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Some cicadas have arrived in St. Louis region, soon it will be billions
CHESTERFIELD, Mo. (First Alert 4) - Behind the Butterfly House in Chesterfield, Nicole Pruess, their invertebrate keeper, checks the below-ground thermometer multiple times per day. “The cicadas will come out when the ground temperature reaches 64 degrees, 8 inches down,” said Pruess. On Sunday, it hovered right around 62 degrees....
Woman killed crossing Page Avenue in St. Louis
ST. LOUIS — A car that fled the scene hit a woman, killing her in north St. Louis. The incident occurred late last night in the Vandeventer neighborhood, at the intersection of Page Boulevard and Whittier Street. Police reported that the woman, along with another pedestrian, was crossing Page Boulevard against traffic after their ride […]
Work to own on a St. Louis factory floor
Debi Brumit has never gotten ahead. An hourly employee renting a house in Ferguson, Missouri, Brumit is a poster child for the American workforce. A missed paycheck means coming up short on rent. An unexpected medical bill, borrowing from friends or the bank. Household finances are no more than a lifelong shuffle between bills, debt, and due payments; an infinite loop of making ends just barely meet. With no meaningful retirement fund and no savings, there's no way forward but to keep treading. Brumit, 52, works the night shift at Potter Global Technologies—a fire safety manufacturer about 20 minutes from her...
Five years after his death, mom of promising metro-east athlete wants his name remembered
“You would think things would get better, but I am kind of at a stand still” she said. “Some people think it gets better with time, but ... I don’t feel better. I miss my child.”
A quickly growing, Mexican fusion chain opens 1st St. Louis-area store. It's planning to add another.
GLEN CARBON, Ill. — A quickly growing, New Jersey-based Mexican fusion chain recently opened its first location in the St. Louis region and is already looking to add a second. Bubbakoo’s Burritos opened last month at 3901 S. State Route 157 in Glen Carbon, in what was previously a...
SUV and truck collide after Sauget police chase
CAHOKIA HEIGHTS, Ill. First responders are at the scene of a collision involving a blue pickup truck and a red SUV at around 7 a.m. Multiple police agencies, including Sauget Police and Illinois State Police, were present at the scene on Route 157 at Falling Springs Road, just off Route 3. Two ambulances left the […]
2024 Annie Malone May Day Parade puts emphasis on physical, mental health
ST. LOUIS — Physical and mental health play a key role in this year’s Annie Malone May Day Parade. The parade returns to downtown St. Louis on Sunday, May 19 and is the largest fundraiser for Annie Malone Children & Family Services. It’s also a historic event—the second largest African American parade in the United […]
Woman admits pinning victim with car, fleeing scene to see kids before going to jail, police say
EARTH CITY, Mo. — A woman pinned a victim between her car and a gas pump at an Earth City gas station Saturday night, a written statement from the St. Louis County Police Department said Monday morning. The suspect, 21-year-old St. Louis resident Epiphany Dismukes, was fighting with two...
St. Louis-area judge rules local governments can stack sales tax on marijuana
A judge in St. Louis ruled Thursday that local municipalities can stack sales taxes on marijuana dispensaries, the first court ruling on a much-debated issue playing out around the state. The lawsuit was filed by Robust Missouri 3 LLC. The company saw its Florissant dispensary’s tax rate on cannabis products...
Crash hospitalizes 2 in southern Illinois
CAHOKIA HEIGHTS, Ill — Two people were rushed to the hospital after a crash in Cahokia Heights Monday morning, Illinois State Police troopers told 5 On Your Side. The crash happened near the intersection of Falling Springs and Camp Jackson roads at around 7 a.m., troopers said. A 33-year-old...
Bourbon Man Flown To St. Louis After Motorcycle Crash
A Bourbon man had serious injuries Sunday in a motorcycle crash in Franklin County. Joshua C. Fernandez, 45, was flown to Mercy Hospital in St. Louis by ARCH helicopter. Fernandez was traveling on a 2017 Indian Chieftain Dark Horse on Sunny Road in Washington. He was traveling too fast for conditions and lost control.
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