LINCOLN COUNTY, Mo. – Former Lincoln County Sheriff’s Captain Mike Merkel was taken into custody Tuesday after a hearing where he pleaded not guilty and had his bond set at $50,000 cash only. Merkel ...

TROY, Mo. • When a judge in Lincoln County acquitted a man Friday in his wife’s murder, it answered one question — whether Russell Faria would spend the rest of his life in prison. But many more ...

An investigator is accused of lying in court during a high-profile murder trial in Missouri in 2013, prosecutors said. Getty Images/iStockphoto An investigator lied in court to help secure a murder ...

LINCOLN COUNTY, Mo. – Entangled in the infamous case of Pam Hupp and Betsy Faria was the family of a former Lincoln County sheriff’s captain, who were accused of stalking and harassing officials ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. O’FALLON, Mo. • After Pamela Hupp fatally shot a disabled man last year, she told police he had jumped into her SUV and held a ...