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‘It was scary’; neighbors survey the damage after EF-1 tornado touches down in Oakville
SOUTH ST. LOUIS COUNTY (First Alert 4) - An E-F1 tornado touched down in Oakville Sunday evening, according to the National Weather Service (NWS). Monday, Tim King and his wife were vacuuming the pieces of glass after the tornado blew out eight of their car windows along Morningdale Place. “There...
Thousands still without power after storms move through
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) — Thousands were left without power after severe storms rolled through the area Sunday. Ameren Missouri reported as of 7:30 p.m. Sunday that 12,654 customers were without power in St. Louis County; another 1,835 customers were without power in the city of St. Louis. By 10:00 p.m., around 7,700 customers had no power in St. Louis County, and around 1,650 had no power in St. Louis City. Around 10:00 p.m. in Franklin County, just under 900 people were without power. Ameren outages in Jefferson County were 1,800 at 10:00 p.m. In St. Charles County, 114 Ameren customers are without power.
Hail, wind damage, flooding reported around St. Louis area as severe storms move through
ST. LOUIS — Downed trees, hail damage and flooding were reported around the St. Louis area as a significant storm struck the St. Louis area on Sunday. There was a report of a tree on a house in Oakville, Missouri, near where a tornado was confirmed by radar earlier in the evening. The damage was located near Morningdale Place.
Naperville, St. Charles, Winnetka and dozens of other communities urged to double down on coal
As President Joe Biden pushes to accelerate the nation’s transition to clean energy, three Chicago suburbs and more than two dozen other Illinois communities are mulling plans to double down on lung-damaging, climate-changing coal. Naperville, St. Charles, Winnetka and 29 downstate municipalities are investors in the Prairie State Generating Station, a massive coal-fired power plant in ...
Suspect fatally shot by St. Louis officer in Jefferson County identified
JEFFERSON COUNTY, Mo. (First Alert 4) - Police are investigating after a suspect was shot during a pursuit from St. Louis into Imperial, Missouri, Thursday morning. According to a post on X, officers with St. Louis Metropolitan Police and the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office responded to the shooting, located in the 1100 block of Westward Trails. According to the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, this started as a pursuit in the City of St. Louis. The suspect fled towards Imperial, where the pursuit ended.
Fire destroys Jefferson County restaurant
DE SOTO, Mo. — A fire destroyed a restaurant in De Soto early Sunday morning. No injuries were reported, De Soto Fire Chief Tony Ochoa said. He said the De Soto Fire Department got a call at 5:55 a.m. about the fire at Junction Cafe, 106 S. Main St., and when the first crews arrived, flames were coming from the back of the building, and heavy smoke was throughout the restaurant. Firefighters attacked the fire from the back of the building and by entering the front of the building.
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