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Ameren workers injured on the job downtown
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - Two Ameren workers suffered minor electrical burns on Friday while working downtown. St. Louis Fire tells us they were working on something in the basement of a building in the 100 block of South 10th Street, and there was an electrical accident. Luckily,...
St. Louis arsonist caught on camera: ‘I saw the orange glow’
ST. LOUIS — A garage caught fire early on Thursday morning in the Benton Park West neighborhood, followed by another fire just a block away. “I woke up about 4:45 a.m. I saw the orange glow through my blinds. I opened the curtains and the whole garage was up in flames so I called it in,” said Brittany Schweiger, her neighbor.
Actress Jennifer Coolidge spends week in St. Louis, shops and dines at local businesses
Award-winning actress Jennifer Coolidge shopped and dined her way through St. Louis this week after receiving an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree at Washington University on Monday.
Man gets 22 years in prison for fatal shooting of St. Louis County cab driver
ST. LOUIS — A man who pleaded guilty in the robbery and fatal shooting of a St. Louis County cab driver has been sentenced to 22 years in prison. Trishawn Jones, now 20, was one of four teenagers who pleaded guilty to federal charges in the 2022 death of Dewight Price in Hazelwood.
How the Heat Risk Index helps prevent illnesses and deaths
ST. LOUIS — There are days you can see the heat and humidity rise over the city of St. Louis, and the danger is real. Heat has become nature’s most lethal weather phenomenon, not only during the most recent data year but also over the past 10 to 30 years. In fact, heat kills more people than tornadoes, lightning, flooding, or even hurricanes!
Maryland Heights man lured, assaulted women. Then one died.
MARYLAND HEIGHTS — Joseph J. Dejoie used a false story of his father’s death to lure women to his apartment, where he offered them drinks, drugged them and raped them, court records say. In March last year, he did the same to Jacquelyn Elizabeth Mitchell, known as Jacque,...
Police still searching for St. Louis hit-and-run driver
ST. LOUIS — Friends and family gather to remember Kisha Jackson at the Harlem Tap Room. Jackson was struck and killed outside of the bar in the Vandeventer neighborhood on May 3. According to St. Louis police, a vehicle traveling east struck Jackson as he crossed Page against the flow of traffic. The vehicle left […]
21-year-old nabbed in south St. Louis burglary spree: Police
ST. LOUIS – A 21-year-old St. Louis man is accused of breaking into or attempting to break into nearly a dozen businesses in south city over a three-week period in April. According to the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department’s probable cause statements, the crimes took place between April 10 and April 30, at 11 businesses at the following locations:
Charges dropped in Daniel Riley 2020 robbery case
ST. LOUIS — In a FOX 2 follow-up, the St. Louis City prosecutors office elected not to proceed with a 2020 armed robbery case against Daniel Riley. Riley is currently serving a 19-year prison sentence for hitting Janae Edmondson with a car in February 2023 in downtown St. Louis while violating bond. The Tennessee teen […]
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