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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:
Rainfall is way up in St. Louis this year, here's what that means for the region
ST. LOUIS — It has been increasingly wetter over the last few weeks, with some rivers swelling, localized flash flooding and plenty of nuisance rain. While some of this has been an issue, it has been largely beneficial in ending our drought region-wide. To no one's surprise, we have...
City Social street festival organizers are ramping up security measures
ST. LOUIS — Known as the ultimate block party, City Social is making its return for a third year on May 17. Hundreds are expected to flood the streets of downtown St. Louis to join in on the music, food and fun. Artists expected to perform include DJ Mahf,...
University buys former grocery store site in Lafayette Square for $4M
ST. LOUIS — A university with multiple campuses has purchased a former grocery store site near Lafayette Square for $4 million. A.T. Still University, a health sciences university and medical school based in Kirksville, purchased 1500 Lafayette Ave., the site of one of the locations of local chain Fields Foods, which shut down last year, in January, according to sales data from Reonomy. The seller was St. Louis Food Hub LLC, which is organized by Chris Goodson, the owner of Fields Foods.
Two more St. Louis area Catholic parishes to close
ST. LOUIS — Two more Catholic parishes in the Archdiocese of St. Louis are closing. St. Francis of Assisi in Franklin County and St. Catherine of Alexandria in Ste. Genevieve County will both shut their doors. A Vatican court has rejected their appeals to remain open. St. Clare in the city of St. Clair will […]
Roof damage at St. Louis animal shelter leaves dogs with anxiety, help needed
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - A damaged roof has left a St. Louis City animal shelter with layers of dust and water on the dogs. Care STL posted on its Facebook page pictures of several holes in the roof and this is where they shelter dogs and rehabilitate them. Leaders say the fix is one that could take two weeks and they are already over capacity leaving dogs with even more anxiety.
Wood River Police investigating after man discovered dead with gun
MADISON COUNTY, Ill. (First Alert 4) - The Wood River Police Department is investigating after a man was found dead with a gun overnight. According to a release, the police department received multiple 911 calls from people saying they heard a single gunshot around midnight Thursday near the Thompson St. Apartments. Officers found a man with a gunshot wound. Medical personnel tried to treat the injury, but the man was pronounced dead. Police say two people were quickly identified as “having knowledge” of what transpired.
Man accused of fleeing from St. Louis County police charged in 2022 fatal crash
ST. LOUIS — City prosecutors charged a man Tuesday with second-degree murder after they say he fled from police, ran a red light, and crashed into a Lemay man's truck, killing him. Marc O. Gardner, 28, is facing three charges in connection with the 2022 death of Derek Pratt,...
FBI warns St. Louis parents, teen boys still at great risk of online sextortion
Speaking on KMOX’s Total Information AM, FBI St Louis Acting Special Agent in Charge Chris Crocker says there’s been an increase in predators trying to lure teenage boys into sending explicit images.
Here are the 10 dangerous St. Louis intersections set to get traffic enhancements starting this year
ST. LOUIS — The city of St. Louis is working to change dangerous intersections with traffic safety upgrades through a new project called the 'Principal Arterial Traffic Safety Enhancement Project'. The project will include improvements like pavement resurfacing, lane reconfigurations/reductions, restriping, various ADA improvements, traffic signal retimings and additional...
Spot storms Friday, heating up for the weekend
ST. LOUIS — Rain and thunder are impacting the southern half of the St. Louis region overnight, but metro St. Louis and other communities north of I-44 in MO and I-70 in IL are dry. Be watchful for some spots of fog. As the morning rain moves off, we’ll watch for spottier showers and storms […]
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