W.... Read more
Anibal Alexander Canelon Aguirre has been apprehended. OMAHA, NE – October 3, 2026 (STL.News) A Venezuelan man accused of helping lead an international cybercrime operation that used malware to force ATMs across the United States to dispense millions of dollars... Read more
BROOKLYN, NY – October 3, 2026 (STL.News) A Brooklyn social adult day care owner has pleaded guilty to participating in a years-long scheme that federal prosecutors say generated approximately $65 million in fraudulent Medicaid claims for adult day care and... Read more
ST. LOUIS, MO – October 3, 2026 (STL.News) St. Louis Alderwoman Sharon Tyus has been formally censured by the St. Louis Board of Aldermen following her recorded statement that she would put a “bullet” in fellow Alderman Rasheen Aldridge’s head,... Read more
ST. LOUIS, MO – October 3, 2026 (STL.News) A former downtown St. Louis tax preparer has been sentenced to 56 months in federal prison after a jury convicted her of preparing fraudulent tax returns that generated hundreds of thousands of... Read more
ST. LOUIS, MO – October 3, 2026 (STL.News) Three men have been sentenced to federal prison for a St. Louis-area fraud scheme that used checks stolen from U.S. Postal Service collection boxes to open unauthorized business bank accounts, with prosecutors... Read more
GRAND RAPIDS, MI – October 3, 2026 (STL.News) A Michigan physician who made more than $1 million prescribing controlled stimulants through the Done ADHD telehealth platform has been convicted in federal court of participating in a sprawling operation that authorities... Read more