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Police searching for missing 44-year-old woman last seen near Farmersville, Illinois
ILLINOIS, USA — Illinois State Police is searching for a missing 44-year-old woman last seen in Montgomery County Tuesday. The East Peoria Police Department and ISP are searching for Julie Williams was last seen near Farmersville, Illinois, on Tuesday. She is described as 5-foot-2 in height, about 125 pounds...
Project 5 volunteers put in some labor at Operation Food Search
ST. LOUIS — 5 On Your Side volunteers put in some labor Tuesday afternoon at Operation Food Search. It started out with a tour and some simple instructions. Officials at Operation Food Search said they depend on volunteers to pack food. About a dozen 5 On Your Side volunteers were told they packed some 600 meals in less than two hours.
New amusement rides, carnival games planned for Union Station expansion
ST. LOUIS — Union Station is planning a huge expansion with new amusement rides to hopefully open next summer. While some of the best attractions remain at Union Station, the National Historic Landmark keeps reinventing itself. "From what it was 20 years ago, it's unrecognizable. It really is. And...
Filibuster by Missouri Democrats stretches into a second day. What's the fight about?
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A nonstop, overnight filibuster by Democratic lawmakers in the Missouri Senate passed the 24-hour point on Tuesday as they try to reign in a Republican proposal to make it harder to amend the state constitution. Lawmakers face a 6 p.m. Friday deadline to pass legislation...
Murder charge filed in death of High Ridge 19-year-old missing since 2021
JEFFERSON COUNTY, Mo. — Nearly three years after a missing High Ridge 19-year-old was last heard from, charges have been filed in his murder. John Paul Parton's body still has not been found, but police said Thomas E. "Tedo" Gamble, 21, fatally shot him on May 18, 2021, and disposed of his body.
Body found hours after police responded to shots fired calls in north St. Louis
ST. LOUIS — Residents along Cass Avenue in north St. Louis woke up to find the dead body of a shooting victim in their neighborhood, some saying they called police the night before but no one responded. A source familiar with the investigation told 5 On Your Side an...
New film 'No Escape Room' helps parents understand how teens can get trapped in online sextortion
ST. LOUIS — According to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, sextortion is one of the greatest risks that kids and teens face online, but most parents don't understand how it happens. Sextortion, a crime that happens when an adult convinces someone under 18 to share sexual...
Mother who lost child to cancer leads retreats to help other parents with bereavement
FLORISSANT, Mo. — It was a bittersweet reunion for one mom when she picked up her son from the train station on Sunday. A visit from her son Jeffrey was what Diana Gorham needed on Mother's Day. "It's eye contact and it's an immediate embrace that a mother and...
Disability advocates pushing back against Metro Transit's Call-A-Ride changes
ST. LOUIS — Metro Transit is proposing changes to its reservation system and disability advocates worry it's not the best decision. Metro's Call-A-Ride dispatches out of the Central Facility on Spruce Avenue, serving nearly 300,000 riders each year. Services were cut last year in areas of south county, west...
Cicada recipes to be on full display at Missouri Butterfly House
CHESTERFIELD, Mo. — A "bug chef" will be cooking up cicadas publically at an upcoming Sophia M. Sachs Butterfly House event. The cooking demonstration will take place at the Butterfly House's Chesterfield location on May 24 at 1 p.m. and 2 p.m., the organization said in a press release.
Vatican upholds decision to close St. Louis parish as part of 'All Things New' restructuring
ST. LOUIS — The Vatican sided with the Archdiocese of St. Louis in its decision to close St. Roch and merge the parish with another as part of the "All Things New" restructuring plan. According to a news release from the archdiocese on Tuesday, the Vatican's Dicastery for the...
Charges issued against intruder who was shot by homeowner in north St. Louis County
ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. — A man was shot and later charged after breaking into a home in Castle Point in north St. Louis County, according to police. Andre Farrar III, 27, was charged by the St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney's Office with first-degree burglary, first-degree attempted burglary and resisting arrest with a felony. He was being held on a $200,00 cash-only bond.
Dave's Hot Chicken to open 7 stores in St. Louis region
ST. LOUIS — Dave’s Hot Chicken will open seven eateries in the St. Louis region, with hopes to open at least one location by the end of this year. The Hari Group, a Naperville, Illinois-based franchise and real estate development group, hopes to open all seven of its in-development Dave’s Hot Chicken locations in the St. Louis metro in the next four years, President Raj Patel said.
WashU commencement faces protests; some grads walk out during chancellor's speech, others applaud
ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. — Outside of Washington University's Francis Olympic Field Monday morning, graduates walked towards commencement and passed pro-Palestinian protestors chanting and holding up signs. "We will not stop, we will not rest. Disclose, divest!" protestors chanted. Groups were rallying near Washington University's 163rd commencement. Sarah Nixon...
Former fraternity member pleads guilty to role in hazing incident that left Mizzou freshman with brain damage
COLUMBIA, Mo. — A St. Louis County man pleaded guilty to reduced charges for his role in a fraternity hazing incident that left a University of Missouri freshman with severe brain damage. Ryan Patrick Delanty pleaded guilty Friday in Boone County Circuit Court to one misdemeanor count each of...
Woman killed at Forest Park MetroLink station remains unidentified
ST. LOUIS — A woman is dead and a teenage girl is in custody after a fatal shooting at the Forest Park-DeBaliviere Metrolink station. Though a suspect is in custody, police have yet to name her or the victim, who is currently listed as a Jane Doe. However, a...
Famous Kirkwood musician dies at 78
KIRKWOOD, Mo. — David Sanborn, a Grammy Award-winning saxophonist raised in Kirkwood, died on Sunday after an extended battle with prostate cancer, according to a social media post published on the musician's account on Monday. He was 78. "Mr. Sanborn had been dealing with prostate cancer since 2018, but...
Police investigating potential murder-suicide after 2 found shot to death inside Pacific home
PACIFIC, Mo. — A man and woman were found dead shot to death Monday afternoon inside a home in Pacific, an incident police are now investigating as a murder-suicide. The Pacific Police Department said a family member called 911 at about 1:45 p.m. after finding the pair dead inside a home on Cedar Ridge Drive. The family member had gone to the home after making several failed attempts to reach someone, police said.
Chesterfield man who crashed into barriers near the White House pleads guilty to felony
WASHINGTON — A Missouri man who crashed a rental truck into White House barriers and showed a Nazi flag before his arrest last year pleaded guilty on Monday to damaging government property, court records show. Sai Varshith Kandula, 20, drove a U-Haul truck onto a sidewalk, sending pedestrians running...
Wildfire smoke headed to Missouri; air quality may drop
MISSOURI, USA — Missouri residents may soon see a repeat of last June's hazy skies. Canada's first major wildfire of 2024 is triggering "very unhealthy" and "unhealthy" air quality alerts in numerous U.S. cities, according to the AirNow Fire & Smoke Map. The alerts were first triggered over the weekend in Montana, North Dakota and Minnesota before the smoke drifted over Minneapolis through Monday.
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